Expressa posse entre dois substantivos, quando se referem a pessoas ou animais. Possuidor + ‘s + posse Exemplos: The car of David. The house of John. The radio of my friend. David’s David’s car. ’s John’s house. ’s My friend’s radio.

Nomes terminados em “s” Possuidor + ‘s + posse Exemplos: The wife of Lucas. The job of Marcos. The brother of Clóvis. s Lucas’s wife. ’s Marcos’s job. s Clóvis’s brother.

Se a palavra seguinte iniciar por sibilante, usa-se apenas o [‘] Exemplos: The sister of Morris. Morris’s Morris’ sister. The son of James. ’ s James’ son. The smile of Marcos. ’s Marcos’ smile.

Nomes próprios clássicos, bíblicos ou históricos Possuidor + ‘ + posse Exemplos: ’ Jesus’ words.The words of Jesus. The way of Moses. The book of Cervantes. The music of Strauss. ’ Moses’ way. ’ Cervantes’ book. ’ Strauss’ music.

Possuidores no plural terminados em “s” Possuidor + ‘ + posse Exemplos: The tools of the workers. The room of the boys. The doll of the girls. ’ The workers’ tools. ’ The boys’ room. ’ The girls’ doll.

Possuidores no plural não terminados em “s” Possuidor + ‘s + posse Exemplos: The toy of the children. The beauty of the women. The food of the mice. ’s The children’s toy. ’s The women’s beauty. ’s The mice’s food.

Dois possuidores para a mesma posse Somente o último possuidor é seguido de [‘] ou [‘s]. Exemplos: The project of Peter and Sally. ’s Peter and Sally’s project. The boat of Joshua and John. ’s Joshua and John’s boat.

Dois possuidores para duas posses individuais Cada possuidor é seguido de [‘] ou [‘s]. Exemplos: The projects of Peter and Sally. ’s’s Peter’s and Sally’s projects. The thoughts of Joseph and John. Joseph’s’s Joseph’s and John’s thoughts.

Possuidores que não são pessoas ou animais “of” Usa-se a construção com “of” Exemplos: The door of the car. The leg of the table. The keys of the door.

É possível usar o [‘] ou [‘s] quando o possuidor é uma organização (grupo de pessoas) Exemplos: The attitude of the government. The actresses of the company. ’s The government’s attitude. ’s The company’s actresses. Observação 1

É também possível usar o [‘] ou [‘s] quando o possuidor é um lugar The new church of the city. ’s The city’s new church. The poverty of the region. ’s The region’s poverty. Exemplos: Observação 2

Quando o possuidor é um substantivo relativo ao tempo o [‘s] também pode ser empregado. Exemplos: ’s Last week’s meeting was cancelled. ’s Did you read last Saturday’s newspaper? ’s Yesterday’s project must be studied. Observação 3

Com expressões relativas duração de tempo o [‘] ou [‘s] também pode ser empregado. Exemplos: ’s I’ve got a week’s leave. ’ They’ve got three weeks’ gig. ’ She had a forty minutes’ talk. Observação 4

Rewrite the sentences using the genitive case: 1.The country of Ross. ___________________________________ 2.The property of John. ___________________________________ 3.The music of Strauss. ___________________________________ 4.The composition of Beethoven. ___________________________________ 5.The photos of that crime scene. ___________________________________ Ross’s country. John’s property. Strauss’ music. Beethoven’s composition. That crime scene’s photos.

6.The teachings of Jesus. ___________________________________ 7.The followers of Pytagoras. ___________________________________ 8.The thought of Socrates. ___________________________________ 9.The room of the teachers. ___________________________________ 10.The mother of Caesar. ___________________________________ Jesus’ teachings. Pytagoras’ followers. Socrates’ thought. The teachers’ room. Caesar’s mother.

Complete the sentences by adding [‘] or [‘s] to the noun group in brackets: a) Brenda intends to respect her _________ space. (children) b) That area over there is my ________farm. (relatives) c) That person beside Calvin is ________________father. (Brian and Bianca) d) Dude! I met __________ wife yesterday. She’s awesome! (Nicholas) e) Sally will be in __________ place tomorrow. (her friends) children’s relatives’ Brian and Bianca’s Nicholas’s her friends’

f) That law is an insult to _________intelligence and dignity.(women) g) ________biggest goal is to buy a Ferrari and hit the road.(Cyrus) h) _________sister is giving support to that group. (Dennis) i) Those__________ opinion about the role medicine should play is unacceptable. (physicians) j)See? ____________________eyes are green.Their _______eyes are green too! (Bonnie and Dexter - parents) women’s Cyrus’s Dennis’ physicians’ Bonnie’s and Dexter’s parents’

(Vunesp) (Vunesp) Choose the correct genitive case. Ana doesn’t like the behaviour of her son. a)Ana doesn’t like her son’s behaviour. b)Ana doesn’t like her behaviour’s son. c)Ana doesn’t like her behaviour of the son. d)Ana’s doesn’t like her son behaviour’s. e)Ana doesn’t like her son’s behaviour’s. Test 1

(UDESC) (UDESC) Complete the sentence with the correct alternative: __________________ father is in Europe. a) The Mary's and George's b) Mary's and George c) Mary and George's d) Mary's and Georges's e) The Mary and George's Test 2

(Fuvest) (Fuvest) The correct genitive case for the sentence below is: My daughter got a__________last week. a)driving permit’s learner b)permit’s driving learner c)learner driving permit d)learner’s driving permit e)learner of driving permit Test 3

(Vunesp) (Vunesp) The alternative that completes the sentence below is; Society must be aware of_____________. a)woman needs b)needs woman c)the needs of womens d)women’s needs e)the women’ needs Test 4

(Puc) (Puc) The correct alternative that completes the sentence below is; ___________is open. You can go in now. a)The office’s door b)The door’s office c)The office’s door’s d)The door of the office e)The door office’s Test 5