Reading rules

голосна + r (III)
a+r	e+r	i, y+r	u+r	o+r
[a:]	[q:]	[q:]	[q:]	[O:]
far	her	sir, myrtle	fur	nor

Exercise 1 a) Read the following words.

Car, north, her, bird, myrtle, turn, sport, verb, first, far, burn, short, stir, sir, thirst, star, merge, dirt, bar, arc, part, sharp, hard, third, harm, serve, service, shirt, skirt, nurse, darling, serf, fir, worker, dark, market, turbine, person, observe, eternal, surplus, surface, furnish, absurd.

b) Read the proverbs and think of the corresponding Ukrainian or Russian proverbs.

[ə:] An early bird catches the worm.

First come, first served.

As the workman, so is the work.

Grammar Possessive Case of Nouns

(Присвійний відмінок іменників)

Присвійний відмінок іменників відповідає на питання чий? і позначає належність предмета до якої-небудь особи. Присвійний відмінок вживається:

• коли мова йде про людей та тварин: my sister’s name, my sisters’ room, my mother-in-law’s flat, the cat’s tail;

• у деяких фразах, що позначають час, простір та кількість: a month’s holiday, an hour’s walk, a mile’s distance, today’s newspaper, yesterday’s business talks;

• з назвами країн, міст, рік та словами world, country, city, ship: city’s council, country’s capital, world’s population, ship’s crew, London’s galleries;

• для позначення місця, пов’язаного з людиною певної професії чи родичем: Yesterday I was at my sister’s. – Вчора я був у моєї сестри. I bought it at the butcher’s yesterday. – Я купив це вчора у м’ясній лавці.

Exercise 2 Replace the of-phrase by the noun in the Possessive Case.

The wife of Doctor Stanford, the elder sister of Helen, the friend of my brother-in-law, the best suit of my husband, the novels of Dickens, the answers of the students, the dress of the girl, the wishes of my friends, the tools of the workers, the distance of two miles, the population of London, the airport of Kharkiv.

Exercise 3 Build a word combination using –’s, –s’ or ... of ...:

Model: the owner / that car – the owner of that car

the mother / Ann – Ann’s mother

The new manager / the company, the result / the football match, the garden / our neighbours, the jacket / that man, the ground floor / the building, the top / the page, the children / Don and Mary, the daughter / Charles, the economic policy / the government, the cause / the problem, the husband / Catherine, the newspaper / yesterday, the husband / the woman talking to Mary, the birthday / my father, the name / this street, the car / the parents / Mike, the toys / the children, the wedding / the friend / Helen.

Exercise 4 Translate word combinations using the Possessive Case.

Книга мого друга, сукня сестри, стіл батька, дім бaбyci, м’яч дівчат, школа сина, машина того чоловіка, дитина тієї жінки, паровоз Черепанових, у моїй бабусі (вдома), в перукарні, в булочній, діти моєї тітки, життя його батьків.

Exercise 5 Use the Possessive Case if possible.

Model: I stayed at the house of my sister. – I stayed at my sister’s house.

1. What is the name of this village? 2. Do you like the colour of this coat? 3. Do you know the phone number of Вill? 4. The job of my brother is very interesting. 5. Write your name at the top of the page. 6. For me the morning is the best part of the day. 7. The favourite colour of Paula is blue. 8. When is the birthday of your mother? 9. The house of my parents isn’t very big. 10. The walls of this house are very thin. 11. The car stopped at the end of the street. 12. Are you going to play the part of Sylvia next week? 13. The manager of the hotel is on holiday at the moment.