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1- (CN17) Mark the incorrect option according to the Genitive case:
a) The door’s car is open.

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b) The world’s population is increasing.

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c) I’m going to Grandma’s.

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d) Which are Fred’s and Eric’s cars?
This is my mother-in-law’s house.

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2- (AFA16) Mark the option which shows the same meaning as in

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“Americans' dependence on family” .
a) The family's dependence on Americans'.
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b) The Americans family dependence.
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c) The Americans dependence of family's.

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d) The dependence of Americans on family.

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3- __________ father is in Europe.

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a) The Mary's and George's

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b) Mary and George's

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c) The Mary and George's

d) Mary's and George
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e) Mary's and Georges's

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4- __________ farm is that large one? It is __________.

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a) Which – Peter's
b) Whose – of Peter
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c) Whose – Peter's
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d) Which – for Pete

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e) What – Peter's
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It is important to remember that THE BEHAVIOR OF DEPRESSED CHILDREN

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may change.
a) the depressed children's behavior
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b) the behavior's depressed children

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c) the behavior of the depressed children's

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d) the children's depressed behavior

e) the depressed behavior's children
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6- (ITA 90) De acordo com o uso do genetivo, assinale a frase correta:

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a) For goodness’ sake, this is my brother-in-law’s dog.

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b) For goodness’ sake, this is my brother's-in-law dog.

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c) For goodness sake's, this is my brother-in-law's dog.

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d) For goodness sake's, this is my brother's-in-law dog.
e) For goodness sake's, this is my brother-in-law dog's.

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7- __________ wives arrived together.

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a) Alan’s and Victor’s
b) Alan and Victor’s

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c) Alan’s and Victor

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d) Alan’ and Victor’

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e) Alan’ and Victor’s

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b) The table’s leg is broken.
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c) I have an appointment at the office’s doctor.

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d) My brother neighbour’s sister is a nurse.

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e) The girls school is far from St Bartholomew’s.

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9- (EFOMM 94) Betty, Jane and I were invited to a party at ____home.

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a) your friend’s Carol

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b) your friend’s Carol’s

c) our friend Carol
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d) her friends’ Carol

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e) our friend Carol’s

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10- (EFOMM 00) His __________ sickness is worrying him very much.
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a) mother’s-in-law
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b) mother-in-law’s
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c) mother-in-law
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11- (EPCAR16) Mark the option which shows the same meaning as in “a person’s body
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size or weight.” (line 35).

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a) A person and body size or weight.

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b) The body size or weight of a person.

c) Body size and person’s weight.
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d) The body’s size or weight of a person.

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12- Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence:

“The __________ offices are very modern.”
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a) businessmen’
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b) businessmens’
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c) businessmans’

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d) businessmen’s

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13- (EEAR16) All the extracts below, in the text, present a possessive noun, except:

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a) “…the nation’s soccer federation…”

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b) “…under Brazil’s military dictatorship…”

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c) “…a reflection of the investigation’s focus…”
d) “…the United States Justice Department’s charging Mr. Marin…”

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14- (EEAR19) Choose the alternative that replaces the sentence below without

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changing its meaning:
“Today’s quarry pit was once the sea bottom.”

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a) Today is quarry pit was once the sea bottom.
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c) The quarry pit of today was the sea bottom at once.
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d) The quarry pit of today was the sea bottom in the past.
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15- (EXPCEX05) Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank:

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My brothers have nice friends. They're ____________________ and mine, too.

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a) my brother's friends.
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b) my brothers' friend.
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c) my brothers friends.
d) my brothers friends'.
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e) my brothers' friends.
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