Ex.5. Look through a newspaper article and underline possessive forms of nouns

Ex.3. Decide if each of the phrases is correct, and if it is not, correct it.

Ex.2. Translate into English using possessive forms of nouns.

Ex.3. Sum up what you remember about E-mail.

Grammar Revision

Possession 1. a) We use ’sor s’ to indicate possession with the following nouns: s human nouns Tom’s report; Tom and Mary’s report s animal nouns the lion’s share s time nouns tomorrow’s meeting s location nouns Ukraine’s largest city s organization nouns (= a group of people) the company’s success

b) We add ’s to singular nouns Mary’s brother s We add ’only to plural nouns ending in –s my parents’ shares s If a plural noun doesn’t end in –s, we use ’s the children’s books

2. We normally use … of … with things the beginning of the report.

Ex.1. Join two nouns using either ‘s or … of …

1. the newspaper/yesterday

2. the president/the company

3. the results/the negotiations

4. the financial policy/the company

5. the office/the accountant

6. the financial statement/the beginning

7. the financial results/last year

8. the decision/the Board of Directors

9. the shares/the company

10. the new car/Lucy

11. the E-mail address/John

12. the walk/five minutes

13. the social policy/the government

14. the name/the user

15. the failure/the company

16. the firm/my aunt and uncle

Повідомлення ділового партнера; вибори нового президента компанії; капітал акціонерів; електронна адреса нашої компанії; рішення Ради Директорів; абонентська поштова скринька; успіх компанії; заробітна платня працівника; прибуток компанії; борги підприємства; обов’язки керівництва; права споживача; цінні папери біржового маклера; аудиторський звіт, офіс кeрівника компанії.

1. Have you bought today’s newspaper?

2. Tomorrow conference has been cancelled.

3. My office is about ten minutes drive from my house.

4. Ukraine imports have fallen lately.

5. The personal manager’s assistant looks through all the application forms.

6. Those are two friends’ of my boss.

7. Is that E-mail address yours or your friends?

8. This company is the country top suppliers of software.

9. This radio station will be broadcasting our Managing Director speech at 2 p.m.

10. The employees’ salaries will be increased twice.

11. A shareholders’ meeting will be the last this fiscal year.

12. The manager reaction was unexpected.

Ex.4. In a department store you often see signs like “Men’s Shoes” or “Children’s Toys”. Think of some other things that are just for men, women, children, etc.

Speech and Discussion

Ex.1. Give your opinion about some of these topics:

s computer games

s E-mail

s information technology

Ex.2. You have just received the e-mail from your business partner, confirming his visit. Send the e-mail to him. In your reply you should:

s thank him for the message

s apologize

s explain that he will have to change the time of his visit; give a reason

s apologize again

s end the message appropriately

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