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Living Grammar Elementary Book

It is becomming increasingly difficcult for many people to find decent accomodation in London at a price they can afford. To put it simpley, most people just don't have the necesary funds. Organiseations such as Home Front can offer advise, but it widely agreed that the situation is no longer managable. The fact that city councils are building cheap, tempory housing for lower-paid profesionals is the only official acknowledgment of this problem. | WITH ANSWERS Oxf o rd Living GRAMMAR 01 Be Present simple I am I m not 1 Some examples of be in the present simple. This is my brother. He s ten years old. I m eighteen and a student these are my books. My parents aren t at home they re at work. 3 We use be to talk about the family jobs saying who we are talking about the weather or a location and talking about age. 2 Here are the present simple forms of be Grammar in action POSITIVE Full form Short form Singular 1 am you are he she it is I m you re he she its Plural we are we re you are they are you re they re NEGATIVE Full form Short form Singular 1 am not you are not he she it is not I m not you re not or you aren t he she it s not or he she it isn t Plural we are not we re not or we aren t you are not they are not you re not or you aren t they re not or they aren t We usually use the short forms in speech. She s my sister. He s my brother. I m from Germany. They re students. i We use be when we introduce ourselves and our families These are my sisters and this is my brother. I m Steve this is my partner Ruth. She s 30 years old but I m younger. ẵ We use be when we talk about our jobs am a doctor and they are nurses. We use be when we say where we re from I m from Brazil my aunt is Portuguese. I m not from England. I m from Wales. We use be when we talk about the weather It s a beautiful day but. it s cold. It s not very warm today and it s very windy. We use be when we talk about location Milan is in the north but it isn t near Venice. For information on question forms see p. 4. We also use be to form continuous tenses. For more information on the present continuous see p. 10. A Introductions i Add the correct forms of be. Use the short form where possible. I w .0 20 and 1.1 a student. My father.2 from Brazil. My mother .3 not from Brazil. She.Irish. Her parents.5 from Dublin. Paul and Simon 6 my brothers. They.7 both teachers. Simon.8 23 and Paul.9 25 so 1.10 not the oldest. ii Which use of be in i matches .