Apostrophe + S

There are three meanings:

1) Contraction of subject + is
2) Contraction of subject + has
3) Possession

1. The subject can be a subject pronoun, a question word, or a proper noun (name). Is must be followed by a noun or a present participle (verb + ING).

he is = he's she is = she's it is = it's what is = what's
who is = who's where is = where's when is = when's how is = how's
Mike is = Mike's Lucy is = Lucy's Detroit is = Detroit's France is = France's

2. The subject can be a subject pronoun, a question word, or a proper noun (name). Has must be followed by a past participle (verb +ED or EN).

he has = he's she has = she's it has = it's what has = what's
who has = who's where has = where's when has = when's how has = how's
Mike has = Mike's Lucy has = Lucy's Detroit has = Detroit's France has = France's

3. The possessive - 's shows that someone owns something. It is translated as the possessed of the
possessor in French (objet possédé DE possesseur). The word order is the reverse in English, however (possesseur + 's + objet possédé).

the hat of Luke = Luke's hat the dog of my family = my family's dog
the name of his cat = his cat's name the house of the man = the man's house

Rewrite the sentences with NO contractions:

1. My father's brother lives in California.
2. He's working really hard today.
3. She's eaten all of the cake!
4. When's your birthday?
5. Her sister's friend plays tennis.
6. Their son's travelling in Europe.
7. He's walked for 10 miles!
8. The house's door is green and red.

.:He Never Stopped Moaning! (adjectives gap-fill):.

 Complete the gaps using an appropriate adjective from below:

bright, argumentative, expensive, interested, hard, busy, late, noisy, loud ,long, small, hot, slow, far ,dry

The Restaurant

KATRINA:

“Brad was ‘kind of’ my new boyfriend. I met him last week at a friend’s party. He took me out for a meal last night, but it didn’t go very well. First of all, when he picked me up at my house, he said that it had been too (1.) _______________ to find. Then, he didn’t want to park in the free car park in Cathedral Street because the queue was too (2.) _______________. We tried Market Street, but it was too (3.) _______________. In the end we parked in Jury Lane, which was cheaper, but Brad was still moaning because he said it was too (4.) ____________ from the restaurant.

“When we got to the restaurant I thought it was OK, but Brad said that it was too(5.) _______________ and that he didn’t feel comfortable around so many people, so we had to try somewhere else. We went to a little Italian place around the corner, but I thought it was too (6.) _______________. There were only eight tables! It took us ages to get served, and when we eventually did Brad told the waitress that she was too (7.) _______________. I think she went even slower after that – on purpose.

“When we got our food, Brad’s pizza was too (8.) _______________ so he burnt his mouth. My pasta was too (9.) _______________, but I didn’t want to complain because Brad was already doing enough of that for both of us! Then Brad told the waitress that the music was too (10.) _______________ and the lights were too (11.) _______________. Nothing was right for him. He even accused the very quiet and nice couple next to us of being too(12.) _______________.

“When we left the restaurant, Brad wanted to go to a club, but I said I thought it was too (13.) _______________, because I was tired and it was nearly quarter to midnight. He asked me if I wanted to go out with him again and I said I’d think about it, because I wasn’t too (14.) _______________ in seeing him again. I think he’s fantastic-looking and he’s got a nice car, but he’s a bit too (15.) _______________ for my taste. Give me someone more laid-back any day ... !”

The Waitress

Source : English Banana

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