Numbers

Exercise 22. Read the numbers.

1st - first	4th - fourth	20th – twentieth
8th - eighth	12th - twelfth	76th - seventy-sixth
16th - sixteenth	19th - nineteenth	6th – sixth
17th - seventeenth	65th - sixty-fifth	14th – fourteenth
43rd - forty-third	32nd - thirty-second	21st - twenty-first
3rd - third	2nd - second	87th - eighty-seventh
10th - tenth	9th - ninth	7th – seventh
18th - eighteenth	5th - fifth	15th – fifteenth
54th - fifty-fourth	13th - thirteenth

Possessive - ’s/s’

-'s	-s'
for people: 1. with singular nouns Lucy's camera the manager's office 2. with nouns not ending in -s the men’s dogs the children' toys the people’s choice 3. with names ending in -s Mr. Joneses cat in time expressions: yesterday's newspaper	1. with plural nouns ending in -s my brothers' house her parents’ car the Smiths’ cottage

NOTE: for things:

noun + of + noun: the roof of the building

with Common Nouns (e.g. car, school, town, garden, kitchen, bedroom, sea, country, hotel) of is not necessary: the bathroom door

Exercise 23. Complete the following sentences.

Example: Have you got my __? (keys/car) - Have you got my car keys?

His name is at the__(list/bottom). - His name is at the bottom of the list.

1. There's a chair at the___(garden/back)

2. The money is in my___(room/hotel)

3. They live at the___(hill/top)

4. There's an old tree at the___(house/side)

5. Where's the___(light/bathroom)

6. The___(air/sea) is very good for you.

7. There is a TV aerial on the___(house/roof).

8. Have you got the___(air conditioning/kitchen).

Exercise 24. Write the sentences again using the words in brackets.

Example: These are her books. (Anne) - These are Anne's books.

1. Where is his coat? (Andrew)

2. Is that his car? (your brother)

3. It's on her desk, (the teacher)

4. Its dinner is here. (the dog)

5. Her children are at school now. (Judy)

6. It's her idea. (my wife)

7. His new bike is really good. (Jeff)

8. Here's her telephone number. (the doctor)

Exercise 25. Write the sentences with the apostrophe (‘) in the correct place.

Example: These are Susans keys. - These are Susan's keys.

1. There is a teachers meeting on Mondays.

2. Are the childrens coats in the car?

3. The men’s clothes are upstairs.

4. Alices mother is very ill.

5. This is my mothers dress.

6. My parents flat is rather small.

7. Emma and Pauls car is outside.

8. Annes paintings are beautiful.

Demonstrative Pronouns

this	with singular nouns	these	with plural nouns
that		those

This is a chair (= The chair is here) and that is an armchair (= The armchair is there).

These are pictures (= The pictures are here) and those are posters (=The posters are there).

NOTE:

There are some phrases where this and that are usually used:

That's all right/wrong.

(on the phone) That's Sue. / This is John.

Exercise 26. Put in this or these.

1. ___chair	3. ___sandwich	5.___child	7.___women
2. ___tables	4. ___ shelves	6.___house	8.___money

Exercise 27.Put in that or those.

1. ___birds	3. ___ men	5.___bag	7.___apples
2. ___poster	4.___watch	6.___tree	8.___news

Exercise 28. Rewrite the following sentences.

Example: This is a book. - These are books.

Those are wonderful buildings. - That is a wonderful building.

1. This car is in bad condition.

2. Those books are very boring.

3. I am interested in this person.

4. These shoes are black.

5. That shop is in North Street.

6. This room is not very big and bright.

7. Those people are famous scientists.

Exercise 29. Complete the sentences with this is or that's.

1. - I'm sorry, I'm late.

- ___ all right.

2. - You're my friend, aren't you?

- Yes, ___ right.

3. - You are so lazy!

- ___ not true.

4. - I'm sorry. I'm not a fast learner.

- ___O.K.

5. (on the phone)

- Hello, Pete. ___ Kate.

- Hi, Kate. How are you?