7. Transform the prases. Use the possessive where possible.

1) a delay of an hour_____________ 2) a journey of two days___________ 3) the shade of the tree____________ 4) the book of the film___________ 5) the inside of the box___________

6) the price of success_____________ 7) work of seven years____________ 8) the surface of the earth__________ 9) at the door of death_____________ 10) an absence of a year____________

8. Use the correct possessives to complete the sentences. If two answers are possible, write the more than one.

1. Where are the ______________? (books/boys)

2. I opened the ____________. (door/car)

3. My keys are in the ___________. (pocket/my suit)

4. I'm afraid I've broken the______________ . (leg/chair)

5. The doctor told me to have a______________ . (rest/week)

6. He wrote a letter to the ___________. (secretary/President)

7. Would you turn on the___________? (light/kitchen)

8. This is Mrs Davies, the_____________. (manager/cinema)

9. You'll feel better after a _____________. (holiday/fortnight)

10. This was _______________. (house/my parents)

9. Rewrite these sentences using 's, s', or just an apostrophe (').

1. This bicycle is for a child.

2. This pen belongs to the teacher.

3. He described the career of the actress.

4. That's a job for a stewardess.

5. These toys belong to the children

6. This is a club for women.

7. It's a school for girls.

8. This is the lounge for residents.

9. This umbrella belongs to James.

10. That hat belongs to Doris.

10. You have some information about the James family. Read it carefully and fill in the missing names in the family tree and also the jobs of the people in the middle row. The James Family Tree

Tom's grandfather is called Douglas. Sally's husband is an electrician. Anne has two boys. Rebecca is Amanda's cousin. The editor is married to David. Mark is Amanda's father. Joanna and Rebecca are sisters. Douglas has two sons and a daughter. Joanna's father is a teacher. Sylvia is a grandmother.

Nina is Peter's wife. Mark is Sylvia's son-in-law. David and Peter are brothers. Amanda's mother is a nurse. Peter has two daughters. Sylvia's daughter-in-law is a doctor. Peter is Sylvia's son. Sally has two brothers. The accountant is called David. 20) Bob and Tom are brothers.

11. Read the text about the family of Corinne and draw a line to show each person's relationship to her. Say what members of the family she has.

I have quite a large family, actually. My grandmother lives with my mother and father, and she's called Jacqueline. Then I have a brother who's called Raymond, who lives in Cassis, that's quite near Marseille, and a sister, called Chantal who lives in Marseille. My aunt is called Christine and my uncle is called Tony. Then, of course, there's my husband Vincent. His family comes from Montpellier, and that's where we live now. Oh, I nearly forgot, my mother is called Marie and my father is Georges. We're very close.

Jacqueline Raymond Chantal Christine Tony Georges Vincent Marie

mother sister father grandmother brother aunt husband uncle