Question

ПОМОГИТЕ ПЛИЗ
Pissesive case
ThePossessiveCase.Exercise 1.Paraphrase the following using the possessive case.Example: The son of our manager –our manager’s sonThe songs of the children –the children’s songsThe new club of the workers –the workers’ new club

1) the house of Mr. Smith; 2) the works of Rembrandt; 3) a meeting of the employees; 4) the bags of those women; 5) the orders of our boss; 6) the cottage of my parents; 7) coal deposits of the world; 8) the influence of the sun; 9) the atmosphere of the earth; 10) the arrival of the ship; 11) icy mountains of Greenland; 12) the policy of the company; 13) gold reserves of Russia; 14) the mother of Kate and Mary; 15) the paintings by Picasso and Dali; 16) the times of Ivan the Terrible; 17) the speech of the Minister of Foreign Trade; 18) the wives of Henry the Eighth; 19) a flat of my father-in-law; 20) a cruise which lasts three weeks; 21) work which takes two hours; 22) a distance of fivekilometers; 23) the operation which lasted four hours; 24) a semester of eight weeks; 25) a play of three acts; 26) the rest which lasted an hour; 27) a football match which lasts ninety minutes; 28) a telephone conversation which lasts three minutes; 29)the gravitation of the planet; 30) the joys and grieves of life

Answer 1

1) Mr. Smith's house;

2) Rembrandt's works;

3) the employees' meeting;

4) those women's bags;

5) our boss' (или boss's) orders;

6) my parents' cottage;

7) world's coal deposits;

8) the sun's influence;

9) the earth's atmosphere;

10) the ship's arrival;

11) Greenland's icy mountains;

12) the company's policy;

13) Russia's gold reserves;

14) Kate and Mary's mother;

15) Picasso's and Dali's paintings;

16) Ivan the Terrible's times;

17) the Minister of Foreign Trade's speech;

18) Henry the Eighth's wives;

19) my father-in-law's flat;

20) three weeks' cruise;

21) two hours' work;

22) five kilometers' distance;

23) four hours' operation;

24) eight weeks' semester;

25) three acts' play;

26) an hour's rest;

27) ninety minutes' football match;

28) three minutes' telephone conversation;

29) the planet's gravitation;

30) life's joys and grieves