GENITIVE CASE A) Dupla posse:
my mom and father‘s house = a casa do meu pai
Genitive Case, também conhecido como
Possessive ‘S, é um recurso gramatical usado
em inglês para indicar que algo pertence a
alguém ou a outro algo.
Regra Geral:
Sempre acrescente o ‘s no final da palavra que
indica a quem pertence a posse.
my father‘s house = a casa do meu pai
my mom‘s company = a empresa da minha mãe
my grandfather‘s farm = a fazenda do meu avô
João‘s car = o carro do João
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e da minha mãe
dad and mom‘s company = a empresa do papai e
da mamãe
my mom‘s and father‘s house = a casa do meu
pai e (a casa) da minha mãe [são duas casas]
dad‘s and mom‘s company = a empresa do papai
e (a empresa) da mamãe [são duas empresas]
B) Possuidor no plural:
Quando o possuído estiver no plural – por
exemplo, a avó dos garotos – basta acrescentar
o ‘:
the boys’ grandma = a avó dos garotos
the computers’ wires = os fios do computador
 EXERCISES h) ___________________________ Is near the
city center? (the house/ my parents)
1) Complete the sentences. Sometimes you need
/’s/, sometimes you need /OF/: i) __________________________ is very good
(the spoken English/ Maria)
a) I like Ann’s câmera (the camera/ Ann)
j) For me the morning is
b) What is the name of this town? (The name/ this
__________________________ (the Best part/
town)
the Day).
c) When is __________________ (the birthday/
k) ________________________very interesting.
your sister)
(the job/ my brother).
d) Do you like _________________________?
l) The car stopped at _____________________
(the color/ this coat)
(the end/ the street).
e) Write your name at ______________________
m) __________________________ is blue (the
(the top/ the pge).
favorite color/ Pat)
f) What is _____________________? (the
n) ___________________ are very thin. (the
address/ Jill)
walls/ this house)
g) What was __________________________?
(the cause/ the accident)

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 HARD EXERCISES (GENITIVE CASE )
2) (UNITAU) Assinale a alternativa que
corresponde à tradução mais adequada da frase
1) (UNESP) Assinale a alternativa que preenche
a seguir:
corretamente a lacuna:
My mother's maid has just bought the dog's
The __________ uncle was dead.
meat.
a) writer
a) Minha mãe e a empregada acabam de
b) writers comprar a carne do cachorro.
c) writer of b) A empregada de minha mãe acaba de comprar
d) writer's a carne do cachorro.

e) writers of the c) Minha mãe acabou de fazer a carne do

cachorro.
d) Minha mãe fará compras com a empregada e
o cachorro. e) Minha mãe é empregada e
comprou carne de cachorro.

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3) (FUVEST – ADAPTED) Reescreva 4) ( UFRS) The phrases "Americans' encounter"
empregando o caso genitivo: the nation's energies" and "America's physical
geography" are examples of:
John and Mary are cousins. Have you met the
parents of John and of Mary? a) passive voice.
a) John and Mary are cousins. Have you met b) the infinitive.
John and Mary's parents. c) the gerund.
b) John and Mary are cousins. Have you met d) the genitive.
John's and Mary's parents.
e) indirect speech.
c) John and Mary are cousins. Have you met
John's and Mary parents.
d) John and Mary are cousins. Have you met 5) (UDESC) __________ father is in Europe.
John's and Mary's parents’. a) The Mary's and George's
e) John and Mary are cousins. Have you met b) Mary's and George
John's and Mary's parent’s.
c) Mary and George's
d) Mary's and Georges's
e) The Mary and George's

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6) (UNESP) __________ farm is that large one? c) In our last holidays we had to cope with our
It is __________. young relatives' weird ideas.
a) Which – Peter's d) Elizabeth I's interest on sea voyages brought
development to England.
b) Whose – Peter's
e) Maggie and Millie's eyebrows are so thin you
c) Whose – of Peter
can hardly see them.
d) Which – for Peter
e) What – Peter's

7) (UFRS) O possessivo, usado como em

"Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown", está
correto em todas as alternativas abaixo, EXCETO
em:
a) There was a two hours' delay at the airport in
London.
b) Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange is a
milestone in modern literature.

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 8) (FATEC) Assinale a alternativa que apresenta c) the behavior of the depressed children's
o uso correto do caso possessivo, como no d) the children's depressed behavior
substantivo "media" em "the media's collective
attention": e) the depressed behavior's children
a) mens' garment.
10) (UFRS) While the danger does not seem to
b) womens' wear.
dampen anyone's partying spirit, violence is much
c) mental's disturbance. feared and the threat is much discussed among
d) children's clothes. the locals.

e) disappointment's feeling. – The use of 'S is the same in ANYONE'S

PARTYING SPIRIT and in:
a) Everyone's invited for Carnival in Rio.
9) (UNESP) Indique a alternativa que expressa o
mesmo significado da expressão em destaque na b) The American's luggage was checked
sentença: carefully.
It is important to remember that THE BEHAVIOR c) My friend Jeremy's arrived.
OF DEPRESSED CHILDREN may change. d) Nobody's pleased with the situation.
a) the depressed children's behavior e) The Mexican tourist's coming tomorrow.
b) the behavior's depressed children

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 11) (ITA) Assinalar a alternativa onde o uso do d) My brother neighbor’s sister is a nurse.
caso genitivo esteja CORRETO: e) The girls school is far from St Bartholomew’s.
a) For goodness’ sake, this is my brother-in-law’s
dog.
13) (EFOMM) Betty, Jane and I were invited to a
b) For goodness’ sake, this is my brother's-in-law party at __________ home.
dog.
a) your friend’s Carol
c) For goodness sake's, this is my brother-in-law's
b) our friend Carol
dog.
c) our friend Carol’s
d) For goodness sake's, this is my brother's-in-
law dog. d) your friend’s Carol’s
e) For goodness sake's, this is my brother-in-law e) her friends’ Carol
dog's.

12) (ESPCEX) The correct sentence is:

a) My father’s friend called me yesterday.
b) The table’s leg is broken.
c) I have an appointment at the office’s doctor.

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14) (EFOMM) His __________ sickness is
worrying him very much.
a) mother’s-in-law
b) mother-in-law
c) mother’s-in-law’s
d) mother-in-law’s
e) mothers-in-law’s

15) (AFA) The honor to a woman is to:

a) refer to the daughter of her mother’s.
b) have the same of her daughter’s name.
c) be referred to as her daughter’s mother.
d) be called by the name of her daughter’s.

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