THE NOUN KEY. A. Krutikov ex. 4 p. 8. D. Krutikov ex. 7 p. 10. E. Krutikov ex. 10 p. 11. Replace the prepositional groups in bold type by the absolute genitive.

THE NOUN KEY

A. Krutikov ex. 4 p. 8

Give the plural of the following nouns:

a) toes, cities, heroes, pianos, photos, calves, halves, cliffs, proofs, chiefs, stitches, baths, Negroes, Hindoos, beliefs, lives, shelves, berries, valleys;

b) feet, boots, oxen, foxes, men, Germans, Romans, women, mouths, mice, children, sheep, ships, geese, moose/mooses, deer, cheeses, the Burmese, the Japanese;

c) crises ([ɪ s ® i: z]), phenomena ([ə n] ® [ə ]), data ([ə m ® ə ]), nucleuses/nuclei (['nju: klɪ aɪ ]), bases ([ɪ s ® i: z]), apparatus/apparatuses, corps ([kɔ: z]), criteria ([ə m ® ə ]), series, analyses ([ɪ s ® i: z]), formulas/formulae (['fɔ: mjuli: ]), antennas/antennae ([æ n'teni: ]);

d) room-mate s, fellow-worker s, court s -martial, m e n-of-war, boy-messenger s, governor s -general, onlooker s, passer s -by, sister s -in-law, merry-go-round s, school-inspector s.

D. Krutikov ex. 7 p. 10

Replace the phrase by the noun in the genitive case:

a) 1. Our teacher ’s wife. 2. The commander-in-chief ’s order. 3. Mr. Rochester’s house. 4. Dickens ’ /Dickens ’s novels. 5. A bachelor ’s life. 6. A lady ’s dress. 7. My mother-in-law ’s flat. 8. St. Andrew ’s (Church). 9. Marks and Spencer ’s.

b) 1. Two miles ’ distance. 2. The ship ’s crew. 3. London ’s theatres. 4. Three hours ’ interval. 5. The world ’s population. 6. The sun ’s rays. 7. America ’s best actor. 8. For convenience ’s sake.

c) 1. Mary and Ann ’s mother. 2. Peter ’s and John ’s fathers. 3. Il’f and Petrov ’s novels. 4. Byron ’s and Shelly ’s poems. 5. My sister Irene ’s children. 6. Peter the Great ’s times.

E. Krutikov ex. 10 p. 11

Replace the prepositional groups in bold type by the absolute genitive.

The party was held at the Johnsons’.
It was the actor who absorbed her attention simply because he had absorbed Lilly’s.
When Aunt Polly’s eyes met Tom’s she understood he was lying.
The carriage came round to take the children to their grandmother’s.
The best results of the competition were Michael’s.
His hands were large, yet shaped like a woman’s.
They were married at St. Paul’s.
He would never let anyone sit in his chair, which was a whim of my uncle’s.
The major was a particular friend of my father’s.

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