Lesson VU: The Defining Shortcut THE

A.3.2. ‘S-Defining Possessives Previous patterns: I brought A new PEN. THE PEN is red. THIS FISH is from South America. The fish is a gold-fish. I like HER STYLE. The style is awesome. New pattern- 'S forms: Subject Block A-Block Property Block THE DOG ‘S back is strong. JIM ‘S watch is stolen. EUCLID ‘S work is fascinating. MARY ‘S dress is beautiful. THIS STUDENT ‘S paper is good. THIS STUDENT ‘S papers are good. THESE STUDENT S’ papers are good. THESE STUDENT S’ paper is good. YESTERDAY 'S work was a real success. A DAY 'S work is good for us. Exercise: A.3.2.1. Practice ‘S-Defining Possessives Use the information from the second to define the object in the first statement ( printed italic ) with ‘S-Defining Possessive Form. For example: That is a key . It belongs to Jenny . THAT IS JENNY’S KEY . 1. This is a report . We received it today. 2. That is a hostel . The students live there. 3. It is a dress . Mary wears it . 4. I found a book . The book belongs to Marcia . 5. Those are gloves . Ali uses them . 6. This is an e-mail . We got it today. 7. This is a toilet . The doctors use it . 8. It’s a composition . George is writing it . 9. It was a party . It took place yesterday. 10. It’s a laptop . I got it from John .