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Testo Use of English Life events
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Read this text and think of a word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
1 Order these phrases about important stages in life to make a story.
make friends get married fall in love go out 1 be born have children
The most important event in my life!
get engaged fall out break up become a grandparent make up
It’s (1) ______ true story. I (2) ______ just finished university in York and had applied (3) ______ a job teaching English in China. I was feeling very nervous. I had (4) ______ done any real work in my life and I knew nothing (5) ______ English grammar. Before the interview for the job, I had to look (6) ______ ‘conditionals’ in my grammar book, because I didn’t know what (7) ______ were. I (8) ______ received an email the week before asking me to go for an interview in London. I was really worried I would mess up (9) ______ interview because I always did badly at interviews. But everything went well and I took up the offer of a job teaching English (10) ______ Shanghai. I liked the place at once. But the most amazing thing was this: I fell in (11) ______ with the first student I ever met. Two years later, we got married and we now (12) ______ three lovely children.
2 Compare your answers with a partner. Do you have the same story?
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Complete the dialogues with a word or phrase.
1 A When did you ______ with Paul? And what made you ______ with him? B When we where still at school. I couldn’t resist him. Very good-looking. 2 A At what age would you like to get ______? B I want to get ______ when I have a job and I am ready to settle down. 3 A How did you start ______ with Lisa? B Well, first we ______ friends and then I asked her to come for coffee. 4 A How many children do you want to ______? B Just two, a boy and a girl.
4 Practise the dialogues with your partner. Make changes so they are true for you.
Phrasal verbs (up) break up with one’s girlfriend or boyfriend (separate) cheer up a friend, yourself, cheer sb up (start to feel happier) give up a bad habit, trying (stop) look up a difficult word, some information (check something in a dictionary/online) make up with a friend, a story (become friends again, create a story) mess up a task, a test, an interview (make a mistake or do something badly) take up a hobby, a sport, an offer (start, accept)
5 Rewrite the sentences changing the underlined words to a phrasal verb in the correct form. 20
1 After our quarrel, we stopped talking; then, we became friends again. 2 Nothing could make her feel happy after she failed the test. 3 She didn’t do very well at the interview. 4 Don’t stop trying – you can succeed! 5 After five years they decided to separate. 6 Why don’t you start painting or yoga classes?
7 Complete and answer the questions so that they are true for you, then compare with a partner.
1 What do you do to ______ yourself ______ when you feel depressed? 2 How do you think it feels to ______ a grandparent for the first time? 3 Have you ever fallen ______ a friend? How did you feel about it? 4 Do you ______ things ______ in books or do you google them? Which is better? 5 If you could take ______ any new sport or a hobby, what would you choose? 6 Have you ever ______ a test or a task you had to do? How did you feel? 7 What is the best age to get ______ and have children? 8 Are you the kind of person who gives ______ easily when things are difficult? Language development p. 98