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Trang 1Task 1 - Rewrite the underlined part (his, her, its,
their)
1) This is Lisa's coat _
2) My parents' car is really new _
3) My sister's room is messy _
4) I believe in the people's hard work
5) That's the baby's book _
6) Peter's friend is a doctor _
7) Their cat's ball is in the basket _
8) It's Nick's baseball cap _
9) His daughter's dog is ill
10) This is the children's playground _
Task 2 – 's or '
1 – Margaret mug
2 – the lion paw
3 - the postmen letters
4 – the boys snowman
5 – the sister dress
6 – mother day
7 - the friends hobby
8 – the boy homework
9 – the chickens corn
10 – Martin bike
Task 3 – Rewrite the sentences Use 's or of to
express possession Look at the example.
e.g.: Peter's got an apple This is Peter's apple This
is his apple
e.g.: The table has got four legs These are the
four legs of the table These are its four legs
1 – Anne has got a flat
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_
2 – My cousin has got a raincoat
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_
3 – The women have got beautiful eyes
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_
4 – The village has got long streets
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_
5 – Hank has got a headphone
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_
6 – The bird has got a small nest
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7 – The detective has got an angry boss
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_
8 – The book has got nice pictures
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_
9 – The students have a test
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_
10 – The house has got a chimney
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_
Task 5 – Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets Use 's or of or a possessive adjective.
1) Can you climb on (mountain, top)?
2) Why are (your house, rooms) dark?
3) We decorated (we, Christmas tree) yesterday 4) (school, bus) isn't new.
5) (Bob, behaviour) made the teacher angry.
6) Have you seen (painter, brush) anywhere? 7) (tree, branch) is broken.
8) What's (you, favourite film), Philip?
9) (this magazine, articles) are always interesting 10) I carried (monkey, bananas) from the van 11) (police, car) stopped in front of our house 12) Have you checked (car, brakes) yet?
13) (he, birthday cake) is almost ready.
14) (businessmen, contractions) are important 15) I lent (I, laptop) to Carl.
16) We are painting (our garden, fence) now 17) (she, hair) is extremely short.
18)Do you know (this book, price)?
Task 4 – Choose the correct answer.
1) What's his / hers name?
2) This is my / mine cap That is your / yours 3) Our / Ours are clever students.
4) Do you like your / yours grandma's cake?
5) Whose scarf is this? It's her / hers.
6) That's it / its bone.
7) She is holding their / theirs present.
8) This is Peter's cap That is my / mine.
9) Do you know her / hers sister?
10) These are our / ours dogs Those are their / theirs.
Trang 2Task 8 – What is 's? Choose the correct answer.
1) She's got a brown skirt.
A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
2) The dentist's coat's next to mine.
The dentist's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession coat's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
3) It's a simple task.
A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
4) The man's car's got broken bumper.
The man's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession car's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
5) Martin's desk's in the corner.
Martin's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession desk's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
6) Charlie's brother's got a girlfriend.
Charlie's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession brother's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
7) Tom's children were playing football.
A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
8) Grandpa's got a new television.
A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
9) What's she talking about? About Jenny's plans.
What's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession Jenny's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
10) This policeman's got an interesting case.
A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
11) Dave's cousin's a shop assistant.
Dave's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession cousins's: A/ is B/ has C/ expresses possession
Task 6 – Create sentences with the given words Use
of, or 's to express possession (for intermediate ss)
Write the answer into your exercise-book.
1) the swimming-pool / have / swum / in / you / the
hotel?
2) out of / dad / order / mobile phone / is?
3) the garden / Tina / already / has / the flowers /
watered
4) was / Julie / from / yesterday / school / son /
absent
5) the garden / yesterday / locked / the gate / Dad /
evening
6) is / the boy / colour / hair / what?
7) stole / tricycle / someone / the girl
8) the room / asked / the receptionist / about / the
hotel / service / I
9) are / high / the mountains / really / the country
10) you / see / pencil-case / can / Daisy / somewhere?
11) have to / how many / the class / we / do / change /
desks?
12) friends / are / my son / always / in trouble
13) less / the desert / need / the plants / water
14) had to / the cat / cut / nails / she
15) know / about / your children / you / pastime / do /
something?
16) is / 200,000 / about / the population / this town
17) too / the voice / yesterday / was / your radio /
loud
18) interesting / our teacher / are / lessons
19) in September / the beginning / is / the school year
20) searched / his uncle / we / for / keys
Task 7 – Find and correct the mistakes if
there is.
1) The forest's trees are old.
2) Hers cap is too big for her.
3) The tails of the mice aren't grey.
4) Have you read the newspaper's headline?
5) The roof of our tiles are brown.
6) I am reading the book of that woman.
7) I don't know the church of the height.
8) The parcels of the postman were changed.
9) The bus drivers bus is full of passengers.
10) I have forgotten my school's address.
11) Their's house is next to our.
12) This pen is my That one is yours.
Task 9 – Write a short story Express possession in as many ways as you can Use the following words:
• hope
• rabbit
• grandma
• card
• forest
• soup
• tale
• child
• friend
• cap
• key
• fox
• tree
• basket
• mother
• hunter
• girl
• dream
• bike
• dress
Trang 3Task 1
1 – her; 2 – their; 3 – her; 4 – their; 5 – its; 6 – his; 7 –
its; 8 – his; 9 – her; 10 - their
Task 2
1 – Margaret's mug
2 – the lion's paw
3 - the postmen's letters
4 – the boys' snowman
5 – the sister's dress
6 – mother's day
7 - the friends' hobby
8 – the boy's homework
9 – the chickens' corn
10 – Martin's bike
Task 3
1 – This is Anne's flat This is her flat
2 – This is my cousin's raincoat This is his/her raincoat
3 – These are the women's beautiful eyes These are their
beautiful eyes
4 – These are the long streets of the village These are its
long streets
5 – This is Hank's headphone This is his headphone
6 – This is the bird's small nest This is its small nest
7 – This is the detective's angry boss This is his angry
boss
8 – These are the nice pictures of the book These are its
nice pictures
9 – This is the students' test This is their test
10 – This is the chimney of the house This is its chimney
Task 4
1) What's his / hers name?
2) This is my / mine cap That is your / yours.
3) Our / Ours are clever students.
4) Do you like your / yours grandma's cake?
5) Whose scarf is this? It's her / hers.
6) That's it / its bone.
7) She is holding their / theirs present.
8) This is Peter's cap That is my / mine.
9) Do you know her / hers sister?
10) These are our / ours dogs Those are their / theirs.
Task 5
1) Can you climb on the top of the mountain?
2) Why are the rooms of your house, rooms dark?
3) We decorated our Christmas tree yesterday
4) The bus of the school isn't new
5) Bob's behaviour made the teacher angry
6) Have you seen the painter's brush anywhere?
7) The branch of the tree is broken
8) What's your favourite film, Philip?
9) The article of this magazine are always interesting
10) I carried the monkey's bananas from the van
11) The police's car stopped in front of our house
12) Have you checked the brakes of the car yet?
13) His birthday cake is almost ready
14) The businessmen's contractions are important
15) I lent my laptop to Carl
16) We are painting the fence of our garden now
17) Her hair is extremely short
18)Do you know the price of this book?
Task 6
1) Have you swum in the swimming-pool of the hotel? 2) Is dad's mobile phone out of order?
3) Has Tina already watered the flowers of the the garden? 4) Julie's son was absent from school yesterday
5) Dad locked the gate of the garden yesterday evening 6) What colour is the boy's hair?
7) Someone stole the girl's tricycle
8) I asked the receptionist of the hotel about the room service
9) The mountains of the country are really high
10) Can you see Daisy's pencil-case somewhere?
11) How many desks of the class do we have to change? 12) My son's friends are always in trouble
13) The plants of the desert need less water
14) She had to cut the cat's nails
15) Do you know something about your children's pastime? 16) The population of this town is about 200,000
17) The voice of your radio was too loud yesterday
18) Our teacher's lessons are interesting
19) The beginning of the school year is in September 20) We searched for his uncle's keys
Task 7 – THE CORRECT SENTENCES
1) The trees of the forest are old
2) Her cap is too big for her
3) The mice's tails aren't grey
4) Have you read the headline of the newspaper?
5) The tiles of our roof are brown
6) I am reading that woman's book
7) I don't know the height of the church
8) The postmen's parcels were changed
9) The bus driver's bus is full of passengers
10) I have forgotten the address of my school
11) Their house is next to ours
12) This pen is mine That one is yours
Task 8
1 – B
2 – C, A
3 – A
4 – C, B
5 – C, A
6 – C, B
7 – C
8 – B
9 – A, C
10 – B
11 – C, A Task 9
It depends on the ss