• Lisez attentivement les pages 40 et 42, puis complétez par les prépositions qui conviennent.
a. Non-polluting cars are often referred ... as green cars.
b. Nine.
ten people would like to have a secure job; the government should listen ... their claims.
c. The presidents' program ... the environment should be implemented as soon as possible.
d. The environment should be a priority ... everybody.
e. Pollution has fallen / gone down / decreased ... 10% over the past four years.
£. In that country the number of green cars has risen ... 10% ... 20%.
g. Thanks ... this energy-saving program, we would produce less than 30% ...
the 2001 rate.
h. ... 1999 ... 2009, that is ... a decade, people's awareness of environmental issues improved tremendously.
1. We are supplied ..
.. clean energy ... a state -owned company which is in
charge ... our network.
2 • Récrivez les phrases suivantes en remplacant le segment de phrase souligné par un génitif.
a. The son of the queen of England was married to the daughter of the 8th Earl of Spencer.
b. The children of Lady Diana are called William and Harry.
c. 10 Downing St is the home and work address of the Prime Minister.
d. Have you any objection to the policy of the government?
e. The relations of France with the United States have changed over the years.
f. All those lay-offs will result in the pauperization of the region.
3 • Même exercice, mais l'emploi du génitif n'est pas toujours possible.
a. The plan of the Home Office to increase the number of CCTV cameras is worrying.
b. When are we meeting the friends of your brother?
c. I'm going on holiday with the friends of my brother who lives in Rome.
d. The employees can't stand the policy of the manager who was appointed last month.
e. The executives of the firm who have been laid off think the situation is due