IV. Restore the following dialogue.

Nurse: I’m afraid visiting hours are over, sir.

Visitor: Моя дружина лежить в палаті 3Б.

Nurse: Sorry, you’ll have to come back in the morning.

Visitor: І залишити її саму на всю ніч?

Nurse: I’m afraid that’s the policy, sir.

Visitor: Напевно, Ви можете зробити виняток? А що, як я буду потрібен їй вночі?

Nurse: Don’t worry, we’ll look after her. What she really needs is her rest.

Visitor: Деякі наші друзі хочуть відвідати її. Коли вони можуть прийти?

Nurse: Visiting hours are from 9 to 11 in the morning and 4 to 7 in the evening, but I’m afraid while your wife is on bedrest the doctor has requested that only immediate family members come in to see her.

Visitor: Хіба друзі не можуть навіть зайти, щоб принести їй квіти?

Nurse: Flowers are not permitted in this ward. We just can’t risk any germs that might come in with them.

Visitor: Що ж, я вважаю, це все в її інтересах.

Nurse: Thanks for understanding. Now, I’m going to bring your wife her dinner. Why don’t you head home and get something to eat yourself?

Visitor: Добре. Мені справді страшенно не хочеться залишати її саму, але це, скоріш за все, хороша ідея.

Nurse: She’s in good hands here. I’ll tell her you were here and that you’ll see her in the morning.

IV. Grammar Exercises

The Possessive Case of Nouns The Possessive Case is formed by means of the ending – 's. The Possessive Case is mainly used with the singular nouns denoting living beings. Ann’s daughter, the manager’s office, the horse’s tail Otherwise (with things) we normally use … of … the door of the room (not - the room’s door) After a plural noun which ends in -s we use only an apostrophe (') my sisters’ room, the Carters’ house (Mr. and Mrs. Carter) If a plural noun does not end in -s, we use ’s a children’s book, women’s bags We can use ’s after more than one noun Jack and Jill’s wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Carter’s house Besides the names of living beings the following nouns can be used in the Possessive Case: nouns denoting time and distance last Saturday’s newspaper names of countries and towns or cities Italy’s largest city names of cosmic bodies the moon’s light collective nouns like government, party, army, crew, family, society, etc the government’s decision

I. Change the following word-combinations using the Possessive Case.

Model: 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 newspaper / today

5. the toys / the children

6. the house / my aunt and uncle

7. the economic policy / the government

8. the children / Don and Mary

9. the garden / our neighbours

10. the rays / the sun