NONRESTRICTIVE ATTRIBUTES (classifying)

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RESTRICTIVE ATTRIBUTES (specifying)

ATTRIBUTES IN THE POSSESSIVE CASE

the girls' room = the room of THESE particular girls

· · denote a particular person or thing

· · may be replaced by an OF-phrase

· · the article depends on the word in possessive case

a girls' school = a school for girls

· · denote a whole class of similar objects or people

· · function like adjectives

· · are generally replaced by a FOR-phrase or others

· · the article depends on the head word

Exercise 9.4. Say which element of the combination 'noun + 's + noun' the article refers to in the following sentences and supply necessary articles:

1. 1. They lived in a two-foot shelter just outside (...) officers' dug-out.

2. 2. He was eager to see Dennis, who was at (...) boys' camp somewhere.

3. 3. There were two old men there and they were taken to (...) old people's home.

4. 4. They made (...) two hours' journey in a train which stopped at every station.

5. 5. After (...) six months' period of drought it started raining every day.

6. 6. He was a tall young man with (...) sad clown's face under stiff red hair.

7. 7. He returned (...) old woman's smile.

8. 8. On the opposite side of the street was (...) Sharpes' old car.

9. 9. She was (...) miner's widow.

10. 10. Have you read (...) Bob's new novel?

11. 11. He took (...) doctor's arm and led him out of the room.

12. 12. He went up to the third floor where (...) assistants' office was located.

13. 13. She lives in (...) doll's house at the back of the garden.

14. 14. That dog is a proper brute with strangers. I've known him bite clean through (...) lady's stockings.

15. 15. They were promised (...) four days' rest.

16. 16. With one hand on (...) young man's shoulder, he went up the stairs.

17. 17. She is out visiting (...) neighbor's daughter.

18. 18. Thirty years before she taught at (...) smart girls' school.

19. 19. He sat on the floor stroking (...) cat's fur.

20. 20. After (...) two months' leave I was sent to (...) Officers' Training Camp in Dorset.

21. 21. In that mood I was unsuitable for attending (...) parents' meeting at the school.

22. 22. The scheme of study in (...) Teachers' Training College is based upon compulsory and optional subjects.

23. 23. The theatre had (...) three weeks' ballet season.

24. 24. I was told by my friends not to believe (...) girl's tears.

25. 25. I stopped at the door to (...) Holly's apartment.

26. 26. (...) chief's remarks left me indifferent.

27. 27. She spoke guardedly, and her green eyes veiled themselves like (...) parrot's eyes.

28. 28. "Is that Mr Blair?" (...) woman's voice asked in the telephone.

29. 29. Then she leaped to one side as (...) car's brakes screamed behind her.

30. 30. By (...) clown's grimace on his face I understood what he was suffering.

Exercise 9.5. Supply articles and analyze attributes.

1. Jarvinen was ____ Finn, with ____ extraordinary blue eyes. 2. She started ____ motor and turned carefully in ____ muddy lane. She drove back through ____ bridge again ____ clattering of ____ car over ____ loose floorboards reminded her of ____ sound she had taken for ____ truck passing ____ cottage in the night. Of course, it had been ____ car going through ____ bridge. 3. I felt like ____ prince who is schooled from ____ age of five to ____ idea of becoming ____ king. 4. Amy put ____ kettle on and got out ____ cups and ____ saucers, ____ spoons, ____ sugar bowl. 5. She was married to ____ man called Bronson. He was ____ planter. He was ____ manager of ____ estate up ____ river. 6. Outside in ____ street, he called for ____ taxi at ____ top of his voice, and set off in chase of it like ____ young man. 7. Thames Street was ____ broad road on ____ edge of ____ town half ____ mile from ____ park. Most of ____ houses in it had been built just before ____ war. 8. You can't treat Charles like ____ child. He is ____ grown man, 9. ____ pleasantest man in ____ office was ____ big ex-paratrooper named John Duncan. He was six feet tall, had ____ face of ____ farmer, and seemed to like everybody and everything. 10. I have married ____ Philip's widow. I am ____ richest man in ____ town today, my friend. 11. All ____ big hotels are very much the same. 12. Does it occur to you how boring that sort of ____ scene is? 13. He felt ____ gentle touch of ____ Betty's hand on his shoulder. 14. The plane flew at ____ speed of over 1.560 m. p. h. 15. There high society seldom admits ____ outsiders into its midst ____ politicians live in their own corruptive circle, ____ bourgeoisie, great and small, frequent one another. 16. Her father had started life as ____ errand boy, then became ____ draper's assistant and was now ____ owner of ____ prosperous little business. 17. "What ____ beautiful portraits," she said, "and what ____ lucky man you must be!" 18. Opposite ____ window stood ____ full-length painting of Charles as ____ small boy. 19. Several of ____ boys at the new school came from ____ same part of ____ town. 20. Who is ____ best man at this sort of ____ thing in your office? 21. Trevor was ____ painter. Indeed, ____ few people escape that nowadays. But he was also ____ artist, and ____ artists are rather rare. 22. "What did he do?" "He put ____ bomb in ____ woman's bicycle basket in ____ busy London street and blew ____ four people to pieces, including ____ woman." 23. I followed his gaze ____ two men dressed in ____ white coveralls were carrying ____ large wooden crate up, ____ path, followed by ____ other man carrying ____ tool box. "Over here," my friend called. They put ____ crate down in front of him. "Everything ready?" he asked ____ man with ____ tool box. 24. It's ____ kind of . .. secret I'm not bad at keeping. 25. Bert Smith was ____ art lover, or at least he bought ____ pictures. 26. As she came out of ____ store, ____ woman crossed her path with ____ arms full of ____ sofa cushions, and went to ____ car parked down ____ street. 27. He often told ____ people that he was ____ Irishman but he couldn't fool ____ Irish, they saw through him. 28. It was just as stupid to condemn him as to condemn ____ wolf because he ravens or ____ cobra because he strikes. 29. It may be that ____ police are interested in ____ man. 30. He was ____ great believer in ____ man. 31. I thought of him as ____ equal. 32. He would have been ____ captain of ____ team if he had been less unpopular. 33. They were ____ greatest friends, all four of them. 34. He was introduced to Carlotta Lee, ____ girl who played ____ leading part. 35. I gathered that she was ____ widow of ____ colonial governor.