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    Unit

    64 -’s (Kate’s camera / my brother's car etc.)

    KATE

    MY BROTHER

    Kate's camera my brother's car the manager's office


    (her camera) (his car) (his or her o ff ce)

    We normally use -'s for people:


    O I stayed at my sister's house. (not the house of my sister)
    O Have you met M r Black's wife? (not the wife of M r Black)
    O Are you going to James's party?
    O Paul is a man's name. Paula is a woman's name.

    You can use -'s without a noun after it:


    O Sophie's hair is longer than Kate's. (= Kates hair)
    O 'Whose umbrella is this?' 'It's my mother's.' (= my mother's umbrella)
    O 'Where were you last night?' 'I was at Paul's.' (= Paul's house)

    friend's and friends'

    my friend's house = one friend my friends' house = two or more friends


    (= his house or her house) (= their house)

    We w rite 's after We w rit e ' after


    friend/student/mother etc. (singular): friends/students/parents etc. (plural):
    my mother's car (one mother) my parents' car (two parents)
    my father's car (one father)

    We use o f ... for things, places e t c .:


    O Look at the roof of that building. (not that building's roof)
    O We didn't see the beginning of the film. (not the film's beginning)
    O What's the name of this village?
    O Do you know the cause of the problem?
    O You can sit in the back of the car.
    O Madrid is the capital of Spain.
    !

    138 ( mine/yours etc. Unit 61 whose . . . ? -» Unit 61 -;s (he's / Kate's etc.) Appendix 4^5
    Exercises
    Look at the family tree. Complete the sentences about the people in the family.
    1 Brian is ....Hajan’s ................husband.
    2 Sarah is Daniels m othar
    HELEN * • * = « BRIAN
    Ok I 3 Helen is .................... .............. wife.
    4 James is Sarahs

    01 5 James is ...................................uncle.
    6 Sarah is ..................... ............. wife.
    0?
    7 Helen is Daniels
    JAMES SARAH PAUL
    8 Sarah is James's
    9 Paul is ........................ husband.
    DANIEL 10 Paul is Daniel's
    Helen and Brian are married. 11 Daniel is ................... ...............nephew.
    They have a son, James, and a daughter, Sarah.
    Sarah is married to Paul.
    Sarah and Paul have a son, Daniel.

    Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use one word only.

    JANE ANDY ALICE RACHEL DAVE

    Whose is this? And this? 5 * 0 And this?


    Alices...........
    Whose is this?
    JU
    And these? 6 66 nd
    A these?

    Are these sentences OK? Change them where necessary.


    1 I stayed at the house of my sister. thy. sistar’s. housa
    2 W hat is the name of this village? OK
    3 Do you like the colour of this coat?
    4 Do you have the phone number of Simon?
    5 The job of my brother is very interesting.
    6 Write your name at the top of the page.
    7 For me, the morning is the best part of the day.
    8 The favourite colour of Paula is blue.
    9 When is the birthday of your mother?
    10 The house of my parents isn't very big.
    11 The walls of this house are very thin.
    12 The car stopped at the end of the street.
    13 Are you Roing to the party of Silvia next week?
    14 The manager of the hotel is not here at the moment

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