Vocabulary: Life events p. 9

A: I'm so excited! My sister and her fiancé have decided to … married next June!

B: Max and Lisa don't think they'll … a family for now.

C: Congratulations! When did you … your degree?

D: When you … school, will you go to university or look for a job?

E: What time do you … work in the morning?

F: My mum gets angry when my brother and I … home late to go to school.

Match the stages of life to the corresponding people.

1 infancy  ________
2 childhood  ________
3 adolescence  ________
4 youth  ________
5 middle age  ________
6 old age  ________

Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with some of the words from STEP 2.
1 Here are my mum and dad in their ________: I think they were 22 or 23 in this picture.
2 When I was a ________ I had fun with my mates at break time in the school playground.
3 Believe it or not, this very beautiful ________ is my gran when she was 21.
4 This is a picture of my sister and her friends: she always had sleepovers when she was a ________.
5 Look at my grandad! His ________ doesn't stop him: he still works in the garden every day.
6 The ________ sleeping in the cot is me!
7 These are my aunt and uncle: they are both in their ________ but are more active than me.
8 This is me as a ________: I still couldn't walk very well!