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Instructions
Click on the words at the bottom and drag them into the empty boxes of the sentence to complete it.
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/ /ĉlɪsɪz/)
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
| Gapped text | Items |
|---|---|
| ______________________ men______________________ fashion is more simple | ' / the / -- / 's |
| This is a soldiers______________________ hospital | -- / 's / ' |
| ______________________ soldier______________________ name was Brian | 's / ' / -- / The |
| Those are ______________________ Anna______________________ and ______________________ Tim______________________ houses | 've / 's / the / the / 's / ' / -- / -- |
| She is ______________________ Anna______________________ and ______________________ Tim______________________ daughter | 's / the / -- / -- / 's / the / -- / 's / ' / ' / the / ' |
| ______________________ your mother______________________ brother______________________ son is your cousin | -- / ' / -- / 's / ' / 's |
| That's ______________________ James______________________ sister | -- / the / 's / ' |
| I don't know ______________________ everybody______________________ name | ' / 's / the / -- |
| ______________________ Monica______________________ sister is in London | 's / the / ' / -- |
| This is ______________________ Peter______________________ house | ' / -- / 's / the |
| ______________________ man______________________ eyes were sad | 's / ' / -- / the |
| This is ______________________ president______________________ car | the / 's / ' / -- |
| And that is ______________________ boys______________________ school | -- / ' / 's / the |
| ______________________ my brother______________________ friend is from Chulavista | 's / -- / ' / the |
| ______________________ boy______________________ ball is yellow | 's / ' / The / -- |