II. Underline the answer which is correct or more likely.

I. If necessary, correct these sentences. If they are correct put a tick.

1 Tony computers have been stolen.

2 When the teacher had called out the girl's names, they all stepped forward.

3 We had to study Charles Dicken's early novels at school.

4 I went to the newsagent's to buy a paper.

5 There were hundreds of bird’s nests in the trees.

6 They're my mother-in-law's favourite sweets.

7 I took the books to Lewis' house yesterday.

8 If they had been anyone else's paintings I wouldn't have gone to the exhibition.

9 She was a friend of my mother.

10 The world's airliners are moving towards a total ban on smoking.

11 The readers letters page in the newspaper is full of complaints about the article.

12 I met a cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh last week.

II. Underline the answer which is correct or more likely.

1. I was surprised by the announcement of yesterday /yesterday's announcement.

2. They left their homes because of the extension of the airport I the airport's extension.

3. The guitar playing of David I David's guitar playing has improved enormously.

4. The completion of the road I The road's completion was ahead of schedule.

5. At the supermarket, I found I'd brought the shopping list of last week I last week's shopping

list.

6. It's the responsibility of the firm who built the houses I the firm who built the houses'

responsibility.

7. That isn't much use, it's the calendar of last year I last year's calendar.

8. I was shocked by the opinion of Alice I Alice's opinion.

9. He gently patted the shoulder of his brother I his brother's shoulder.

10. He's the friend of a man I know at work I a man I know at work's friend.

11. The evacuation of the building I The building's evacuation took only 10 minutes.

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