🇨🇴 ICFES SaberSemana 8 · 10 preguntas

Possessives Genitive

Bundle W08 de Inglés para Grado 7 en Colombia (DBA MEN Colombia): 10 preguntas con explicación pedagógica.

Alineación: DBA MEN Colombia

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Pregunta 1

Bloom: Remember

Identifying a possessive adjective for a female subject.

Which possessive adjective is used for "She"?

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Respuesta correcta: B) Her

  • A) HisIncorrect. "His" is for "He".
  • B) HerCorrect! "Her" is the possessive adjective for "She".
  • C) ItsIncorrect. "Its" is for "It".
  • D) YourIncorrect. "Your" is for "You".

💡 Explicación

The student identifies the basic mapping between subject pronouns and possessive adjectives.

Pregunta 2

Bloom: Remember

Expressing that a book belongs to Juan.

What is the correct way to say that the book belongs to Juan using the Saxon Genitive?

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Respuesta correcta: C) Juan's book.

  • A) The Juan book.Incorrect. This lacks the possessive 's.
  • B) Juan is book.Incorrect. This sounds like "Juan is a book".
  • C) Juan's book.Correct! The 's indicates that the book belongs to Juan.
  • D) The book of Juan.Incorrect. While grammatically possible, "Juan's book" is the standard and more natural way to express possession in English.

💡 Explicación

The student remembers the basic rule for the Saxon Genitive to express possession.

Pregunta 3

Bloom: Understand

Talking about a group's project.

"We are students. ________ school is in Bogotá."

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Respuesta correcta: D) Our

  • A) Our'sIncorrect. "Our" is the possessive adjective; it doesn't need an apostrophe.
  • B) YourIncorrect. "Your" is for "You".
  • C) TheirIncorrect. "Their" is for "They".
  • D) OurCorrect! "Our" is the possessive adjective for "We".

💡 Explicación

The student understands the use of the possessive adjective for the first person plural.

Pregunta 4

Bloom: Understand

Describing a dog's house.

"The dog is in ________ house."

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Respuesta correcta: D) its

  • A) it'sIncorrect. "It's" means "It is".
  • B) hisIncorrect. "His" is for male humans (though sometimes used for pets, "its" is the general rule).
  • C) herIncorrect. "Her" is for female humans.
  • D) itsCorrect! "Its" is the possessive adjective for animals or things.

💡 Explicación

The student distinguishes between the contraction "it's" and the possessive adjective "its".

Pregunta 5

Bloom: Apply

Describing the color of someone's car.

"I have a car. ________ color is blue."

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Respuesta correcta: D) Its

  • A) MyIncorrect. "My" would refer to me, not the car's color.
  • B) It'sIncorrect. "It's" is "It is".
  • C) HisIncorrect. "His" is for a male person.
  • D) ItsCorrect! We use "Its" to refer to the color of the car (an object).

💡 Explicación

The student applies the possessive adjective "its" to refer to a characteristic of an inanimate object.

Pregunta 6

Bloom: Apply

A description of a family tree.

"Carlos is Maria's husband. Elena is Carlos and Maria's daughter."

Based on the text, who is Elena?

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Respuesta correcta: B) Maria's daughter.

  • A) Maria's sister.Incorrect. She is her daughter.
  • B) Maria's daughter.Correct! The text says she is the daughter of Carlos and Maria.
  • C) Carlos's mother.Incorrect. She is his daughter.
  • D) Elena's friend.Incorrect. Not mentioned and illogical.

💡 Explicación

The student applies knowledge of the Saxon Genitive to understand family relationships in a text.

Pregunta 7

Bloom: Apply

Identifying ownership of multiple items.

"The ________ toys are in the box." (The toys belong to the boys)

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Respuesta correcta: A) boys'

  • A) boys'Correct! For plural nouns ending in -s, we just add an apostrophe.
  • B) boy'sIncorrect. This means only one boy.
  • C) boys'sIncorrect. Plural nouns ending in -s do not need another 's'.
  • D) boyIncorrect. Missing the possessive marker.

💡 Explicación

The student applies the specific rule for the Saxon Genitive with plural nouns ending in -s.

Pregunta 8

Bloom: Analyze

Choosing the correct combination of possessives.

Which sentence is correct?

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Respuesta correcta: B) This is my brother's room. It is very big.

  • A) This is my brother's room. Its is very big.Incorrect. "Its" is a possessive adjective; "It" (subject) is needed here.
  • B) This is my brother's room. It is very big.Correct! "Brother's" shows possession and "It" refers to the room.
  • C) This is my brothers room. It is very big.Incorrect. Missing the apostrophe for possession.
  • D) This is mine brother room. It is very big.Incorrect. "Mine" is a possessive pronoun, and "brother" needs the genitive 's.

💡 Explicación

The student analyzes the difference between possessive markers and subject pronouns in a context.

Pregunta 9

Bloom: Analyze

A complex family description.

"My father's name is Jorge. Jorge's sister is my Aunt Clara. Clara's car is red."

Whose car is red?

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Respuesta correcta: D) My aunt's

  • A) Jorge'sIncorrect. Jorge is the father, Clara is the one with the red car.
  • B) My father'sIncorrect. My father is Jorge.
  • C) My carIncorrect. The car belongs to Clara.
  • D) My aunt'sCorrect! Clara is the aunt, and the text says "Clara's car is red".

💡 Explicación

The student analyzes a sequence of possessive relationships to identify the owner of an object.

Pregunta 10

Bloom: Evaluate

Evaluating the use of possessives in a formal context.

"Welcome to our company. We value our customers' feedback to improve our services."

Why is the apostrophe after the 's' in "customers'"?

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Respuesta correcta: D) Because it refers to the feedback of many customers.

  • A) Because there is only one customer.Incorrect. That would be "customer's".
  • B) Because "feedback" is a plural noun.Incorrect. The apostrophe location depends on the owner, not the object.
  • C) It is a spelling mistake.Incorrect. It is a correct and standard grammatical rule.
  • D) Because it refers to the feedback of many customers.Correct! The plural "customers" adds just an apostrophe for possession.

💡 Explicación

The student evaluates and explains the grammatical logic behind a specific punctuation mark in a possessive context.

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