Question

Exercise 6.
Paraphrase the following using the possessive case. Example: The son of our manager — our manager's son
A 1) the house of Mr. Smith; 2) a doll of the girls; 3) the works of Rembrandt; 4) a toy of the baby; 5) a meeting of the employees; 6) the bags of those women; 7) the orders of our boss; 8) the books of the children; 9) the cottage of my parents; 10) a garage of her cousin. В 1) coal deposits of the world; 2) the influence of the sun; 3) the atmosphere of the earth; 4) the joys and grieves of life; 5) the arrival of the ship; 6) icy mountains of Greenland; 7) the policy of the company; 8) gold reserves of Russia; 9) the gravitation of the planet; 10) the decisions of the commission.
С_ 1) the mother of Kate and Mary; 2) the children of my aunt Ann; 3) the paintings by Picasso and Dali; 4) the gun of the commander-in-chief; 5) the times of Ivan the Terrible; 6) the speech of the Minister of Foreign Trade; 7) the correspondent of the Herald Tribune; 8) a flat of my father-in-law; 9) the wives of Henry the Eighth; 10) oil wells of Saudi Arabia. D 1) a cruise which lasts three weeks; 2) work which takes two hours; 3) a distance of five kilometres; 4) the operation which lasted four hours; 5) the flight which took three hours; 6) a semester of eight weeks; 7) the rest which lasted an hour; 8) a play of three acts; 9) a football match which lasts ninety minutes; 10) a telephone conversation which lasts three minutes.

Answer 1

Ответ:

A 1) Mr Smith's house; 2) the girls' doll; 3) Rembrandt's works; 4) the baby's toy; 5) the employees' meeting; 6) those women's bags; 7) our boss' orders; 8) the children's books; 9) my parents'  cottage; 10) her cousin's garage.

В 1) the world's coal deposits; 2) the sun's influence; 3)  the earth's atmosphere; 4) life's joys and grieves; 5) the ship's arrival; 6) Greenland's icy mountains; 7) the company's policy;  8) Russia's gold reserves; 9) the planet's gravitation; 10) the commission's decisions.

С. 1) Kate and Mary's mother;  2) my aunt Ann's children;  3)   Picasso's and Dali's paintings;  4) the commander-in-chief's gun; 5) Ivan the Terrible's times;  6) the Minister of Foreign Trade's speech;  7) the Herald Tribune's correspondent;  8)  my father-in-law's flat;  9) Henry the Eighth's wives;  10) Saudi Arabia's oil wells.

D 1) a three-weeks' cruise;  2) two-hours' work;  3) a five-kilometres' distance;  4) the four-hours' operation  5) the three-hours' flight;   6) an eight-week's semester;  7)  an hour's rest;  8) a three-acts' play;   9) a ninety-minutes' football match; 10) a three-minutes' telephone conversation.