SENA CDHC

TRABAJO FINAL
RECURSOS
HUMANOS
INGLES NIVEL II

INSTRUCTORA
ASTRID NAVARRO
 Known as possessive -‘s, genitive -‘s or Saxon genitive. We use it to show that something
belongs to somebody. Read about the different uses in the boxes and do the exercises.

SINGULAR NOUNS PLURAL NOUNS PROPER NOUNS (NAMES) IRREGULAR NOUNS

We add -‘s to a We add an apostrophe Both uses in the examples the child’s / children’s dog
singular noun: (‘) to a plural noun: are allowed: the mouse’s / mice’s food
the boy’s ball the boys’ ball Chris’ dog and/or Chris’s dog the man’s / men’s car
the girl’s father the girls’ father Doris’ cat and/or Doris’s cat the hero’s / heroes’ fear
the pupil’s classroom the pupils’ classroom BUT: Moses’ and Jesus’ the wolf’s / wolves’ den

-‘s vs of Notice that the number of

We can use of instead of -‘s,
but -‘s is more usual and
natural:
the mother of my son
my son’s mother
balls does not matter. The
structure is influenced by
the possessor and not the
possessed.
(www.englishclub.com)

Rewrite these using the genitive case

1. The father of my daughter. _____________________________________________________________________
2. The owner of the car. __________________________________________________________________________
3. He is the boss of my wife. _______________________________________________________________________
4. They are the children of my uncle. _____________________________________________________ ___________
5. The car belongs to my sister. __________________________________________________________ __________
6. The phone belongs to Louis. ____________________________________________________________________
7. The bike and bat is owned by my neighbor. ________________________________________________________
8. The writers of the books are Tom and Jerry. ________________________________________________________
9. My aunt is the one who owns the shop. ___________________________________________________________
10. The two women are the owners of the houses. _____________________________________________________

Make sentences in the genitive case using the pictures

1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________
6.________________________________________________ _______
7.________________________________________________ _______
8.________________________________________________ _______
9.________________________________________________ _______
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Recursos humanos.

Te han contratado para liderar el proceso de contratación de personal para una

finca recreativa. (servicios generales, piscina, cocinero, ayudante de cocina,
mesero, recepcionista, jardinero y vigilancia.)

 Realiza las primeras dos contrataciones destacando los deberes u

obligaciones, horarios, riesgos, y recomendaciones.
 Las observaciones de Cada una de las contrataciones deben ser descrita
en 100 palabras (mínimo)
 Todo debe ser realizado en inglés.