Exercise 1
In some of these sentences, it would be more natural to use-'s or –' . Change the underlined parts where necessary.
1) Who is the owner of this restaurant? ________
2) How old are the children of Chris? ________
3) Is this the umbrella of your friend? ________
4) Write your name at the top of the page. ________
5) I've never met the daughter of Charles. ________
6) Have you met the son of Helen and Dan? ________
7) We don't know the cause of the problem. ________
8) Do we still have the newspaper of last Monday? ________
9) I don't know the words of this song. ________
10) What is the cost of a new computer? ________
11) The friends of your children are here. ________
12) The garden of our neighbours is very nice. ________
13) I work on the ground floor of the building. ________
14) The hair of David is very long. ________
15) I couldn't go to the party of Katherine. ________
16) Do you know the number of the man I need to speak to? ________
17) Have you seen the car of the parents of Mike? ________
18) What's the meaning of this expression? ________
19) Do you agree with the economic policy of the government? ________
Show answers
1)
1 OK
2 Chris’s children
3 your friend's umbrella
4 OK
5 Charles's daughter
6 Helen and Dan's son
7 OK
8 last Monday's newspaper
9 OK
10 OK
11 Your children's friends
12 Our neighbours' garden
13 OK
14 David's hair
15 Katherine's party
16 OK
17 Mike's parents' car
18 OK
19 OK (the government's economic policy is also correct)
Exercise 2
What is another way of saying these things? Use-'s or –s' .
1) a hat for a woman ________
2) a name for a boy ________
3) clothes for children ________
4) a school for girls ________
5) a nest for a bird ________
6) a magazine for women ________
Show answers
2)
1 a woman’s hat
2 a boy's name
3 children's clothes
4 a girls' school
5 a bird's nest
6 a women's magazine
Exercise 3
Read each sentence and write a new sentence beginning with the underlined words.
1) The meeting tomorrow has been cancelled.
________
2) The storm last week caused a lot of damage.
Last ________
3) The only cinema in the town has closed down.
The ________
4) The weather in Britain is very changeable.
________
5) Tourism is the main industry in the region.
________
Show answers
3)
1 Tomorrow’s meeting has been cancelled.
2 Last week's storm caused a lot of damage.
3 The town's only cinema has closed down.
4 Britain's weather is very changeable.
5 The region's main industry is tourism.
Exercise 4
Use the information given to complete the sentences.
1) If I leave house at 9 o'clock and drive to the airport, I arrive at about 11.
So it’s about ________ from house to the airport. (drive)
2) If I leave house at 8.40 and walk to the centre, I get there at 9 o'clock.
So it's ________ from house to the centre. (walk)
3) I'm going on holiday on the 12th. I have to be back at work on the 26th.
So I've got ________ . (holiday)
4) I went to sleep at 3 o'clock this morning and woke up an hour later. After that I couldn't sleep. So last night I only had ________ . (sleep)
Show answers
4)
1 two hours’ drive
2 twenty minutes' walk
3 two weeks' holiday / fourteen days' holiday / a fortnight's holiday
4 an/one hour's sleep
Interactive Phonemic Chart
Learn all of the vowel and consonant sounds in American English with this interactive phonemic chart.
