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Exercises

47.1 What stage of life are these people at?
NR Albert was a bus driver for 40 years but stopped work t two years ago, so he is now
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Paul isn’t 2 yet, so he’s still ao...
SW Susan is 25, so she is in her bebe eeceeeeeeecteeeetesetteteeeeentes . .
DoOenNNAN Joan is 75 this year, so she is quite .........00...00cceeeteteeeees .
Caroline is 50 this year so she is now in her oo... ccc .
Ron is 33 and his wife is 32, so they are both im ..........00.. ccc

Jason was born six weeks ago, so he’s a ..........cccceccccceetteeetteeeen .
Leyla is 13 this year, so she’ll soon be a ooo... ccccecetecetteeeteees

= Ravi is 18 this year, so legally he becomes ...............0..c cette .
15 is often a difficult age for boys going through ..............
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47.2 Are these sentences true or false about the people on the opposite page? If the sentences are
false, write the correct answer below. Try to answer the questions first without looking at the
opposite page.
1 Sam was born in Scotland.

2 He grew up in the south of Ireland.

3 He went out with Anthea for two years.

47.3 Find the logical ending for each of the sentence beginnings on the left and construct
Rebecca’s life. OD was a boy at her secondary school.
P§#NNANKWNR Her first boyfriend mono on a farm with lots of animals.
Rebecca was born
in her early thirties.
She grew up
She went out with him
when she was in her late twenties.
in a small local hospital in 1972.
She went to university
for six months.
She fell in love
She had a baby
with another student doing medicine.
WO They got married “ome just after the baby was born.
Her father retired when she left school.
How many of the sentence beginnings on the left can you answer about your own life?
Answer the ones you can,

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