Solutions intermediate

What creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three in the evening?
Look at a famous riddle said by Sophocles. Can you solve it?

VOCABULARY

Be an adult
6
Be a centenarian
9
Be an infant
1
Be a toddler
2
Be a young child
3
Be elderly
8
Be in your teens
4
Be in your twenties
5
Be middle-aged
7
Number the stages of life in order that people reach them.
Then listen and check.

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
What are these stages of life?

SPEAKING

At what age are these events most likely to happen?
Be brought up
Fall in love
Have a change of career
Become a grandparent
Get divorced
Inherit (money, a house…)
Buy a house or flat
Get married
Learn to drive
Emigrate
Get your first job
Leave home
Get engaged
Grow up
Leave school
Move (house)
Retire
Settle down
Split up
Start business

LISTENING

Listen to four people talking about their backgrounds and their families.
Choose the correct answer.
Bila’s dad
Was born in the UK.
Is going to have a change of career.
Wants to study law.
Sandra’s family
Have owned a number of farms.
Sold the first farm and bought a bigger one.
Have owned the same farm for many years
Charlotte’s mum
Brought up her daughter in France.
Isn’t married.
Has been married twice.
Calum’s parents
Inherited and ran a successful family business.
Didn’t have a good education.
Left Britain many years ago.

Listen to a teenage girl asking people in the street about the best age to do certain things in life. Complete the table.

GRAMMAR

My grandparents ____________ from Pakistan in the 1960s.
She _____________ home until last summer, until she got married.
I _________ in the village where my family has lived for generations.
They managed to save quite a bit of money and eventually _________a small farmhouse with some land.
They _________in love, _________engaged after a week and were married a month later.
I _________brought up by my mom after she _________back to the UK.
They _________ school at sixteen and ___________to university.
They _________ a successful business and _____________until they were in their seventies.
be
was
buy
bought
emigrate
emigrated
fall
fell
get
got
grow up
grew up
leave
left
move
moved
not go
didn’t go
not leave
didn’t leave
not retire
didn’t retire
start
started
Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs from the list.

SPEAKING

How long has your family lived in your home town?
Did any of them move from another part of your country?
Did any of your ancestors or members of your family emigrate to another country? Where to? When? Why?

Great Job!

* Vocabulary check