Page 20 - Journeys A2 (Workbook)

2 My School, My Life

Grammar

A. Read the following sentences. Correct the mistakes.

1. “Is that Paul’s mother?” “Yes, that’s her mother.”
2. Excuse me, these seats are our.
3. We’re going to Tom’s and Lisa’s wedding.
4. These are the two student’s bags.
5. This is that womans’ bag.
6. That drink is my daughters.
7. Is that your burger or my?

8. This is the book’s end.

B. Replace the underlined words with a possessive pronoun or an adjective in the boxes.

their ours hers its theirs her it our

1. That car is mine and Tony’s. That car is .
2. That’s Lucy and Mary’s house. That’s house.
3. The capital of Kenya is Nairobi. capital is Nairobi.

4. That is Naomi’s pen. That pen is .
5. Those are Eric and Lyn’s bananas. Those bananas are .
6. Is that Caroline’s dog? Is that dog?
7. This is my and my wife’s daughter. This is daughter.

8. Can you see the plane? Can you see ?

C. Answer the questions in groups.

1. When do you use possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives?
2. What’s an apostrophe and when do we use one?
3. How do we use apostrophes with plural words?
4. Why can’t we say “Go to the street’s end”?

D. Complete the sentences with the correct adverb form of the adjectives below.

quick 1. Tom runs very .
hard 2. You work very .
good 3. Alice plays the piano .
bad 4. We dance very .
early 5. We usually arrive .
energetic
6. The children play .
healthy
7. I try to eat .
late
8. I try not to arrive .

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