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    3 WRITING EXTRA

    ELEMENTARY UNIT 3 3 Read the text. Put in the 10 missing


    apostrophes.
    apostrophes ’s
    One of Spains famous festivals is La Tomatina.
    Its in a town called Bunol and its on the last
    WRITING TIP Wednesday of every August.
    We use apostrophes before s (‘s) in these situations: La Tomatina is famous because of the unusual
    • We use it as the contraction of is way that people celebrate, its a big food fight!
    She is a teacher = She’s a teacher Its name comes from the food that people
    It is cold today = It’s cold today throw – tomatoes! Thousands of people throw
    • We use it as the contraction of has before got tomatoes at each other for an hour, its very
    Daniel has got a new phone = Daniel’s got a new phone messy! Aer the fight, people throw water on
    Rita has got brown eyes = Rita’s got brown eyes. each other to get clean.
    • We use it to show possession My husbands Spanish and hes got family who
    This football belongs to Jack = This is Jack’s football go to the festival every year. This year, my
    Does that car belong to Sarah? = Is that Sarah’s car? husbands grandmother wants to go, but we
    BUT, it’s always = it is. We use its for possession. think shes too old!
    It’s Monday today. The dog has a bird on its nose. I love La Tomatina because everybody is very
    happy and its the only time of the year you
    1 Decide if the sentences have contractions of a) is, b) has, can throw food at somebody!
    or c) possession. 4 Write a description of a festival or national
    1 The station’s in the centre of the town. holiday in your country. Write about when
    2 She’s got a big house. and where is happens, what you usually do
    3 This is Martin’s car. and why you like it.
    4 He’s from Italy.
    5 Tom’s got blue eyes.
    6 It’s important to study another language.
    7 Jane’s got two sisters.
    8 I want to learn about Italy and its culture.

    2 Complete the text with ’s or s.


    My best 1friend called Helen. 2She a doctor and
    3
    work in a children
    4
    hospital. She 5work very
    hard but she love
    6
    her job. She live
    7
    in the centre of
    town with her husband and children. 8She got a
    daughter and a son. Her daughter
    9
    called Priya,
    10
    she three years old. 11Priya brother’s called Arjun,
    12
    he a baby. 13Helen husband’s called Aarav.
    14
    He from India and 15he a doctor too.
    Plan your writing
    Helen 16love animals and 17she got two dogs and • Think about the festival.
    a cat. She take
    18
    her dogs for a walk twice a day. She • What’s it called?
    19
    like swimming and playing tennis. She also 20like • When and where does it happen?
    reading and going to the cinema. 21She very funny • What activities take place?
    People always laugh at her! • Why do like it?
    Check your writing
    • Did you use apostrophes for the contractions of
    is, has got and its to show possession?
    • Did you check your grammar and spelling?
    • Did you find any mistakes?

    © Pearson Education Limited 2016

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