Fill the gaps in the passage below.

E) Grammar Cloze Task.

Help to write the grammatical rules by completing the sentences.

Rewrite the following sentences. If the sentence uses a possessive noun, change to a possessive adjective. If the sentence uses a possessive adjective, change to a possessive noun.

Complete the following sentences from the passage with the correct possessive adjective, following the example. Be careful to check who each possessive adjective refers to.

Set 2

Set 1

· She was an important person in the Pharaoh’s court.

· He wanted to show Moses the magicians^’ magical powers.

· Ezekiel told his wife about Allah (SWT).

· He ordered his soldiers lo take out their swords and kill Ezekiel.

b) Analysis.

When the Pharaoh killedEzekiel, Asiah often visited his wife and children. Haman, the Chief Minister, told him about…………. visits. The Pharaoh called the Royal Comber lo …………. palace. “Who is………… God?” he asked her. “Is it ………… Pharaoh?”

In which cases can either the possessive noun or the possessive adjective be used? In which sentences is it better to use only one of the two forms?

c) Comparing Structures Compare the following sentences.

· The Pharaoh reluctantly agreed to her request.

· The Pharaoh reluctantly agreed toAsiah’s request.

1. Suddenly Moses’s stick changed into giant serpent.

2. The serpent ate all of their snakes.

3. Ezekiel’s wife was an important person in the Pharaoh’s court.

4. He told them to tie her arms and legs and whip her.

d) Rule Formation.

1. Nouns, including names of people, can be made possessive by adding ………... If a noun ends in plural -s, only an ……….. is added to make it possessive..

2. If a name ends in -s, however ………. should be added to make the name possessive, e.g., Moses's.

3. ………… are words such as my, your, …………, …………, …………, ………… or ………….These can normally replace a possessive noun in a sentence, though sometimes the possessive noun is needed to make the meaning clear.

One day a servant of Asiah, the (1)................ wife, found a baby in a basket floating in the river. She asked the Pharaoh if she could keep the baby as (2) …………. own, and he gave (3) ……….. agreement to (4) ………… request. When he grew into a man, Moses became (5) ……….. (SWT) prophet. He tried to persuade the Pharaoh to accept Allah (SWT) the only God, but the (6) ……….. people believed that the Pharaoh himself was a god, and so theycould (7) ………. Moses’s God. At the time, the Israelites (8) ………….the slaves of the Egyptians, so Moses asked the Pharaoh to let (9) ………… people leave Egypt. This made the Pharaoh angry and he wanted to kill Moses, but God protected (10) ………… adopted son.

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