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The Genitive: 'S / '

This document provides instruction on using possessives ('s) and the genitive case in English. It explains that 's is typically used to indicate possession for people, animals, and sometimes organizations. The genitive marker "of" is usually used to indicate possession of inanimate objects and ideas. Some exceptions and special cases are also outlined, such as using 's with plural nouns that are irregular or with periods of time. Exercises are then provided to have the student practice forming genitives using 's and of in different contexts.

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The Genitive: 'S / '

This document provides instruction on using possessives ('s) and the genitive case in English. It explains that 's is typically used to indicate possession for people, animals, and sometimes organizations. The genitive marker "of" is usually used to indicate possession of inanimate objects and ideas. Some exceptions and special cases are also outlined, such as using 's with plural nouns that are irregular or with periods of time. Exercises are then provided to have the student practice forming genitives using 's and of in different contexts.

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ALSULAYMANIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

French Section
Grade: 7
Name: .
Date:

The genitive:

s /

- The girl's name and the name of the book


We normally use 's for people or animals (the girl's ../ the horse's )
The girl's name

The horse's tail

A woman's hat
A mans car

The manager's
office
The birds egg

Mr. Evans's
daughter
Sarah's eyes
The students
books

-For things, ideas we normally use of (of the book / of the restaurant)
The door of the garage (not ' the garage's door)
The name of the book

the owner of the restaurant

-Sometimes you can use the structure noun + noun


The garage door

the restaurant owner

-We normally use of (not noun+ noun) with the beginning / end / top / bottom
/ front / back / middle we say:
-The back of the car (not the car back)
-The beginning of the month
We can usually use: 's or of for an organization ( = a group of people )
-The government's decision

or

-The company's success

- the decision of the government


or

-the success of the company

-After a singular noun, we use 's


-My sister's room
-After a plural noun we put

- Mrs .Carter's house

:
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-The Carters' house.


-For irregular plural: nouns does not end in
people) we use 's.
The men's changing room.
We can use

's

s (men/ women / children /

A children's book.

after more than one noun "

-Jack and Jill's wedding

- Mr and Mrs. Carter's house

You can also use 's with time expressions (yesterday / next week)
Have you still got yesterday's newspaper?
Next week's meeting has been cancelled.

We also use

's with plural words and with periods of time :

I've got a week's holiday starting on Monday.


Jill has got three week's holiday.

ALSULAYMANIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL


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Grade: 7
Name: ---------------------------------------------------------Date: ------------------------------------------------------------

The genitive
Exercises:
A-Join the two or three nouns using the genitive with:

's / ' or of

1-The owner / that car.


The owner of that car.
2- The mother/ Mary.
.
3- The jacket / that man.
.
4- The top / the page.
.
5- The daughter / Charles.
.
6- The cause / the problem.

7- The newspaper / my father.


..
8- The birthday / my father.
.
9- The name / this street.

10-The toys / the children.


.
11-The new manager / the company.

A- Read each sentence and write a new genitive one as in the example.
1- The meeting tomorrow has been cancelled.
Tomorrow's meeting has been cancelled.
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2- The storm last week caused a lot of damage.


.
3- The only cinema in the town has closed down.
..
4- Exports from Britain to the United States have fallen recently.
..
5- Tourism is the main industry in the region.
..

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