Apostrophe and of Exercises

UNIT 75  Apostrophe and of   Exercises

75.1   Join two nouns. Sometimes you have to use an apostrophe e), with or without s. Sometimes
you have to use . . . of . . . .

Examples: the door/the room the door of the room
the mother/Ann Ann's mother.

1.   the camera/Tom_________________________

2.   the eyes/the cat__________________________

3.   the top/the page_________________________

4.   the daughter/Charles_________________________

5.   the newspaper/today_______________________________

6.   the toys/the children______________________________

7.   the name/your wife_______________________________

8.   the name/this street______________________________

9.   the name/the man I saw you with yesterday_____________________________

10.   the new manager/the company___________________________

11.   the result/the football game_____________________________

12.   the car/Mike's parents____________________________

13.   the birthday/my father___________________________

14.   the new principal/the school_______________________________

15.   the garden/our neighbors________________________________

16.   the ground floor/the building_______________________________

17.   the children/Don and Mary_______________________________

18.   the economic policy/the government___________________________________

19.   the husband/the woman talking to Tom___________________________________

20.   the house my aunt and uncle___________________________________________
                       

75.2  Read each sentence and write a new sentence using 's with the underlined words.

Example: The meeting tomorrow has been canceled. Tomorrow's meeting has been canceled

1.   The storm last week caused a lot of damage
Last week______________________________________________________________

2.   The only movie theater in the town has been closed down.
The t______________________________________________________________________

3.   Exports from Canada to the United States have fallen recently.
C___________________________________________________________________________

4.   There will be a big crowd at the football game this evening.
There will be a big crowd at this________________________________________

5.   Tourism is the main industry in the region.
The r_________________________________________________________________________




75.3   Use the information given to complete the sentences.

Example: If I leave my house at 9:00 and drive to Houston, I arrive at about 12:00. So it's about three hours' drive to Houston from my house.

1.   I'm going on vacation on the 12th. I have to be back at work on the 26th.
So I have_____________________________________________vacation

2.   I went to sleep at 3:00 this morning and woke up an hour later at 4:00.
So I only had_______________________________________sleep.

3.   If I leave my house at 8:50 and walk to work, I get to work at 9:00.
So it's only______________________________________________walk from my house to work.