-'s and of (English exercise n°5381 - Please quote this number when contacting us)Other English exercises on the same topic-'s and of-'s (the girl's name) and of... (the name of the book) A- We normally use -'s for people or animals (the girl's... / the horse's... etc.):the girl's name the horse's tail Mr. Evans's daughtera woman's hat the manager's office Sarah's eyes • Where is the manager's office? (not 'the office of the manager') • What colour are Sarah's eyes? (not 'the eyes of Sarah') Note that you can use without a following noun: • This isn't my book. It's my brother's. (= my brother's book) We do not always use -'s for people. For example, we would use of... in this sentence: • What is the name of the man who lent us the money? ('the man who lent us the money' is too long to be followed by -'s) Note that we say a woman's hat (= a hat for a woman), a boy's name (= a name for a boy), a bird's egg (= an egg laid by a bird) etc. B- For things, ideas etc. we normally use of (...of the book / ...of the restaurant etc.): the roof of the garage (not 'the garage's roof the name of the book the owner of the restaurant Sometimes you can use the structure noun + noun the garage door the restaurant owner We normally use of (not noun + noun ) with the beginning / end / top / bottom / front / back / middle / side etc. So we say: the back of the car (not 'the car back') the beginning of the month C- You can usually use -'s or of... for an organisation (= a group of people). So you can saythe government's decision or the decision of the government the company's success or the success of the company It is also possible to use -'s for places. So you can say:the city's new theatre the world's population Italy's largest city After a singular noun we use -'s: my sister's room (= her room - one sister) Mr. Carter's house After a plural noun (sisters, friends etc.) we put ' (an apostrophe) after the s (s’): my sisters' room (= their room - two or more sisters) the Carters' house (Mr. and Mrs. Carter) If a plural noun does not end in -s (for example, men / women / children / people we use -'s: the men's changing room a children's book (= a book for children) Note that you can use -'s after more than one noun: Jack and Jill's wedding Mr. and Mrs. Carter's house You can also use -'s with time expressions (yesterday / next week etc.) • Have you still got yesterday's newspaper? • Next week's meeting has been cancelled. In the same way, you can say today's... / tomorrow's... / this evening's... / Monday's... etc. We also use -'s (or -s' with plural words) with periods of time: • I’ve got a week's holiday starting on Monday. • Jill has got three weeks' holiday. • I live near the station- it’s only about ten minutes’ walk. Compare this structure with a three-hour journey, a ten-minute walk’etc Join the two (or three) nouns. Sometimes you have to use -'s or -s'; and sometimes you have to use...of Examples: 1 The owner / that car ==> The owner of that car. 2 the mother / Ann ==> Ann's mother. N'oubliez pas d'utiliser les majuscules. English exercise "" created by felin (20-12-2005) with The test builderClick here to see the current stats of this English test1. the jacket / that man. . 2. the top / the page. . 3. the daughter / Charles. . 4. the cause / the problem. . 5. the newspaper / yesterday. . 6. the birthday / my father. . 7. the name / this street. . 8. the toys / the children. . 9. the new manager / the company. . 10. the result / the football match. . 11. the garden / our neighbours. . 12. the ground floor / the building. . 13. the children / Don and Mary. . 14. the economic policy / the government. . 15. the husband / Catherine. . 16. the husband / the woman talking to Mary. . 17. the car / the parents / Mike. . 18. the wedding / the friend / Helen. . End of the learn English: -'s and of (21.06.2008 21:52)A free English exercise to learn English.
-'s (the girl's name) and of... (the name of the book)
A- We normally use -'s for people or animals (the girl's... / the horse's... etc.):the girl's name the horse's tail Mr. Evans's daughtera woman's hat the manager's office Sarah's eyes
• Where is the manager's office? (not 'the office of the manager')
• What colour are Sarah's eyes? (not 'the eyes of Sarah')
Note that you can use without a following noun:
• This isn't my book. It's my brother's. (= my brother's book)
We do not always use -'s for people. For example, we would use of... in this sentence:
• What is the name of the man who lent us the money? ('the man who lent us the money' is too long to be followed by -'s)
Note that we say a woman's hat (= a hat for a woman), a boy's name (= a name for a boy), a bird's egg (= an egg laid by a bird) etc.
B- For things, ideas etc. we normally use of (...of the book / ...of the restaurant etc.):
the roof of the garage (not 'the garage's roof
the name of the book
the owner of the restaurant
Sometimes you can use the structure noun + noun
the garage door
the restaurant owner
We normally use of (not noun + noun ) with the beginning / end / top / bottom / front / back / middle / side etc. So we say:
the back of the car (not 'the car back')
the beginning of the month
C- You can usually use -'s or of... for an organisation (= a group of people). So you can saythe government's decision or the decision of the government the company's success or the success of the company
It is also possible to use -'s for places. So you can say:the city's new theatre the world's population Italy's largest city
After a singular noun we use -'s:
my sister's room (= her room - one sister)
Mr. Carter's house After a plural noun (sisters, friends etc.) we put ' (an apostrophe) after the s (s’):
my sisters' room (= their room - two or more sisters)
the Carters' house (Mr. and Mrs. Carter)
If a plural noun does not end in -s (for example, men / women / children / people we use -'s:
the men's changing room a children's book (= a book for children)
Note that you can use -'s after more than one noun:
Jack and Jill's wedding Mr. and Mrs. Carter's house
You can also use -'s with time expressions (yesterday / next week etc.)
• Have you still got yesterday's newspaper?
• Next week's meeting has been cancelled.
In the same way, you can say today's... / tomorrow's... / this evening's... / Monday's... etc.
We also use -'s (or -s' with plural words) with periods of time:
• I’ve got a week's holiday starting on Monday.
• Jill has got three weeks' holiday.
• I live near the station- it’s only about ten minutes’ walk.
Compare this structure with a three-hour journey, a ten-minute walk’etc
Join the two (or three) nouns. Sometimes you have to use -'s or -s'; and sometimes you have to use...of
Examples: 1 The owner / that car ==> The owner of that car.
2 the mother / Ann ==> Ann's mother.
N'oubliez pas d'utiliser les majuscules.