Fill in the following words

advice, chocolate, jam, lemonade, meat, milk, oil, rice, tea, tennis

and form meaningful phrases.

Example: a cube of _____

Answer: a cube of sugar

1) a piece of
2) a packet of
3) a bar of
4) a glass of
5) a cup of
6) a bottle of
7) a slice of
8) a barrel of
9) a game of
10) a jar of

1) a piece of advice 2) a packet of rice 3) a bar of chocolate 4) a glass of milk 5) a cup of tea
6) a bottle of lemonade 7) a slice of meat 8) a barrel of oil 9) a game of tennis 10) a jar of
jam
  Lynne's web site kept growing larger and larger.

Singular and irregular plural nouns that don't end in 's' take -'s.

For example:-

 Lynne's web site.

 The people's court.

Plural nouns that end in " s " take an apostrophe at the end ( ' ).

For example:-

 The girls' dresses.

People's names that end in "s" you can write (') or ('s).

For example:-

 Charles' job was on the line.

or

 Charles's job was on the line.

Try to avoid sounding like hissing Sid though. When an added - s would lead to three closely
bunched s or z sounds just use an apostrophe at the end.

 The map of Ulysses' journey.

If you have to show joint ownership, give the possessive form to the final name only.

 Abbott and Costello's famous baseball sketch.

Pronouns and determiners are inflected to show the possessive case.

Personal Pronoun/Determiner

Possessive
Lynne's Lynne's
My Mine
Your Yours
His His
Her Hers
Its Its
Our Ours
Their Theirs
Whose Whose
For example:-

 This is Lynne's web site. It's my website!. It's mine!

 It's not Zozanga's web site. It's not his website. It's not his.
 Have you seen her book? It's her book. It's hers.

Genitive Case

You should still use the genetive case when talking about things that belong to other things.

For example:-

 The door of the car.

 The content of the website.
 The top of the page.

!Tip - If you aren't sure what to use stick to (of the).

Genitive -s or of-phrase
Exercise - 's or of-phrase

genitive-s of-phrase
mostly for people mostly for things
Ronny's brother the name of the school

If things have a connection to people we use the s-genitive (possessive) as well.

Germany's economy or the ecomony of Germany

In time expressions we also use 's.

a three week's holiday

Write apostrophe 's or the of-phrase into the gaps.

Example: (Mandy) sister - ____________ (Mandy)

Answer: (Mandy) sister - Mandy's sister

1) (a glass) milk -
2) (my friend) bike -
3) (the window) room -
4) (Mr Smith) car -
5) (ten minutes) walk -
6) (the headteacher) office -
7) (the number) house
8) (two days) work -
9) (the waiter) shoes -
10) (Britain) economy -

1) (a glass) milk - a glass of milk

2) (my friend) bike - my friend's bike
3) (the window) room - the window of the room
4) (Mr Smith) car - Mr Smith's car
5) (ten minutes) walk - ten minutes' walk
6) (the headteacher) office - the headteacher's office
7) (the number) house the number of the house
8) (two days) work - two days' work
9) (the waiter) shoes - the waiter's shoes
10) (Britain) economy - the economy of Britain