GRAMMAR SUMMARY UNIT 1 Be (am/is/are) ma journalist. (I'm = 1am) 'm not a journalist. ('m not = 1am not) You aren't a photographer.* (you aren't = you are not) He‘Shert isn’t from the US (he isn't = he is not) We aren’t from Canada, (we aren't = we are not) They aren't beautiful (they aren't = they are not) You're a photographer * (you're = you are) He's/She'sit’s from the US. (hes = he is) We're from Canada. (we're = we are) They're beautiful (they’re = they are) * Remember that we use you to refer to a single person ora group of people. When we speak and in informal writing we normally use contractions of fe after pronouns. We use an apostrophe (’) to show a missing letter. With is not and are not there are two possible contractions. He isn’t American. = He's not American. They're not married. = They aren't married. » Exercise 1 ‘Am 13 journalist? Yes, Jam. No, 'm not. ‘Are you a journalist? Yes, you are. 'No, you aren't. Is helshelit from the US? Yes, helshelit i. No, helshelit isn't Are we on Green Street? Yes, we are. No, we aren‘t Are they married? Yes, they are. ‘No, they aren’t. We often use the 5 contraction after who, what, where, when, how, and why. Who's Richard? Where's the party? We never use contractions in positive short answers. ‘Are you Michele? ¥es;¥m: Yes, | am. > Exercises 2 and 3 Possessive ‘s and possessive adjectives Possessive ‘s We use noun + 's to show possession. The photographer's name is David Doubilet Miguel's brother is a journalist. After a plural noun, we only add an apostrophe. ‘My grandparents’ house is downtown. After noun + noun, we only use one ’s Peter and Magda’s garden is beautiful. Remember that ‘s is also the contracted form of is, > Exercise 4 Possessive adjectives We use possessive adjectives to talk about people in our family and possessions. ‘Mehmet is my brother. Your car is nice His sister is in China. Her parents are here. It’s a restaurant. Its name is Happy Food. Julie is our teacher. Their family is from the US. We don’t put the, a, or an before possessive adjectives. ‘Maria and Valentina are the my cousins. ‘Maria and Valentina are my cousins, » Exercises 5 and 6