Objective Proficiency p 45. The Genitive. Extra Key Word Transformation Exercise 2

Key word Transformation
1. Maybe they just don't take your illness seriously as you are not so ill that you may die.
DOOR
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2. It will be very difficult to pass the final exams
GIANT'S
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3. Learning a foreign language is not an easy task.
CHILD'S
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4. He looks like a child even though he was probably older than me.
CHILD'S
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5. When our Prime Minister was elected he seemed to be a very warm and caring man, but we later found out that he was evil.
SHEEP'S
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6. From the top of the city walls we Looked down and saw the old town.
BIRD'S
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7. Our English teacher spent his holidays doing the same thing that he does at work this year; he spent his entire holidays doing research in England.
BUSMAN'S
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8. They were very lucky they didn't get themselves killed because they came very near to falling down the mountain.
HAIR'S
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KEY
1. Maybe they just don't take your illness seriously as you are not at death's door



2. It will be a giant's task to pass the final exams



3. Learning a foreign language is not child's play



4. He has a child's face even though he was probably older than me



5. When our Prime Minister was elected he seemed to be a very warm and caring man, but we later found out that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.



6. From the top of the city walls we had a bird's eye view of the old town



7. Our English teacher had a busman's holiday this year; he spent his entire holidays doing research in England



8. They were very lucky they didn't get themselves killed because they came within a hair's breadth of falling down the mountain