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.
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.