School of Education, Culture and Communication Teaching Grammar in efl classrooms in Swedish Upper-Secondary School

Test on the genitive case

Age
Class

Native language
Gender
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Swedish [ ] other ______________
Male [ ] Female [ ] Other/unsure [

]

Fill in the gaps

Please fill in the gaps with both words presented underneath the gap. The first word is the owner and the second word is the owned.

The __________________ is long and furry.

cat – tail
______________________ is the largest house on the street.
Mr. Smith – house
The fourth _____________________ is about plants and herbs.
book – chapter
Have you seen the ____________________?
children – toys
The ____________________ are used for storing fat.
camels – humps

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Correct the sentences

Is the genitive case used correctly in the following sentences? If the use of the genitive case is correct, write correct. If the use of the genitive case is not correct, please provide the correct genitive case on the provided line.

Are Mr Jones’s children playing in our backyard?
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The house’s floor is uneven.

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My parents’ marriage has lasted over fifty years.

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Create your own sentences

Please write two sentences of your own in which you illustrate two different forms of the genitive case (singular, plural, etc.).

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Good luck and thank you for participating in my experiment!

/Emil Hasselqvist, Mälardalen University
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