GENITIVE CASE

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Genitive Case

’s indica possePode ser usado quando a referência do possuidor for pessoasou animais.

Atenção à estrutura: POSSUIDOR + ‘S + OBJETO POSSUÍDOCarolina’s classPet’s toysStudent’s doubts

Genitive Case

Obs.: Quando não é possível utilizar o genitivo, aplica-se apreposição of para indicar posse.

“the room’s paintings” – the paintings of the room“the car’s windshield” – the windshield of the car

Genitive Case

Atenção ao uso do ‘s ou apenas ‘ Substantivos comuns terminados em s, apenas ‘

Dogs’ bonesTeachers’ room

Genitive Case

Substantivos próprios final s, as duas formas sãopossíveis, entretanto a preferível é a apenas com ‘

Charles’ books ou Charles’s booksThais’ stories ou Thais’s stories

Figuras bíblicas ou históricas com final s, apenas ‘

Pythagoras’ theoremJesus’ holy teachingsNero’s empire

Genitive Case

Mais de um possuidor*Todos dividem a posse, genitivo apenas no último possuidor:Maria and João’s motherJess, Matthew and Lauren’s teacher

*Possuidores não dividem o objeto, genitivo em cada um dos possuidores:Bryan’s and Luke’s wivesTrevor’s and Flavia’s apartments

Genitive Case

Omissão de lugares óbvios

We will go to Mary’s to have lunch.They went to St Anthony’s to pray yesterday.

Exceptions!

É possível utilizar o genitivo com os seguintes casos:

Corpos celestesSaturn’s rings, planet’s problems Nomes de paísesBrazil’s population, Italy’s flood Medidas de tempo e distânciaNext week’s test, 5-kilometer’s trip Empresas e instituiçõesProMilitares’ students, Air Force’s air traffic controllers

NumbersCardinal

NumbersCardinal

*Números com quarto algarismos terminados em 00 podem ser escritos da seguinte maneira:2500 – twenty-five hundred1600 – sixteen hundred

*Com anos até 2000, podemos escrever da seguinte forma, dividindo em 2 partes:1999 – nineteen ninety-nine1786 – seventeen eighty-six1500 – fifteen hundred

Ordinal

Fractions

1/2 - one half1/3 – one third2/3 – two thirds1/4 - one quarter3/4 - three quarters1/5 – one fifth2/5 – two fifths

Nominator = cardinal numberDenominator = ordinal number

QUESTÃO 01 – EPCAR

Mark the option which shows the same meaning as in “aperson’s body size or weight.”

a) A person and body size or weight.b) The body size or weight of a person.c) Body size and person’s weight.d) The body’s size or weight of a person.

QUESTÃO 02 – AFA

Mark the option which shows the same meaning as in“Americans' dependence on family”

a) The family’s dependence on Americans’.b) The Americans family dependence.c) The Americans dependence of family’s.d) The dependence of Americans on family.

QUESTÃO 03 – EEAR

All the extracts below, in the text, present a possessive noun, except:

QUESTÃO 03 – EEAR

QUESTÃO 03 – EEAR

a) “…the nation’s soccer federation…”b) “…under Brazil’s military dictatorship…”c) “…a reflection of the investigation’s focus…”d) “…the United States Justice Department’s charging Mr.

Marin…”

QUESTÃO 04 – CN

Mark the incorrect option according to the Genitive Case.

a) The door’s car is open.b) The world’s population is increasing.c) I’m going to Grandma’s.d) Which are Fred’s and Eric’s cars?e) This is my mother-in-law’s house.

QUESTÃO 05 – EEAR

The correct way of writing the cardinal number 30,000 using words is __________.

a) Third thousandb) Thirty thousandc) Thirteen thousandd) Thirtieth thousand

QUESTÃO 06 – EEAR

Choose the best alternative for the written form of “1844”.

a) Eight fourty-fourb) One eight four fourc) Eighteen forty-fourd) Eighteen fourth-four

QUESTÃO 07 – EEAR

The numbers “70 and 100”, are expressed in English as:

a) Seventy and a hundredb) Seventy and a thousandc) Seventeen and a hundredd) Seventeen and a thousand

QUESTÃO 08 – EEAR

“a hundred thousand”, is expressed in number as:

a) 100,000b) 1,000,000c) 10,000,000d) 100,000,000

QUESTÃO 09 – EEAR

QUESTÃO 09 – EEAR

The correspondent ordinal forms for the numbers 60, 30 and 90 are, respectively:

a) Sixth – third – ninthb) Sixty – thirty – ninetyc) Sixtieth – thirtieth – ninetiethd) Sixteenth – thirteenth – nineteenth

QUESTÃO 10 – EEAR

The numbers 12th and 25th, underlined in the text, are, respectively:

a) Twelve / twenty-fifthb) Twelfth / twenty-fifthc) Twelve / twentieth-fifthd) Twelfth / twentieth-five

QUESTÃO 11 – EEAR

QUESTÃO 11 – EEAR

The ordinal form for the number ninety (line 05), in the text, is

a) Ninthb) Ninethc) Ninetiethd) Nineteenth

QUESTÃO 12 – EPCAR

“half of the young people interviewed said that they sufferbullying”, the underlined expression represents:

a) Twenty-five percent ofb) A hundred percent ofc) Ten percent ofd) Fifty percent of

GABARITO

1 – B2 – D3 – D4 – A5 – B6 – C7 – A8 – A

9 – C10 – B11 – C12 – D