’s所有格用法
1. 以s结尾的复数名词直接加“ ' ” 其余加“ 's ”
2 . 以s结尾的人名加“ ' ”或加“ 's ”
例如:
Have you read Robert Browning’s poems?你读过罗伯特-勃郎宁的诗吗?
It’s made from mare’s,cow’s or ewe’s milk.它是用马奶、牛奶或者羊奶制成的。
但也可用于表示时间、城市、地域、团体、机构等非生命的事物。例如:
We accepted the invitation without a moment’s hesitation.
我们一点也没有犹豫就接受了邀请。
New York’s population is much larger than Washington’s,though it is not the capital city.
纽约的人口比华盛顿多得多,虽然它并不是首都城市。
They are holding conferences to discuss the Europe’s future.
他们正召开各种会议来讨论欧洲的前景。
We heartily applauded the delegation’s successful visit.
我们热烈欢呼代表团访问成功。
Professor Smith is teaching at Yale’s Department of Literature.
史密斯教授在耶鲁大学文学系任教。
在某些习惯用语中,尽管是表示无生命的名词,也需要’s的所有格。例如:
The driver escaped the death by a hair’s breadth.那个司机这回真是九死一生。
Now you may sing to your heart’s content.你现在可以尽情地唱了。
另外,for friendship’s sake(为了友情),at a stone’s throw(一箭之远), at one’s finger’s tip(手头上有),at arm’s length(保持距离),at one’s wits’end(黔驴技穷)等都属此类。
也可用于无生命的东西的名词之后:表示时间的名词,today's paper.今天的报纸。表示国家的名词,England's shore.英国的海岸。一些表示车,船,用具的名词,I like the car's design.我喜欢这辆车的设计
of所有格用法
凡不能加’s的名词,都可以与of构成短语,来表示所有关系。无生命名词的所有格也可以这么用。例如:
Does anyone know the title of the novel?有谁知道这部小说的名字?
There is a tall maple tree at the end of the road.在这条路的尽头有一棵高高的枫树。
但有特殊情况:
This is a photo of my parents.
如果名词后面有一个较长定语,尽管名词表示有生命的东西,也可以用这种所有格形式。例如:
Did you listen to the speech of the President Clinton over the radio?
你听了克林顿总统的广播讲话了吗?
They have the support of the people of the developing countries.他们得到发展中国家人民的支持。
双重所有格
所谓“双重所有格(double genitive)”,是指名词所有格或名词性物主代词同of构成的所有格,即“of+名词所有格”。双重所有格有以下几个特征:
1) “of+名词所有格”中的名词必须表示人,不能表示事物。因此,我们可以说:
a play of Shakespeare’s(莎士比亚的一个戏剧), a friend of my wife’s(我妻子的一个朋友),但却不能说a funnel of the ship’s或 a leg of a table’s,而且该名词必须是特指的,不能是泛指的。我们可以说:a friend of the doctor’s(这位医生的一个朋友),a novel of the writer’s(那位作者的一部小说),而不能说a friend of a doctor’s或 a novel of a writer’s。
2)除了修饰的原因外,用双重所有格主要是由于被修饰词有排他性的限定词。如冠词、某些不定代词、指示代词、疑问代词、数词等。比如我们不能说 an our old acquaintance,而必须说an old acquaintance of ours(我们的一个老相识);不能说many their books,正确的说法是 many books of theirs(他们的许多书)。再如:
This demand of theirs is quite ridiculous.他们的这个要求非常可笑。
“This foolish wife of mine thinks I’m a great artist,” he said.
“我那愚蠢的老婆以为我是个大艺术家。”他说道。
3)注意区别下列四种表达方式含义的差别:
one of my brother’s friends(明确表示我兄弟有一个以上的朋友)
a friend of my brother’s(暗示我兄弟有一个以上的朋友)
a friend of my brother(对我兄弟有好感的人)
my brother’s friend(我兄弟唯一的一个朋友或刚谈及的那一个朋友)
特殊所有格
若一样东西为两人共有,则后一个人名用所有格;如果不是两人共有,而是各有各的,则两个名词都用所有格,且其后名词应为复数。例如:
The woman dressed in blue is Mary and Alice’s mother.
那个穿蓝衣服的妇女是玛丽和爱丽丝的母亲。
You should find what the difference between Mr. Smith’s and Mr.Black’s cars is.
你应当发现史密斯先生与布莱克先生的汽车的不同之处。
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work, close, look, have, teacher, pen, eat, China, play, climb |
Mr. Wang is _____ father. |
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A. Wang Lin and Wang Hai B. Wang Lin"s and Wang Hai"s C. Wang Lin"s and Wang Hai D. Wang Lin and Wang Hai"s |
— Are these _____ photos? — No. They are _____. |
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A. your; my father"s B. yours; my fathers" C. your; of my father C. yours; of my father |
用所给单词的正确形式填空。 |
1.Mrs. Green was tired after her ________(day) work. 2.Excuse me. Where is the ________(man) Room? 3.There are two ________(library) in the city. 4.The ________(key) to the doors are on the table. 5.This exercise is ________. I can do it ________(easy). |
用所给词的适当形式填空。 |
1. January first is New _______ (year) Day. 2. Tomorrow is September _______ (ten), _______ (teacher) Day. 3. Jenny _______ (like) to fly kites. 4. There are a few _______ (leaf) on the tree. 5. We like _______ (watch) animals. |
下列每句话中都有一处错误,请找出并改正。 |
1. September 10th is Teacher"s Day. A B C D 2. They are going to buy a bicycle at Sunday. A B C D 3. The little boy work hard at school. A B C D 4. How old is your friend? He"s twelve year old. A B C D 5. Rose has supper and her family. A B C D |
单项选择。 |
— Whose watches are they? — They are ______. |
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A.Lily and Lucy"s B.Lily and Lucy C.Lily"s and Lucy D.Lily"s and Lucy"s |
选择填空。 |
Mimi is cat. |
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A. Lucy"s and LiLi"s B. Lucy and Lili C. Lucy"s and Lili D. Lucy and Lili"s |
单项选择。 |
_______ friend is a doctor. |
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A. My"s sister B. My sister C. My sisters D. My sister"s |
单项选择。 |
_____ beds are big and new. |
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A. Lucy and Lily B. Lucy"s and Lily C. Lucy and Lily"s D. Lucy"s and Lily"s |
选择填空。 |
— Whose shoes are these? — I think they"re ______. |
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A. Steven B. Stevens C. Steven"s D. Stevens" |
单项选择。 |
Mrs Green is _____ mother. She loves them very much. |
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A. Lucy and Lily B. Lucy"s and Lily C. Lucy"s and Lily"s D. Lucy and Lily"s |
单项选择。 |
Lily and Lucy are twins (双胞胎). December 3rd is birthday. |
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A. Lily"s and lucy"s B. Lily and Lucy"s C. Lily"s and Lucy. D.Lily and Lucys" |
单项选择。 |
This is the picture of ______. |
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A. Li Ming family B. Li Ming"s family C. a Li Ming"s family D. Li Mings family |
— Who"s Mr Brown? — He"s father. |
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A. Tony and Sally B. Tony"s and Sally"s C. Tony and Sally"s D. Tony, Sally"s |
I don"t want to use your pen, I want to use ______. |
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A: somebody else"s B: somebody"s else C: somebody else D: somebody"s else"s |
根据下列句子的意思及所给的汉语提示, 写出空缺处单词、固定短语或固定搭配的正确形式。 |
1. This is the _______ (双胞胎) room. Yours is over there. 2. She _______ (表达) her thanks to us when we met. 3. Do you mind (准备) supper? I"m too busy to do it. 4. Don"t _______ (生气的) with me! It"s not my fault. 5. Speak as _______ (有礼貌地) as you can to the old people and try not to be rude. |
The nearest post office is within ______ walk. |
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A. twenty minutes" B. twenty minute"s C. two hour"s D. half an hours" |
Have you met ______ form teacher, Miss Steven? She came here only a week ago. |
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A. Dan and Betty"s B. Dan"s and Betty"s C. Dan and Betty D. Dan"s and Betty |
That"s ______ bedroom. |
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A. Lucy"s and Lily"s B. Lucy and Lily"s C. Lucy"s and Lily D. Lucy and Lily |
Tom"s room is bigger than ______. |
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A. Sam and Bill B. Sam"s and Bill"s C. Sam"s and Bill D. Sam and Bill"s |
Every week he takes exercise on the playground. |
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A. two hour"s B. two hours" C. two hour D. two-hour |
Sally"s hair is ______ than ______. |
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A. much longer, Millie"s B. many longer, Millie"s C. much shorter, Millie D. many shorter, Millie |
根据句意结合提示或首字母填空(每空一词)。 |
1. There will be a p__________ meeting after the mid-term exam. 2. English isn"t d__________ to learn if you try your best. 3. She does exercise every day in order to be __________ (苗条) than before. 4. He was very excited when he found an _________(寻常的) monkey in the mountain. 5. __________ (相信) it or not, his cat isn"t afraid of dogs. 6. What p__________ weather we have today! 7. The tallest man was 2.72 m in h___________. 8. It"s important to keep o___________ safe when we go diving. |
That bag isn"t mine. It may be ______. |
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A. somebody"s B. somebody else C. somebody"s else D. somebody else"s |
—Whose computer doesn"t work? — , I think. |
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A. John has B. John does C. John D. John"s |
—How far is it from the railway station to the hotel? —It"s about _______ walk. |
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A. ten minute"s B. ten-minutes C. ten minutes" D. ten minutes |
— ______ desk is this? — It"s ______. |
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A Who"s, Sandy"s and Simon"s B. Whose, Sandy"s and Simon"s C. Who"s, Sandy and Simon"s D. Whose, Sandy and Simon"s |
根据中文提示,填写正确答案。 |
1. My ______ (姐姐) sweater is pink. 2. There are tall _______ (建筑物) in Shanghai. 3. Is this new pencil box? Yes, it is. Let have a look at it. (他) 4. They often visit ________ (博物馆) with their friends on Sundays. 5. The cakes on the table _______ (尝起来) delicious. |
This is ______ bedroom. The twin sisters like it very much. |
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A.Anne and Jane B.Anne and Jane"s C.Anne"s and Jane D.Anne"s and Jane"s |
—Have you done _____ homework? —Yes, I have. |
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A. today"s B. today C. todays" D. todays |
mother is a worker. |
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A. Marry and Mike"s B. Marry"s and Mike"s C. Marry"s and Mike D. Marry and Mike |
Li Lei"s handwriting is better than _______ in our school. |
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A. anyone else B. anyone"s else"s C. anyone"s D. anyone else"s |