VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
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life stages
life stages
feelings & emotions
feelings & emotions
vocabulary: exercises
vocabulary: exercises
EXTRA VOCABULARY
EXTRA VOCABULARY
IDIOMS & PHRASAL VERBS
IDIOMS & PHRASAL VERBS
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
1. Cuando mi madre llamó a mi hermana, ella estaba jugando en el jardín.
2. Mientras mi hermana estaba jugando en el jardín mi madre la llamó.
PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS: EXERCISES
PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS: EXERCISES
LISTENING
LISTENING
transcription
transcription
OLIVER: I used to work such long hours that I didn’t have time to enjoy life. I was like a robot; get up, go to work, go back home, sleep. I had no personal life, and I started to feel really miserable. I decided that I wanted to have more free time, so I told my boss that I was going through some personal issues and that I needed to work part time. She agreed! Now I have time to do everything I want. I don’t have as much money, but I’m much, much happier.
LOUISE: Jasmine is three weeks old today. I remember a month or so ago, thinking that I would go back to work within two or three months. Now I know that’s not going to happen! I just can’t imagine leaving her with someone else! I’ll miss my colleagues of course, but work will pay me an allowance for a year, so I’ve decided to take that.
KAREN: I worked as a singing teacher for ten years, and I’ve had some really good success stories. But I felt that I had gone as far as I could go in that career and I wanted a change. I didn’t just want to do a different job in music. I want to do something completely different. That’s why I applied to do this engineering course. It’s challenging, definitely, but I really love it.
SAM: For the last nine years I’ve done the responsible thing. I got a well-paid job close to home so that my wife didn’t have to work and I could be home by half past four to spend time with the kids. It’s worked, but I really began to hate work! Now, the kids are older, so after some discussion, my wife agreed I could get a job I loved, even though I will be home much later, and earn less. I started last week. It’s great!
OSCAR: My wife and I both had really good jobs, which we really enjoyed. But we rarely saw our kids, and they started to have difficulties at school. We began to think we were being selfish. Together, we were earning far more money than we needed. So, we decided that I would give up work and teach the children myself, at home. It’s not easy, but now we spend a lot more time together and it’s good for all of us.
READING
READING
My name is Mike, and I was born in a very poor neighborhood in Los Angeles. When I was little, my mother took care of my brother and me because my father left before I came to this world, and he wasn’t too interested in being a part of our lives. My mother had to work two jobs that didn’t pay much. She had to work very hard so that we could have food, clothes, and a place to live. She was great; we loved her and appreciated her efforts.
Every day, she usually arrived home very late, and she was exhausted. Still, she always cooked nice meals for us, played with us, and made sure that we did our homework. She always insisted on how important it was to get a good education. She couldn’t finish school because she got pregnant with me when she was just a teenager. “I couldn’t finish school, and that’s why I must work so hard now, and I earn so little money,” she often said.
Children were very violent in my neighborhood; you needed to be violent if you wanted to survive. There was a lot of crime, vandalism, and drugs. It wasn’t easy to be a good student for any child who lived in our neighborhood. The other children hated you if you got good grades, so I wasn’t very popular. The only positive thing about living in that place is that you needed to be very clever to survive, and that helped me later in life.
Finally, my brother and I could finish high school. I went to university because I was a very good basketball player, and basketball paid for my university degree. On the day of my graduation, my mother was in tears. And she was in tears again the day I showed her our new apartment, away from the neighborhood. Do you know how difficult it is to get out of a poor neighborhood? It’s very hard, but I did it, and it was thanks to my mum. Now she doesn’t have to work two jobs anymore, and I take care of her.
Say if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE:
Mike didn’t know his father.
His mother didn’t have enough money to buy food.
She didn’t finish school because she had Mike.
Mike took drugs.
He got good grades at school.
He thinks living in his neighbourhood was very positive.
He isn’t living with his mother at the moment.
WRITING
WRITING
A BIOGRAPHY
A BIOGRAPHY
SPEAKING
SPEAKING
LIFE STAGES AND FEELINGS:
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Can you describe a happy moment from your childhood?
Who is an important person in your life?
What makes you feel happy or relaxed?
What do you usually do when you feel sad or stressed?
Is there a song, movie or place that always makes you feel better?
Do you find it easy to talk about your feelings?
When was the last time you felt proud of yourself?
Have you ever moved to a new house or school? How was it?
Who was your best friend when you were little?
Have you ever met someone famous or interesting?
What’s the best day you remember from this year?
What usually makes you laugh?
When do you feel most confident?
Who do you talk to when you have a problem?
Do you think you are more shy or outgoing?
How do you cheer up your friends when they’re sad?
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