He said he (be) mistaken

Ex: This isn’t my book. It’s my brother’s. (my brother’s book.) - Để chỉ sự vật, ý tưởng, ta dùng of.

Ex: The roof of the garage, (không dùng the garage’s roof) - Dùng of với the beginning/ end/ top/ bottom/ front/ back/ middle/ side... Ex: The back of the car. The beginning of the month. - Có thể dung ’s hoặc of với danh từ chỉ một tổ chức. Ex: The government’s decision hoặc The decision of the government. The company’s success hoặc The success of the company. - Có thể dung ’s để chỉ nơi chốn. Ex: The city’s new theatre. Italy’s largest city. - Có thể dùng ’s sau một nhóm có hai danh từ trở lên.

Ex: Jace and Jill’s wedding. - Có thể dùng ’s với cụm từ chỉ thời gian. Ex: Have you still got yesterday’s newspaper? - Có thể dung ’s hoặc ’ với các khoảng thời gian.

Ex: I’ve got a week’s holiday. I live near the station. It’s only about ten minutes’ walk. - Đôi khi chúng ta có thể gặp cả ’s lẫn of trong cùng một câu.

Ex: We saw a play of Shaw’s. (We saw one of Shaw’s plays.) EXERCISES I. Read the passage then classify the nouns into: proper nouns, common nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, countable nouns, uncountable nouns.

“It was a great treat to be away from the city and to breathe the clean air of the countryside. The rain had ceased and the sun was shining again as I drove up to the door. My friends came out to welcome me “you’re brought the sun”, they said.

We went into the house, chattering and laughing, while the dogs crowded round us, brushing up against us in welcome. “We’re all going into the forest this evening”, my friend said - “We want to show you the young deer - We haven’t been able to go out for some days. It’s been too wet”. II. Read the passage and then identify the functions of the nouns.

He soon grew accustomed to all our ways. He insisted, for example, on having his meals with us, and these had to be exactly the same as ours. He ate on the window ledge out of the saucer. For breakfast, he would have porridge or corn-flakes, with warm milk and sugar, while at lunch he had green vegetables and potatoes and a spoonful of sweet pudding. At tea-time he had to be kept off the table, or he would dive into the jam-pot with cries of delight. We had to learn to be careful not to close doors without looking up first, in case he was crouching on top. His moods were like those of a child. When he was feeling affectionate, he would come along with a loving expression on his face, climb on your shoulder and give your ear a playful bite. III. Write plural forms of the nouns below and then group them according to the pronunciation of