Task - Rewrite the underlined part (his, her, its, their) 1) This is Lisa's coat _ 2) My parents' car is really new _ 3) My sister's room is messy _ 4) I believe in the people's hard work 5) That's the baby's book _ 6) Peter's friend is a doctor _ 7) Their cat's ball is in the basket _ 8) It's Nick's baseball cap _ 9) His daughter's dog is ill 10) This is the children's playground _ Task – 's or ' – Margaret mug – the lion paw - the postmen letters – the boys snowman – the sister dress – mother day - the friends hobby – the boy homework – the chickens corn 10 – Martin bike Task – Rewrite the sentences Use 's or of to express possession Look at the example e.g.: Peter's got an apple is his apple This is Peter's apple This e.g.: The table has got four legs These are the four legs of the table These are its four legs – Anne has got a flat _ _ – My cousin has got a raincoat _ _ – The women have got beautiful eyes _ _ – The village has got long streets _ _ – Hank has got a headphone _ _ – The bird has got a small nest _ _ – The detective has got an angry boss _ _ – The book has got nice pictures _ _ – The students have a test _ _ 10 – The house has got a chimney _ _ Task – Choose the correct answer 1) What's his / hers name? 2) This is my / mine cap That is your / yours 3) Our / Ours are clever students 4) Do you like your / yours grandma's cake? 5) Whose scarf is this? It's her / hers 6) That's it / its bone 7) She is holding their / theirs present 8) This is Peter's cap That is my / mine 9) Do you know her / hers sister? 10) These are our / ours dogs Those are their / theirs Task – Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets Use 's or of or a possessive adjective 1) Can you climb on (mountain, top)? 2) Why are (your house, rooms) dark? 3) We decorated (we, Christmas tree) yesterday 4) (school, bus) isn't new 5) (Bob, behaviour) made the teacher angry 6) Have you seen (painter, brush) anywhere? 7) (tree, branch) is broken 8) What's (you, favourite film), Philip? 9) (this magazine, articles) are always interesting 10) I carried (monkey, bananas) from the van 11) (police, car) stopped in front of our house 12) Have you checked (car, brakes) yet? 13) (he, birthday cake) is almost ready 14) (businessmen, contractions) are important 15) I lent (I, laptop) to Carl 16) We are painting (our garden, fence) now 17) (she, hair) is extremely short 18)Do you know (this book, price)? Task – Create sentences with the given words Use of, or 's to express possession (for intermediate ss) Write the answer into your exercise-book 1) the swimming-pool / have / swum / in / you / the hotel? 2) out of / dad / order / mobile phone / is? 3) the garden / Tina / already / has / the flowers / watered 4) was / Julie / from / yesterday / school / son / absent 5) the garden / yesterday / locked / the gate / Dad / evening 6) is / the boy / colour / hair / what? 7) stole / tricycle / someone / the girl 8) the room / asked / the receptionist / about / the hotel / service / I 9) are / high / the mountains / really / the country 10) you / see / pencil-case / can / Daisy / somewhere? 11) have to / how many / the class / we / / change / desks? 12) friends / are / my son / always / in trouble 13) less / the desert / need / the plants / water 14) had to / the cat / cut / nails / she 15) know / about / your children / you / pastime / / something? 16) is / 200,000 / about / the population / this town 17) too / the voice / yesterday / was / your radio / loud 18) interesting / our teacher / are / lessons 19) in September / the beginning / is / the school year 20) searched / his uncle / we / for / keys Task – Find and correct the mistakes if there is 1) The forest's trees are old 2) Hers cap is too big for her 3) The tails of the mice aren't grey 4) Have you read the newspaper's headline? 5) The roof of our tiles are brown 6) I am reading the book of that woman 7) I don't know the church of the height 8) The parcels of the postman were changed 9) The bus drivers bus is full of passengers 10) I have forgotten my school's address 11) Their's house is next to our 12) This pen is my That one is yours Task – What is 's? Choose the correct answer 1) She's got a brown skirt A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 2) The dentist's coat's next to mine The dentist's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession coat's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 3) It's a simple task A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 4) The man's car's got broken bumper The man's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession car's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 5) Martin's desk's in the corner Martin's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession desk's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 6) Charlie's brother's got a girlfriend Charlie's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession brother's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 7) Tom's children were playing football A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 8) Grandpa's got a new television A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 9) What's she talking about? About Jenny's plans What's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession Jenny's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 10) This policeman's got an interesting case A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession 11) Dave's cousin's a shop assistant Dave's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession cousins's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession Task – Write a short story Express possession in as many ways as you can Use the following words: • • • • • • • • • • hope rabbit grandma card forest soup tale child friend cap • • • • • • • • • • key fox tree basket mother hunter girl dream bike dress SOLUTION Task Task – her; – their; – her; – their; – its; – his; – 1) Have you swum in the swimming-pool of the hotel? its; – his; – her; 10 - their 2) Is dad's mobile phone out of order? 3) Has Tina already watered the flowers of the the garden? Task 4) Julie's son was absent from school yesterday – Margaret's mug 5) Dad locked the gate of the garden yesterday evening – the lion's paw 6) What colour is the boy's hair? - the postmen's letters 7) Someone stole the girl's tricycle – the boys' snowman 8) I asked the receptionist of the hotel about the room – the sister's dress service – mother's day 9) The mountains of the country are really high - the friends' hobby 10) Can you see Daisy's pencil-case somewhere? – the boy's homework 11) How many desks of the class we have to change? – the chickens' corn 12) My son's friends are always in trouble 10 – Martin's bike 13) The plants of the desert need less water 14) She had to cut the cat's nails Task 15) Do you know something about your children's pastime? – This is Anne's flat This is her flat 16) The population of this town is about 200,000 – This is my cousin's raincoat This is his/her raincoat 17) The voice of your radio was too loud yesterday – These are the women's beautiful eyes These are their 18) Our teacher's lessons are interesting beautiful eyes 19) The beginning of the school year is in September – These are the long streets of the village These are its 20) We searched for his uncle's keys long streets – This is Hank's headphone This is his headphone Task – THE CORRECT SENTENCES – This is the bird's small nest This is its small nest 1) The trees of the forest are old – This is the detective's angry boss This is his angry 2) Her cap is too big for her boss 3) The mice's tails aren't grey – These are the nice pictures of the book These are its 4) Have you read the headline of the newspaper? nice pictures 5) The tiles of our roof are brown – This is the students' test This is their test 6) I am reading that woman's book 10 – This is the chimney of the house This is its chimney 7) I don't know the height of the church 8) The postmen's parcels were changed Task 9) The bus driver's bus is full of passengers 1) What's his / hers name? 10) I have forgotten the address of my school 2) This is my / mine cap That is your / yours 11) Their house is next to ours 3) Our / Ours are clever students 12) This pen is mine That one is yours 4) Do you like your / yours grandma's cake? 5) Whose scarf is this? It's her / hers Task 6) That's it / its bone – B 7) She is holding their / theirs present – C, A 8) This is Peter's cap That is my / mine – A 9) Do you know her / hers sister? – C, B 10) These are our / ours dogs Those are their / theirs – C, A – C, B Task – C 1) Can you climb on the top of the mountain? – B 2) Why are the rooms of your house, rooms dark? – A, C 3) We decorated our Christmas tree yesterday 10 – B 4) The bus of the school isn't new 11 – C, A 5) Bob's behaviour made the teacher angry 6) Have you seen the painter's brush anywhere? Task 7) The branch of the tree is broken It depends on the ss 8) What's your favourite film, Philip? 9) The article of this magazine are always interesting 10) I carried the monkey's bananas from the van 11) The police's car stopped in front of our house 12) Have you checked the brakes of the car yet? 13) His birthday cake is almost ready 14) The businessmen's contractions are important 15) I lent my laptop to Carl 16) We are painting the fence of our garden now 17) Her hair is extremely short 18)Do you know the price of this book?