WORKSHEET 6

   

   

   

   GENDER

   

   1. Supply the missing words:

   

    1. My __________ is four years old; my niece is two years younger.
    2. My father's brother and sister have never married. He's still a ___________ and she `s a
       _______________.
    3. These days, few men become monks and few women become  _____________.
    4. There is only one bull in the field, but there are dozens of ____________.
    5. The cock crows at dawn and wakes up all the ____________.
    6. The stallion is in a separate stable from the _____________.
    7. We call the boar Henry and we call the ______ Jemima.
    8. The ewes look quiet enough, but I don't like the look of that ____________.
    9. In fairy tales the handsome prince usually marries the beautiful _____________.
   10. We went to a wildlife park and saw a lot of lions and ______________.
   11. In mythology, Mars is the god of war and Diana is the ___________ of hunting.
   12. Margaret is the __________ to her father's enormous fortune.
   13. Why does everyone expect the hero of the story to marry the _____________?
   14. A widow can often manage much better on her own than a _________________.
   15. When you look at fish, it's often difficult to distinguish between male and ____________.
   16. I took a photo of the bride and ______________ at the wedding.

   

   

   CASE

   

   1. Only where possible, use `s to show possession:

   

   1.      That's the voice of a man. -> That's a man's voice.

   2.      I can't see the bottom of the box. ->  not possible

   3.      That's the decision of the committee. __________________________________

   4.      It's the fault of no one. _____________________________________________

   5.      This is a copy of the poetry of Keats. __________________________________

   6.      Where's the key of the car? ___________________________________________

   7.      That's the bell of the village church that you can hear. _____________________

   8.      These are the stables of the horses. ______________________________________

   

   2. Join the nouns using `s or s' or  ... of...:

   

       1. the owner / the car ________________________

       2. the mother / Ann _________________________

       3. the jacket / that man _________________________

       4. the top / the page ___________________________

       5. the daughter / Charles _______________________

       6. the cause / the problem ______________________

       7. the newspaper / yesterday __________________________

       8. the birthday / my father _____________________________

       9. the name / this street ____________________________

      10. the toys / the children _____________________________

      11. the new manager / the company ________________________

      12. the result / the football match __________________________

      13. the garden / our neighbours _______________________________

      14. the ground floor / the building __________________________________

      15. the children / Don and Mary _____________________________

      16.  the economic policy / the government ______________________________

      17.  the husband / Catherine ___________________________________

      18. the husband / the woman talking to Mary _________________________

      19. the car / the parents / Mike _______________________________

       20. the wedding / the friend / Helen __________________________

   

   3.  Use `s to say the same:

   

   1.      a hot for a woman = a woman's hat

   2.      a name for a boy =

   3.      clothes for children =

   4.      a school for girls =

   5.      a nest for a bird =

   6.      a magazine for women =

   

   

   4. Use `s or s' only where possible with these:

   

   1.      a delay of an hour ______________________

   2.      a journey of two days ___________________________

   3.      the shade of the tree __________________________

   4.      the inside of the box ________________________

   5.      the price of success ________________________

   6.      work of seven years ______________________

   7.      the surface of the earth ______________________

   8.      an absence of a year _________________________