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Instructions
1- Look at the sentence and try to say the same idea in the other language. 2- Move your mouse over the black button to check your answer. 3- If you were right, click on the green button, if wrong, click on the red.
PERSON + 'S + THING
We use this form to express possession or relationship when talking about people.
Phoebe has a cat = This is Phoebe's cat
The leg of the chair
The leg of the sheep
Paul's leg
Spelling:
singular noun 
My father's car
plural noun My parents' house
singular ending in "s" or similar sound Your boss's office / Alice's book (pronounced: /bɒsɪz/ /ælɪsɪz/)
plural not ending in "s" The children's room
The "Person" may be a phrase:
That is the man next door's wife (Person= the man next door)
Paul and Mary's dog
Henry the Eighth's six wives
Notice:
Paul and Mary's dog = Paul and Mary have a dog, his name is Tobby
Paul's and Mary's dogs = Paul has a dog called Tobby, and Mary has a dog called Dodo
But if the "Person" is a long phrase or sentence, we prefer the construction with OF
This is the office of Mary and her new boyfriend
That's the house of the man who was talking to you at the party
A Saxon genitive can also be the "Person" of another Saxon genitive
This is Monica's son's toy (the toy of Monica's son)
My brother's wife's name is Karen
Careful with the article!
We only use the article with the Person if the Person has an article:
That's THE BOSS That's THE BOSS's car
That's PETER That's PETER's car (not: That's the Peter's car)
Items
| Item | Match | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| El amigo de mi padre es de Hawaii | My father's friend is from Hawaii | |
| El balón del niño es muy pequeño | The boy's ball is very small | |
| El baño de los hombres está a la derecha (men) | The men's toilet is to the right | |
| El hijo de la hermana de tu madre es tu primo | Your mother's sister's son is your cousin | |
| El nombre del niño era Tom | The boy's name was Tom | |
| Ella es la hermana de Annie y de Brian | She is Annie and Brian's sister |
Son tres hermanos. La relación de ella es conjuntamente con Annie y Brian, así que el "poseedor" es "Annie and Brian", con un 's basta para el grupo entero. |
| Esa es la madre de Tim | That's Tim's mother | |
| Esta es la casa de tu profesora | This is your teacher's house | |
| Esta es la comida de los niños (boys) | This is the boys' food | |
| Esta es la habitación de los profesores | This is the teachers' room | |
| Estas son las camas de Tom y de Bill | These are Tom's and Bill's beds |
Tom tiene una cama y Bill tiene otra cama, así que cada uno lleva su propio 's para expresar dos posesiones separadas |
| Este es el coche del presidente | This is the president's car | |
| La hermana de Josh es enfermera | Josh's sister is a nurse | |
| La luz de esta habitación es muy fuerte | The light of this room is very strong | |
| La luz del sol es cálida | The light of the sun is warm | |
| La nariz del señor estaba roja | The man's nose was red | |
| La rama (branch) de ese árbol está rota | The branch of that tree is broken | |
| Las ventanas de la torre son muy pequeñas | The windows of the tower are very small | |
| Los ojos de esos pájaros son pequeños | The eyes of those birds are small | |
| No me sé el nombre de todo el mundo | I don't know everybody's name |