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1 READ & NOTICE THE GRAMMAR.

A Why do many adult children in their 20s and 30s live with their parents? Tell a partner your
ideas. Then read the text.

Moving Back Home

The number of children who return
home in adulthood to live with their
parents is increasing. In the past, grown
children left home as soon as they could
afford it. For example, my father left his
parents’ house when he went to college.
Then, he got a job and his own apartment.
He never returned.
Today life is different. Many young
adults cannot find jobs, so they return home. Plus, they want to save money. My sister
and her husband, for example, are living at our parents’ house to save money for a house.
This new trend is affecting both the parents and their children. Sometimes their
children get too comfortable and think that their parents can support them forever.
Often parents face economic challenges because of this and have to postpone retirement.
It seems that young adults these days are taking longer to grow up.

GRAMMAR FOCUS

In this text, the writer uses simple and progressive verb forms in the following ways.
Present progressive * to tell about current trends in society
(The number of children . . . is increasing.)
* to tell about temporary situations
(My sister and her husband... are living. . )
Simple present * to give facts (..., so they return home.)
* with stative verbs (if seems...)
Simple past * to give examples from the past (Then, he gotajob...)

B_ Read the text in exercise A again. Find one more example of each verb form and identify
its use. Complete the chart. Then work with a partner and compare your answers.

Verb Form Example Use

Present progressive

Simple present

Simple past

28 PRESENT AND PAST: SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE
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