Kazakh-American University Hand-out English as a foreign language Level: Pre-Intermediate Credits: 2 Lexical theme: My friend’s family Practical Lesson: 2 Grammar: Personality adjectives. The possessive case.

Grammar : Adjectives: are words that describe a person, thing or abstract idea

Possessive case: The possessive case is used to show ownership. (Lynne's website.)

Type	Example	Possessive Case
singular noun	Dog	dog's dinner
plural nouns	Dogs	dogs' dinner
singular noun ending s	Chris	Chris' hat or Chris's hat
plural nouns not ending s	People	People's rights

1. Grammar Exercise: Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets

Jeremy is 10 years old. Julie is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old)__________________Julie

John's results were bad. Fred's results were very poor. Fred's results were (bad) _______________ John's.

This exercise is not difficult. It's (easy) _____________________ I expected.

People are not friendly in big cities. They are usually (friendly) ____________________ in small towns.

He was the (clever) thief of all.

Superman was the most (courage) ________________ person on the planet.

The new worker( mystery) was very ___________________.

2.Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. My house is (big) than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful) than that one.

3. This is the (interesting) book I have ever read.

4. Non-smokers usually live (long) than smokers.

5. Which is the (dangerous) animal in the world?

6. A holiday by the sea is (good) than a holiday in the mountains.

7. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) than a beer.

8. Who is the (rich) woman on earth?

9. The weather this summer is even (bad) than last summer.

10. He was the (clever) thief of all.

Writing exercise: put the words in correct order using the possessive case.

1. the camera / Tom ______________ 10. the birthday / my father ______________

2. the eyes / the cat ______________ 11. the car / my friends ______________

3. the top / the page ______________ 12. the dog / the boys ______________

4. the daughter / Mr Smith ______________ 13. the dress / Jane ______________

5. the toys / the children ______________ 14. the ball / the girls ______________

6. the names / your friend ______________ 15. the price / the coat ______________

7. the man / name ______________ 16. the ring / Susan ______________

8. the car / Mike ______________ 17. the rackets / the players ______________

9. the garden / our neighbors ______________ 18. the house / the Coopers ______________

19. the uncle / Bill ______________ 20. the waiting room / the doctor___________

1. Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb

1) She sings the song ________. (good)

a. well b. careful c. loudly d. carefully

2) He is a________ driver. (careful) a. well b. careful c. loudly d. carefully

3) He drives the car_________. (careful) a. well b. careful c. loudly d. carefully

4) The dog barks ____________ (loud)

a. well

b. careful

c. loudly

d. carefully

2.Writing exercise: Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the adjective.

1. Jeremy is 10 years old. Julie is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old)__________________Julie

2. The Alps are very high. They are (high) ____________________ mountains in Europe.

3. An ocean is (large) _____________________ a sea.

4. A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo costs less money.

A Rolls Royce is (expensive) ________________________ a Twingo.

5. John's results were bad. Fred's results were very poor. Fred's results were (bad) _______________ John's.

6. This exercise is not difficult. It's (easy) _____________________ I expected.

7. The weather is not good today - it's raining. I hope the weather will be (good) _______________ next week.

8. People are not friendly in big cities. They are usually (friendly) ____________________ in small towns.

9. In the government of a country, the President is (important) _____________________ person.

10. People say that Chinese is (difficult) ____________________to learn than English.

3. Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb like in the example. Example: Peter works ______ (slow). Answer: Peter works slowly.

1) He ___________reads a book. (quick)

2) Mandy is a _____________ girl. (pretty)

3) The class is ______________ loud today. (terrible)

4) Max is a ________________ singer. (good)

5) You can _________________ open this tin. (easy)

6) It's a _________________ day today. (terrible)