Facing life events

Vocabulary: Life events

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Match the photos A-D with the events below. There are two extra events.

coming of age graduating from university

getting married getting your first job

winning a sports competition travell.ing on your own for the first time

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Listen to John talking about one of the events in Exercise 1. Answer the questions below.

1 What was the event?

2 Who was there?

3 How did he feel?

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Have you experienced one of the events in Exercise 1 or a similar event? How did you feel? Make notes. Then write a short description and record your �escription.

Vocabulary: Describing feelings

• What was the event?

• Who was there?

• How did you feel?

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Learn the endings of irregular verbs: feel -felt How did he feel?

I felt very excited.

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Put the adjectives below into the correct group. (Most of the adjectives are in pairs.) bored I boring

satisfied/ satisfying

delighted surprised / surprising

excited / exciting terrified / terrifying

relaxed I relaxing tired / tiring

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Listen to Paul talking about an important event. Circle the adjectives from Exercise 4 that you hear.

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Complete the text with your answers from Exercise 5. Then listen again and check.

I was very nervous before the national championships. I felt (1) ... ._ ...

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We travelled to the city the night before and it was a long and (2) ... journey on the bus. We were all really (3) ... when we woke up the next day.

Finally, our match started. I was (4) ... . because some of the players on my team were very

(5) ... · The opposition were an excellent team and the match was (6) ... , but thankfully we won! We were all r,) ... : ... . and I think our manager was (8) ... . with the result. It was a really (9) ... ..

event for me.

Pronunciation: Giving emphasis

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Use adjectives ending with -ed to describe your feelings. We were all tired.

Use adjectives ending with -ing to describe a thing or an event. The match was ^tiring.

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Listen to the sentences. Which word has the most stress in each sentence?

1 I was very bored at my brother's graduation.

2 I feel really tired at the end of the week.

3 I was very surprised when I passed all my exams.

4 I felt really excited when I travelled on my own.

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Listen again and repeat. Remember to stress really and very to give emphasis.

Grammar: Comparing

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Listen to Peter comparing different events a student experiences. Match the sentence beginnings 1-4 and the sentence endings a-cl. Then listen again and check.

1 I think the most important event 2 It is more important than

a undergraduates.

b taking exams.

3 Graduates are happier than 4 Finding a job is more worrying than

c for a student is graduation day.

d end-of..cyear exams.

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Choose the correct word in each sentence.

1 It was the more I most exciting day of my life.

2 I think graduation day is a more I most important day than your first day at school.

3 In my opinion, studying in your hometown is better than I best studying in another town.

4 I really like travelling with friends. It's more I most interesting than travelling alone.

5 My more I most important event at university was passing my end-of-year exams.

6 I was happier I happiest when I passed my driving test than when I passed my exams.

7 The first day in my job was more I most worrying than my first day at college.

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Learn the different forms of adjectives.

good -+ better (comparative form) -+

best (superlative form)

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Read the statements below. Do you agree? Change the statements to make them true for you.

1 Studying in your hometown is better than studying in another town or country.

2 People who are getting married are happier than people who are coming of age.

3 Travelling on your own is more boring than travelling with others.

4 Passing a driving test is more exciting than passing exams at school.

5 The most important event for a student is end-of-year exams.

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Complete the paragraph with the words below. There is one extra word.

boring felt happier most nervous than the wasn't younger

For me, I think (1) ... most important event in my life was passing my driving test. I am

(2)... than all my friends and they all passed their test before me. I remember I was really

(3)... before each of my driving lessons. I ( 4) ... very good at the theory because I found it (5) ... · I was (6) ... driving a car (7) ... reading about the rules.

But when the day of the test came, I (8) ... confident.

Time management

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Match the words below with the photos A-D. There are some words you don't need to use.

career relaxation stress factory employer deadline

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Words that have similar meanings

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Circle the word in each list that does not have a similar meaning to the others.

1 career job 2 relaxation leisure

3 ^{stress worry}

4 factory beach

5 employer boss 6 deadline limit

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hobby profession occupation

rest holidays work

difficulty pressure comfort

office shop workshop

owner worker manager

goal target start

study

Noun or verb?

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Some of the words in Exercise 2 are nouns and some are nouns and verbs. Copy and complete the table with the words from Exercise 2. Use a dictionary to check your answers.

Noun Noun and verb

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Although the words in Exercise 3 have similar meanings, they are not exactly the same. Complete the sentences with the best word from Exercise 3.

1 Margaret decided to apply for a new ... to earn more money.

2 The college gave the teachers longer ... so they could spend more time with their families.

3 When they are studying for exams, students ... that they will not be able to remember all the important facts.

4 The college organized a day off for the ... ... staff.

5 The ... of the factory invested in a new building for storing supplies.

6 Students are expected to meet the ... for handing in their work.

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Write the sentences below with the correct punctuation in your notebook.

1 new york is not the Capital of the united states of America.

2 in the uk, children who are born in july usually start school in September, just after they are five 3 oxford university is one of the most famous in the World.

4 in some countries, most companies close on sundays, but in others they close on fridays or saturdays 5 the official language of greece is greek

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9BJ>ital letters are part of spelling. You will lose marks in the exam if you do not use capital letters correctly.

You should use capitals for:

• the names of countries, towns and cities

•: the names of nationalities, religions and languages

•'. months and days of the week

•; the names of institutions and organizations

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