Make two word and three word nouns

Entry Test 

Choose the proper item. 

1. I’d like to know the _____ opinion about this item of news.

1.  The Possessive Case. Form and Usage (1)

Exercise1.1. Study the rule. 

Practice Activities.

Exercise1.2. The possessive ending ’s is pronounced [s] after the following consonants [f], [k], [p], [t], [Ө], [z] after the following consonants: [b], [d], [g], [l], [m], [n], [ŋ], [v], [ð] and vowels, and [iz] after the sounds: [z], [s], [ʤ], [ʧ]. Put the words into three columns according to its pronunciation.

Exercise 1.3. Rewrite these sentences using ’s, s’, or just an apostrophe (’).  

Exercise 1.4. Put the word combinations into the possessive form. 

1) the clothes of the boys	16) the new tie of my friend Cyril
2) the club of the women	17) the crown of the King of England
3) the father of James	18) the visit of the President of Chile
4) my mother-in-law favourite flowers	19) the castle of Elizabeth the Second
5) the orders of the Commander-in-Chief	20) the famous shop of Fortnum and Mason
6) the name of my sister-in-law	21) the holiday of my friend Dorris
7) the poems of Burns	22) the reforms of Peter the Great
the park of St James	23) a wrist-watch of a lady or a gentleman
9) the countries of Caesar and Cleopatra	24) the favourite of the boss
10) the wedding of William and Mary	25) the bedroom of my mum and dad
11) the hats of ladies	26) the garden of their grandparents
12) the stories told by Mary and Jack	27) the names of other schoolchildren
13) the toys of the children	28) the fault of somebody else
14) the law of Archimedes	29) beliefs of other people
15) the typist of Mr. Sims	30) the partnership of Smith, Wilson and Nelson

Exercise 1.5. Translate the following word combinations from Russian into English. 

1) голос актрисы	9) квартира Мэри и Джона
2) машина мистера Дэвиса	10) замок Генриха VIII
3) фуражки полицейских	11) свадьба моей невестки
4) кольцо принцессы Дианы	12) права женщин
5) женская и детская одежда	13) собака детей соседа
6) ничья вина	14) дело кого-то еще
7) багаж пассажиров	15) мнение американского президента
речь Министра иностранных дел

2.  The Possessive Case. Form and Usage (2)

Exercise 2.1. Study the rule. 

Practice Activities.

Exercise 2.2. Complete these sentences using the appropriate possessive form. 

1. The bike that belongs to my neighbour’s children is my __________ bike.

2. The prices we have this year are called __________.

3. The scheme sponsored by the Duke of Edinburgh is known as __________.

4. A drive of two hours is called __________.

5. The office where the managing director works is known as __________.

6. The car that belongs to my sister-in-law is called __________.

7. The paper I read yesterday can be referred to as __________.

8. A school for boys is called __________.

9. A rest for five minutes is called __________.

10. The union that represents railway men is ___________.

11. The law, which was formulated by a man called Murphy, is known as __________.

12. A trip that lasted two days is called __________.

13. He walked for five kilometers, so he covered __________ distance.

14. The home where the nurses live is called __________.

15. The car, which belongs to Mr. Brown’s wife, is __________.

16. The special offer that is valid for this month is called __________.

17. The changing room used by women is called __________.

18. A break of fifteen minutes is called __________.

19. He paid twenty dollars for book, he had __________ of books.

20. John and Dorris celebrated their silver wedding, it was __________.

Exercise 2.3. Complete the sentences by adding apostrophe or apostrophe s (‘s) to the noun group in brackets. 

1. This is my __________ house. (parents)

2. You know John? He’s __________ father. (David and Neil)

3. I borrowed __________ bike. (Lewis)

4. I’ll be staying at my __________. (uncle and aunt)

5. That looks like __________ car. (John and Jean)

6. Could you give me __________ address? (Charles)

7. You need __________ rest. (a couple of days)

8. We usually have __________ holiday in summer. (two weeks)

9. Did you see the cartoon in __________ newspaper? (yesterday)

10. Are you coming to my __________ party? (brother-in-law)

11. __________ versions of the event seemed different. (Mr. Smith and Mr. Sims)

12. There’s a new __________ surgery on the corner of Greenford Street. (Dr. Brown)

13. The company manufactures low cost __________ uniforms. (nurses)

14. Don’t get involved into __________ problems. (other people)

15. __________ reign lasted for 45 years. (Elizabeth the First)

Exercise 2.4. Translate the following word combinations from Russian into English. 

3.  The Possessive Case or the of-phrase

Exercise 3.1. Study the rule. 

Practice Activities.

Exercise 3.2. Make two noun groups from each set of words. Comment on the use of ’s and an of-group.

                     Model: John’s arm; the arm of the chair 

1) the policy: full employment, the company

2) the style: my favourite author, the 1930s

3) the place: language education, women

4) ideas: modern physics, my sons

5) rules: the club, football

6) the file: your secretary, legal documents

7) the view: the committee, the lake

the head: the cat, the queue

9) the arm: the chair, John

10) the story: Helen, the Civil War

11) the bed: the stream, the patient

12) the coat: the witness, snow

13) the atmosphere: the earth, mutual trust

14) the family: languages, my friend

15) the house: cards, my uncle Sam and aunt Grace

Exercise 3.3. Use ’s or s’ with these nouns where possible. Make up sentences with these word combinations. 

Exercise 3.4. Combine the following words combinations, using ’s or an of-group.

Exercise 3.5. If you want to buy some food you go to the grocer’s. Where do you go if you want to do the following?  

1) have you teeth examined – go to the __________	6) buy some meat – go to the __________
2) have your eyes examined – go to the _________	7) get you hair cut – go to the __________
3) buy some medicine – go to the __________	buy some flowers – go to the __________
4) buy some screws and nails – go to the _________	9) have clothes cleaned – go to the __________
5) buy some vegetables – go to the __________	10) buy a newspaper – go to the __________

Exercise 3.6. Answer the questions, using the possessive case of the nouns. 

Miscellaneous Practice.

Exercise 1. Choose one expression from each pair to fill in the blanks in the verse from a greeting card. 

(Life’s troubles/ Troubles of life) can sometimes leave us with a frown,

And the (each day’s worries/ worries of each day) can get us down;

But this (morning special of news/ morning’s special news) is here

To make all the (world’s problems/ problems of the world) disappear;

Because of one (love’s woman/ woman’s love), we can say

Thanks and best wishes to you on this (Mother Day/ Mother’s Day).

Exercise 2. Correct any possible mistakes in the following sentences. 

Exercise 3. Translate the following word combinations into English. 

4.  Nouns in the Possessive Case and Compound Nouns

Exercise 4.1. Study the rule. 

Practice Activities.

Exercise 4.2. Study the ways in which compound nouns can be made and translate the nouns. 

     Some ways in which compound nouns can be used:

1. when the second noun belongs to or is part of the first

e.g. shop window, church bell, picture frame, garden gate, college library

1. the first noun can indicate the location of the second

e.g. city street, corner shop, country lane, street market

1. the first noun can state the material of which the second is made

e.g. steel door, stone wall, rope ladder, silk blouse, iron gate

1. the first word can indicate the purpose of the second

e.g. coffee cup, escape hatch, notice board, tin opener, golf club

1. these combinations are often used of occupations, sports, hobbies and people who practise them

e.g. football match, sheep farmer, water skier, pop singer, tennis tournament, beauty contest

1. the first noun can show what the second is about or concerned with

e.g. A work of fiction can be a detective/ murder/ mystery/ ghost/ horror/ spy story.

      We buy bus/ train/ plane tickets.

      We pay fuel/ laundry/ milk/ telephone bills;

     entry visa, income tax, car insurance, parking fines.

Exercise 4.3. Choose the correct noun group and account for its usage.  

1) a pilot’s seat – a pilot seat	14) the car’s previous owner – the car previous owner
2) travelers’ cheques – travelers cheques	15) the firm’s office – the firm office
3) a leather’s wallet – a leather wallet	16) a street’s lamp – a street lamp
4) a man’s voice – a man voice	17) a cowboy’s film – a cowboy film
5) a fashion’s magazine – a fashion magazine	18) vegetable’s salad – vegetable salad
6) a bus’s station – a bus station	19) China’s history – China history
7) a toy’s shop – a toy shop	20) a telephone’s box –a telephone box
this morning’s newspaper – this morning newspaper	21) a horse’s race – a horse race
9) the teachers’ office – the teacher office	22) a car’s mechanic – a car mechanic
10) the computer’s disk – the computer disk	23) the earth’s gravity – the earth gravity
11) my mother’s chair – my mother chair	24) army’s officers – army officers
12) the paper’s editor – the paper editor	25) mountain’s plants – mountain plants
13) a bath’s towel – a bath towel

Exercise 4.4. Supply a phrase with ’s or a compound noun in place of the phrase in italics.  

Exercise 4.5. Match the following parts of compound nouns and then fill in the blanks in the sentences using the most appropriate compound. 

1. They should put a __________ outside school so that children don’t get run over.

2. Is the __________ you get from your parents enough for your need?

3. Can you send the __________ quickly – the house next door is on fire.

4. After the last break-in, they decided to get a __________ installed.

5. The nurse will take your __________ in a moment.

6. I can’t get the children to eat anything except __________.

7. We’re holding a tournament in the ice-hockey stadium, a __________ for the next year’s Winter Olympics.

8. A __________ travels to different places trying to persuade people to buy various goods.

9. The children’s bedrooms are __________ of each other.

10. They sell mainly __________.

Exercise 4.6. What do you call __________?

1) a shelf for books	11) a dress that costs $80
2) a test to detect drugs	12) a building of 9 storeys
3) a flight lasting two hours	13) the price of success
4) pudding made of rice	14) work of seven years
5) wool from a lamb	15) the surface of the earth
6) a headline in a newspaper	16) a ruler 20 inches long
7) a request for help	17) a child who is five years old
the uniform worn by a nurse	18) clothes worn by children
9) insurance for a car	19) a book which contains 100 pages
10) the wheel of a bicycle	20) a degree you get at university

Miscellaneous Practice.

Exercise 1. Choose the correct answer. 

1. I was surprised by the announcement of yesterday/ yesterday’s announcement.

2. They left their home because of the extension of the airport/ the airport’s extension.

3. The guitar playing of David/ David’s guitar playing has improved enormously.

4. The completion of the road/ the road’s completion was ahead of schedule.

5. At the supermarket, I found I’d brought the shopping list of last week/ last week’s shopping list.

6. It’s the responsibility of the firm that built the houses/ the firm that built the houses’ responsibility.

7. Britain export/ Britain’s export to the United States has fallen recently.

8. That isn’t much use; it’s the calendar of last year/ last year’s calendar.

9. I was shocked by the opinion of Alice/ Alice’s opinion.

10. He gently pattered the shoulder of his brother/ his brother’s shoulder.

11. He’s a friend of a man I know at work/ a man I know at work’s friend.

12. The evacuation of the building/ the building’s evacuation took only 10 minutes.

13.  Last week storm/ last week’s storm caused a lot of damage.

14. The only cinema of the town/ the town’s only cinema has been closed down.

15. There will be a big crowd at the football match of this evening/ at this evening’s football match.

Exercise 2. Rewrite the sentences using the possessive case of the nouns. 

1. The stories Steve told and the stories Jane told were completely different.

2. I’m sure this bag doesn’t belong to him, it belongs to somebody else.

3. Let’s go to the shop that the girls own.

4. That is the hotel belonging to Mr. Hollis.

5. It’s the fault of nobody.

6. They had respect for the opinions of each other.

7. The dog belonging to the son of my next-door neighbour never stops barking.

8. I’m fed up with the hopeless inefficiency of the secretary of my boss.

9. The personality of my father and the personality of my mother are very much alike.

10. The new Act of Parliament will protect the right of everyone to privacy.

11. The changing room for men is over there on the right.

12. I’ve just inherited the house belonging to the brother of my grandmother.

13. The opinions of the poor residents are rarely taken into consideration.

14. The dance routines of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are legendary.

15. She has been put in charge of the activities of children at the summer camp in Maine.

Exercise 3. Some of the sentences contain mistakes. Underline the mistakes and then correct them. 

1. When the teacher had called out the girl’s names, they all stepped forward.

2. We had to study Charles Dicken’s early novels at school.

3. There were hundreds of birds nests in the tree.

4. They are my mother-in-law’s favourite sweets.

5. I took the book to Lewis’ house yesterday.

6. If they had been anyone’s else paintings I wouldn’t have gone to the exhibition.

7. The world airlines are moving towards a total ban on smoking.

8. The readers letters page in the newspaper is full of complaints about the article.

9. We had a two weeks holiday in Spain.

10. I’m sure you know far more than they do about their country history.

Revision.

Exercise 1. Study the information below and write the number of appropriate examples in the spaces below. 

Exercise 2. Make up word combinations using the Possessive Case structure. 

Exercise 3. Some of the sentences contain mistakes. Underline the mistakes and then correct them.

1. In his fifteen-minutes speech he emphasized the importance of attracting industry to the town.

2. It’s reported that the custom’s officers foiled an attempt to smuggle the painting out of the country.

3. Before boarding the ship we have to go through customs and passport’s control.

4. She set out the company aims and objectives in her speech.

5. The residents are anxiously awaiting the local authorities decision.

6. The majority of teachers approve of a test at the end of a six-month course.

7. The hotel is within a stone’s throw of the beach.

8. I’m really at my wit’s end and don’t know what to do next.

9. The contents of the boy’s wardrobe were thoroughly examined though they strongly protested.

10. The committee’s second meeting was put off till Friday.

11. He keeps all his clients at arms’ length.

12. We had a nice time at John and Susan last night.

13. At the end of the five-day’s trial, he was found guilty and sent to prison.

14. To get married before you are eighteen, you’ll need your parents approval and consent.

15. I’ll see you at the tomorrow’s meeting.

Exercise 4. Put the words into the plural form, read and translate them. 

Hypothesis, datum, formula, analysis, takeoff, kimono, editor-in-chief, casino, calf, offspring, species, bridge, aircraft, synthesis, medium, terminus, archipelago, watch, volcano, salmon, sheaf, wharf, man-of-war, set-to, man-hole, criterion, church, ox, cactus, handful, tornado, mackerel, oasis, safe, woman-hater, good-for-nothing, lean-to, zero, thief, motto, works, louse, man-eater, grown-up, dwarf, series, hair-do, beach, bench, loaf, phenomenon, bamboo, holdall, merry-go-round, curriculum, hovercraft, life, concerto, tooth, belief, pick-pocket, Mr., cod, match, torpedo, antenna.

Exercise 5. Translate the words in brackets from Russian into English. Add articles where necessary. 

1. Homework should not be used as (средство)__________ of controlling children.

2. He was surrounded by a crowd of friends and (приспешников)__________.

3. From 1960 to 1965 the Soviets launched twenty-six (космическихкораблей)__________ into deep space.

4. It’s a well-known fact that oil found in (лососе, сардинахискумбрии)__________ can stop the weight loss.

5. The cat jumped to the floor, darted through the legs of several (прохожих)__________, and disappeared into the bar.

5. To qualify for a grant, students must satisfy certain (критериям)__________.

6. We have to learn all the relevant chemical (формулы)__________.

7.  He saw a young mother trying to control her two (отпрысков)__________.

8. It is a perfect location for (кактусов)__________.

9. The police are investigating (серию)__________ of attacks in the area.

10. The giant panda is (редкийвид)__________.

11. The final cost could be as much as two (миллиарда)__________ dollars.

12. What is the white (грибок)__________ on the roots of the plant?

13. It smells like the braided (буханки)__________ fresh from the baker’s oven.

14. The brick (завод)__________ closed last year.

Exercise 6. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Ее кукольное личико выражало удивление.

2. Он прошел через комнату секретарши, не взглянув на нее.

3. Я провела неделю в гостях у подруги моей свекрови.

4. Женский голос позади меня тихо произнес чье-то имя.

5. Это было решение мудрого человека.

6. Они увидели шестифутовую дыру в стене.

7. В сегодняшней вечерней газете есть статья Питера на эту тему.

8. Наступило минутное молчание.

9. До его работы было несколько минут ходьбы.

10. Двухметровый забор отделяет участок мистера Симса от нашего.

11. Фильм рассказывает о карьере актрисы.

12. Десятичасовой полет был очень утомительным.

13. Полицейский записал имена всех свидетелей.

14. Поведение Стива и Джона постыдно.

15. Дом Смитов находится в двух шагах от дома моей свекрови.

16. В моем кошельке было две пятидолларовые банкноты.

17. На обед подали куриный суп, рисовый пудинг и вишневый пирог.

18. Они устраивали пятнадцатиминутный перерыв каждый час.

19. На этом заводе производят пятитонные грузовики.

20. В подарок она получила кукольный домик и книгу сказок.

21. Он никогда не пропускает шестичасовые новости.

22. Козье молоко полезно для здоровья.

23. Это любимая передача моей тещи.

24. Никто не может обсуждать приказ главнокомандующего.

25. Во времена правления королевы Елизаветы Англия посылала исследователей во многие страны.