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? …………………….
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 …………………….
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.
…………………….
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 my house at 9 o’clock and drive to the airport, I arrive at about 11.
So it’s about ……………………. from my house to the airport. (drive)
2 If I leave my house at 8.40 and walk to the centre, I get there at 9 o’clock.
So it’s ……………………. from my 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)
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