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Saxon Genitive - construction
Focus Grammar
Description Complete these Saxon Genitive constructions. Be specially careful with the article and see if you need 'S or just apostrophe ( ' )
Instructions Click on the words at the bottom and drag them into the empty boxes of the sentence to complete it.
 
Gapped text Items
I don't know ______________________ everybody______________________ name 's / ' / the / --
______________________ Monica______________________ sister is in London -- / the / 's / '
______________________ my brother______________________ friend is from Chulavista 's / the / ' / --
This is ______________________ president______________________ car the / -- / 's / '
______________________ boy______________________ ball is yellow ' / -- / The / 's
This is ______________________ Peter______________________ house the / -- / ' / 's
That's ______________________ James______________________ sister ' / 's / -- / the
______________________ man______________________ eyes were sad ' / the / -- / 's
This is a soldiers______________________ hospital 's / -- / '
Those are ______________________ Anna______________________ and ______________________ Tim______________________ houses 've / ' / 's / the / the / -- / 's / --
And that is ______________________ boys______________________ school ' / 's / the / --
She is ______________________ Anna______________________ and ______________________ Tim______________________ daughter the / the / ' / ' / 's / -- / -- / the / 's / ' / -- / 's
______________________ soldier______________________ name was Brian -- / The / 's / '
______________________ men______________________ fashion is more simple the / 's / -- / '
______________________ your mother______________________ brother______________________ son is your cousin ' / 's / -- / ' / 's / --
Total number of items: 15
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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)