Subject Pronouns, Possessive Adjectives, Possessive ‘S and Of Test A1 A2 Level Exercises

The next sentence says He is at work, so we need a man. An uncle is a man: My uncle isn't at home.

Use 's to show that something belongs to one person: the office belongs to my mother, so it is my mother's office.

For a country or a thing we use its: its capital city means the capital city of Germany.

Jessica is a woman, so we say her husband.

A is talking to John, so A says your surname. In the answer, it means the surname: No, it isn't.

The neighbours are away, so their flat (the neighbours' flat) is empty: Our neighbours … their flat. Not our flat, because we are still at home.

Rick is a boy's name, so we use his: His name is Rick.

Dad is a man, so we say his office and He is at home.

Whose asks who something or someone belongs to. The answer Tim's shows this: Whose mother? – Tim's. Not Who, because Who mother is wrong.

For more than one person ending in -s (boys), we add only an apostrophe: the boys' room. Not room of the boys, because for people we usually use 's or s'.

We ask about a person with Who is …? The answer It is Jason tells us the person. Not Whose, because that asks who something belongs to.

For places and things we often use of: the capital city of France.

The mother belongs to Peter, so we add 's: Peter's mother. Not Peters, because without the apostrophe it means more than one Peter.

Sandra and I means two people, so we use are: Sandra and I are friends. Then We means Sandra and me: We are twelve.

For things, we usually use of: the end of the holiday. Not end of holiday, because we need the before end and before holiday. The end the holiday is missing of, and the holidays end has neither of nor a possessive apostrophe, so it is not correct English.

B is talking about his own girlfriend, so he says my girlfriend. Amanda is a woman, so Her name is Amanda.