4 Replace the underlined words and phrases with the correct form of the words and phrases below.

(Thay thế các từ, cụm từ được gạch chân bằng dạng đúng của các từ, cụm từ dưới đây.)

1 My dad is looking forward to finishing work next year and having more time for his hobbies. __________

2 When my grandad passed away, my mum got his house and some money. __________

3 My sister is having driving lessons. __________

4 My uncle and aunt separated last year after being married for fifteen years. __________

5 I don't want to get married and have a family until I've had a chance to see the world. __________

6 My older brother moved to another country last year to look for work. __________

2 VOCABULARY Listen. How old are the people being described? Choose from the stages of life below.

(Nghe. Những người được mô tả bao nhiêu tuổi? Chọn từ các giai đoạn của cuộc sống dưới đây.)

Stages of life (Giai đoạn của cuộc sống) 

be an adult (trở thành người lớn)

be a centenarian (là một người trăm tuổi)

be an infant (là một đứa trẻ sơ sinh)

be a toddler (là một đứa trẻ mới biết đi)

be elderly (người già)

be in your teens (đang ở tuổi thiếu niên)

be middle-aged (ở độ tuổi trung niên)

4 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions in exercise 3. 

(Làm việc theo cặp. Trả lời các câu hỏi ở bài tập 3.)

5 VOCABULARY Complete the life events with the verbs below. 

(Hoàn thành các sự kiện trong cuộc sống với các động từ dưới đây.)

Life events

6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrases in exercise 5. 

(Hoàn thành câu với dạng đúng của các cụm từ trong bài tập 5.)

1 My brother ______  school at sixteen and got his first ______ four months later. However, when he was in his twenties, he decided he wanted to ______ to university and later had a change of ______.

2 My parents in love when they were in their late thirties. They got ______ after three months and then ______ married a month later! 

3 We didn't have to ______ a house because my dad ______ his parents' house after they had sadly______. 

4 My dad ______ from Ireland in 1998. He met my mum and they ______ down in London where they ______ a family. 

5 My mum's parents ______up when she was very young. They got ______ soon after. They both had to travel for their jobs so my mum was ______ by her aunt. 

7 Complete the text with the correct form of the phrases in exercise 5. 

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn với dạng đúng của các cụm từ ở bài tập 5.)

I was ¹_____ on 17 October 2001 in London, although my parents aren't Londoners. My dad ²_____  from Ireland when he was a teenager and my mum, who is from Croatia, ³_____ home after she had ⁴_____ to university. My dad started a business and my mum got her first, and only, ⁵_____ in his company! 

Well, after a few months, they ⁶_____ in love, and six months later they ⁷_____ engaged. After they got ⁸_____ they ⁹_____  to south-east London and ¹⁰_____ down in the neighbourhood of Greenwich, where they started a ¹¹_____, and I was the first one to come along! I've also got a brother and sister, and we've all been ¹²_____ up in the same house. What's more, when my mum's ¹³_____a grandmother, she decided to leave. Croatia too and come and help my mum! 

8 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Describe events in your family life. Use phrases from exercises 2 and 5 to help you. 

(Làm việc theo cặp. Kể lại những sự việc xảy ra trong cuộc sống gia đình bạn. Sử dụng các cụm từ trong bài tập 2 và 5 để giúp bạn.)

I was born in a small town, and when I was twelve, we moved here. 

(Tôi sinh ra ở một thị trấn nhỏ, và khi tôi 12 tuổi, chúng tôi chuyển đến đây.)

3 Put the words below in the correct columns to form different life events.

(Đặt các từ dưới đây vào đúng cột để tạo thành các sự kiện khác nhau trong cuộc sống.)

5 Complete the sequences of events with the phrases below.

(Hoàn thành chuỗi sự kiện với các cụm từ dưới đây.)

1 retire, become a grandparent, ________________

2 fall in love, get engaged, ________________

3 start school, leave school, ________________

4 get married, split up, ________________

5 be born, be brought up, ________________

6 leave home, move house, ________________