Life Events

VOCABULARY

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Verbs

-         Attach:

-         Bite:

-         Borrow:

-         Cross:

-         Demostrate:

-         Develop:

-         Fight:

-         Freeze:

-         Improve:

-         Light:

-         Prevent:

-         Pull:

-         Reach:

-         Save:

-         Steal:

-         Survive:

-         Volunteer:

Life Events:

-         Belong to:

-         (be) Born:

-         Die:

-         Fall in love:

-         Get a job:

-         Get divorced:

-         Get married:

-         Go to university:

-         Graduate from:

-         Grow up:

-         Have a child:

-         Join:

-         Move to:

-         Receive awards:

Discussing biographies:

-         When was he born?

-         Where was he born?

-         Why was he famous?

-         When did he get married?

-         Did he have children?

-         When did he die?

-         Where did he die?

1. Put the words in the correct order to write sentences about Eva’s life events.

Award	She	She
In	Had	An
Got	Divorced	Love
Child	Received	A
Eva	She	She
Got	Fell	Married

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2. Complete the sentences with the verbs below.

Survive – Light – demonstrate – fight – develop – bite – attach - freeze

1. Don’t _____________!
2. Let’s __________ the candles now.
3. Let’s go and __________, too.
4. Can he ___________?
5. These lakes sometimes __________ in the winter.
6. Use a stapler to __________ the papers.
7. Don’t worry. The dog doesn’t __________.
8. The doctors __________new medicines here.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct verb.

1. Always look left and right before you __________the street.
2. Do a lot of puzzles to __________your memory.
3. We __________at the animal clinic one a week.
4. The man took my money, but he didn’t __________my phone.
5. Can I please __________a pen? I haven’t got one.
6. I don’t think we will __________the top of the mountain today.
7. Did the bad weather __________them from leaving?
8. The doctors are trying to __________his life.
9. Babies sometimes __________their mother’s hair.

4. Match the sentences in the correct order.

1. He graduated from university last summer .
2. They met and fell in love in 1996.
3. He moved to Australia in 2012.
4. They got divorced last year.
5. They belonged to sports club for many years.
6. They had a child last two years.
7. He received an award for horse-riding when he was a child.
8. He joined the army after school.

5. Number the sentences in the correct order. Pay attention to the words in bold.

___ He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1875 but he didn’t receive an award for it.

___ He grew up in Missouri in the USA with four brothers and two sisters.

___ He died in 1910.

___ Mark Twain left school at 15 to start work and didn’t go to university.

___ Mark Twain was born in 1835.

___ He got a job at a local newspaper. It was his first job.

___ He got married to Olivia Langdon when he was 34 years old.

6. Complete the biography of Steven Spielberg with words and phrases from Exercises 1 and 2. Make any necessary changes.

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg __________ in Ohio, USA on 18^th December, 1946, but he ___________ in New Jersey and then in Arizona. After his parents got divorced, Spielberg __________ California with his father. After high school, he __________ in Long Beach, California but he didn’t ____________university because he wanted to ___________ and make some money. In 1985, he ___________ with her. They got married in 1991. in 2000, Spielberg went back to university and graduated in May, 2002. Spielberg won Oscars for his film Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan. He also___________ from the Queen of England in 2000!

7. Write questions about Whitney Houston according to the answers in bold.

Q: __________________________

A: She was born on 9^th August, 1963.

Q: __________________________

A: She was a singer and an actress.

Q: __________________________

A: She got married to Bobby Brown in 1992.

Q: __________________________

A: Yes, they had a daughter – Bobby Kristina.

Q: __________________________

A: Whitney died on 11^th February, 2012. She was 48 years old.

8. Complete the sentences with the verbs below.

Belong to – reach – got divorced – volunteers – moved to – died – is developing – light – graduated from - survive

1. Camping is fun! We always _____________ a fire and cook hot dogs.
2. Jenna _______________ at the animal hospital.
3. Pablo Picasso ___________ at age 91.
4. Technology _____________very fast.
5. Camels can _____________ without water for about two weeks.
6. I hope we ____________the hotel soon.
7. Mr and Mrs Allen weren’t happy together, so they _________________.
8. I live in York. Then I _____________ Rome.
9. Do you _____________ any clubs at school?
10. After I _______________university, I got a job.

9. Choose the correct answer.

1. I live in Rome now, but I Joined / grow up in London.
2. Angry dogs sometimes cross/bite.
3. It’s very cold at the top of the mountain and people can freeze/steal.
4. Take your compass/paintbrush to the maths class.
5. We do judo/take photos in art class.
6. A laptop / globe is a mobile computer.
7. Many people fall in love and take a nap/get married.
8. Attach your scissors/ flash drive to the computer.
9. Let’s get chocolate at the sweet shop /bar.
10. A bat / mosquito is an insect.

10. Write a text about your life’s important events.