READING COMPREHENSION COURSE. LEVEL IGENITIVE CASE PRACTICE

Homer Simpson is Marge’s husband. Homer and Marge’s children are three. Bart is their only son. Bart’s sisters are Lisa, a very intelligent girl, and Maggie, an infant who never says a word. Abraham and Mona are Homer’s parents and are Bart, Lisa and Maggie’s grandparents. They are also Marge’s parents-in-law. Abraham Simpson’s parents are Bart’s great-grandparents.Selma and Patty are Marge’s sisters. They are Bart, Lisa and Maggie’s aunts. They are single, but Selma’s adopted daughter, Ling, is Bart’s cousin and Homer’s niece. Patty is responsible for Maggie’s religious education: she is Maggie’s godmother.Abraham has a child from his first marriage, Herb: he is Homer’s half-brother, Marge’s brother-in-law and Bart’s uncle. All these people are in the same family, so they are relatives.

1 Fill in the sentences with the correct POSSESSIVE CASE.

1 Maggie is _______________ and ________________ second daughter.

2 Patty is ________________ godmother.

3 Clancy is ____________________ husband.

4 Herb is ______________________ half brother.

5 B _____________ , L___________ and M__________ hair is yellow.

2 Decide if the sentences are TRUE [T] or FALSE [F] and correct the false ones.

1 Bart has three sisters ______________________________________________________

2 Homer and Marge have got three children ____________________________________________

3 Ling is Patty’s adopted child _______________________________________________________

4 Herb is Bart’s uncle _______________________________________________________________

5 Selma is Lisa’s aunt ______ _________________________________________________________

6 Lisa is Abraham’s daughter ____ ___________________________________________________

7 Ling is Clancy’s granddaughter ____ ___________________________________________________

8 Herb is Marge’s brother-in-law ____ ___________________________________________________

9 Mona is Clancy’s second wife ____ ___________________________________________________ 10 Maggie

usually speaks a lot. ____ __________________________________________________

3 Decide if the ‘s is the verb BE [BE], the verb HAVE [HV] or the Possessive Case [SG].

1 Homer’s the protagonist of the cartoon. [ ]2 Selma’s got an adopted daughter. [ ]3 Bart’s mother is Marge. [ ]4 Homer’s stepbrother is Herb. [ ]5 Homer’s from Springfield. [ ] 25

And now …

1 Fill in the sentences with the correct POSSESSIVE CASE.

6 Maggie is Homer and Marge’s second daughter.

7 Patty is Maggie’s godmother.

8 Clancy is Jackeline’s husband.

9 Herb is Homer’s half-brother.

10 Bart’s , Lisa’s and Maggie’s hair is yellow.

2 Decide if the sentences are TRUE [T] or FALSE [F] and correct the false ones.

1 Bart has got three sisters F Bart has got two sisters/Bart hasn’t got three sisters

2 Homer and Marge have got three children T

3 Ling is Patty’s adopted child F Ling is Selma’s adopted child/Ling isn’t Patty’s adopted child

4 Herb is Bart’s uncle T

5 Selma is Lisa’s aunt T

6 Lisa is Abraham’s daughter F Lisa is Homer’s daughter/ Lisa isn’t Abraham’s daughter

Lisa is Abraham’s granddaughter/

7 Ling is Clancy’s granddaughter T

8 Herb is Marge’s brother-in-law T

9 Mona is Clancy’s second wife F Mona is Abraham’s second wife/ Mona isn’t Clancy’s second wife

10 Maggie usually speaks a lot. F Maggie never says a word.

3 Decide if the ‘s is the verb BE [BE], the verb HAVE [HV] or the Possessive Case [SG].

1 Homer’s the protagonist of the cartoon. [ BE ]2 Selma’s got an adopted daughter. [ HV ]3 Bart’s mother is Marge. [ SG ]4 Homer’s half-brother is Herb. [ SG ]5 Homer’s from Springfield. [ BE ]

… the KEY to the exercises!

Now you know my family tree … goodbye!