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COMPOUND NOUNS AND POSSESSIVE FORMS

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  • After school, my brother went to work for a bank as a ___
    trainee manager
  • She's always sticking her nose in other peoples' business.
    Incorrect - She's always sticking her nose into other people's business.
  • My ___ didn't go off, so I was late for work.
    alarm clock
  • Right or wrong? I opened the FRONT DOOR because I thought I'd heard the doorbell ring.
    Right
  • What happened at the story's end?
    Wrong: the end of the story
  • Have you got a coat hanger? This jacket creases easily.
    Correct
  • Right or wrong? Amir is the SON OF THE NEIGHBOR you met yesterday
    RIGHT
  • Be careful when you wash the glasses of champagne as they're very fragile.
    Incorrect - Be careful when you wash the champagne glasses as they're very fragile.
  • Right or wrong? My mom is hopeless at buying CLOTHES OF MEN.
    Wrong: Men's clothes
  • My mother is hopeless at buying men's clothes, so my father always buys his own.
    Right
  • We're going to spend a fortnight at my parents' villa on the coast.
    Right
  • Matt put his sunglasses in the handbag of his girlfriend.
    Wrong: his girlfriend's handbag
  • Mrs Smith is a good friend of my aunt's.
    Correct
  • Right or wrong? Matt put his sunglasses in THE HANDBAG OF HIS GIRLFRIEND.
    x His girlfriend's handbag
  • Right or wrong? We went to my GRANDMA'S last night
    Right
  • Right or wrong? What happened at the STORY'S END?
    X the end of the story.
  • We went round to Heather's last night.
    Right
  • To play this game, we need to form a circle in the room's middle.
    Incorrect - To play this game, we need to form a circle in the middle of the room.
  • Opticians usually sell accessories like glasses cases and cleaning products.
    Correct
  • The supermarket has stopped giving away free bags of plastic.
    Wrong: plastic bag
  • Don't use the ____ to cut meat.
    bread knife
  • Please remember to put your bowl of cereal in the dishwasher after breakfast.
    Wrong: cereal bowl
  • We're going to be at Mary and Paul's house for dinner tonight.
    Correct
  • I'd say it's at least an hours walk to the city centre from here.
    Incorrect - I'd say it's at least an hour's walk to the city centre from here.
  • Please remember to put the BOWL OF CEREAL in the dishwasher after breakfast.
    Wrong. Cereal Bowl
  • Sebastian is the son of the neighbour you met yesterday.
    Right
  • Right or wrong? She's a LANGUAGE TEACHER at a high school.
    Right
  • ___ was seriously damaged in the crash.
    Fiona and Charles' / Charles's car
  • True or False: l opened the front door because I thought I'd heard the bell ring.
    Right
  • The supermarket has stopped giving away free BAGS OF PLASTIC.
    X PLASTIC BAGS
  • There's a small garden at the back of the house.
    Correct
  • Please can you put the carrots and beans in the ___ in the fridge?
    vegetable drawer
  • Does anyone have a tins opener? I want to open this soup.
    Incorrect - Does anyone have a tin opener? I want to open this soup.
  • Sarah doesn't know much about current affairs because she only reads ___ for fashion tips and celebrity news.
    women's magazines
  • I'm just going to the hairdressser's. I'll be back in an hour or so.
    Correct
  • Lily is fed up with finding her ___ all over their bedroom floor. She's going to talk to him about it later.
    husband's clothes
  • Please put the sugar back in the kitchen's cupboard when you've finished with it.
    Incorrect - Please put the sugar back in the kitchen cupboard when you've finished with it.
  • She's a language assistant at a private secondary school.
    Right
  • We're going to spend two weeks at my parents cabin in the mountains.
    Right
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