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    Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #7378: Genitive case
    > Other English exercises on the same topic: Genitive [Change theme]
    > Similar tests: - Possessive case - Possessive or genitive Case - Possessive adjectives and pronouns. - Personal pronouns, possessives - Possessive case - Back to the possessive case - Whose and use - Possessive idioms
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    Genitive case


    I) Main uses:

    ➡️ Saying that the dress belongs to Mary:

     Mary's dress.



          ➡️  You can add adjectives:

    The young girl's  beautiful dress.


    ➡️  's is used for human beings:

    Patrick's foot.

    The leg of the chair.


    ➡️ 2 possessors:

     Peter and Anna's children.

    (Peter and Anna are both the parents of these children.)


    Peter's and Anna's children.

    (Peter has children and Anna has other children)


    ➡️  Plural:

     My sisters' room

    Irregular plural forms:

    The children's bedroom

    The women's purse




    Caution!

    Can also be used for:

    ➡️   time or distance:

    Two weeks' delay.

     A five kilometres' walk.

     Tomorrow's meeting


    ➡️ Geography:

    France's history.

     London's monuments.

    The government's policy.


    ➡️  Groups:

    The company's policy

    In everyone's interest

    Often with these words:

    Brother – pilot – horse – everyone –each other - team – company …



    ➡️  With a name:

    'Whose coat is this?' 'It's Lucile's'

     




    II) General views:


    A man's job

    A master's degree

    A dog's life 






       

    III) ELLIPSIS:


    This isn't your book, this is Luc's.


    ➡️ Often omitted: shop, house, church, cathedral, school, hospital

    He's going to Saint John's.


    ➡️ For homes:

     Betty went to Peter's. (Peter's house)

     

     

     

    IV) IDIOMS:



     For peace
    's sake

    At arm's length
         
     At stone's throw

    Out of harm's way

     To one's heart
    's content







    Build these sentences:










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