H 3 B 4 G 5 D 6 A 7 I 8 F 9 J 10 C
 Ages and Stages (vocabulary)
1) Match the age with the correct stage.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Childhood and adolescence
John was born in the south of Ireland but when he was three his father got a new job in Manchester and he grew up in England. John went to university at 18 where he …
| | | | 1. 0-1 approx.
2. 1-2
3. 2-12 approx.
4. 13-17 approx.
5. 18+
6. 20-30
7. 30-40
8. 40+
9. 60 or 65
10. 75
| | | | A. in your twenties
B. a child
C. old age (elderly)
D. an adult
E. a baby
F. in middle age
G. a teenager
H. a toddler
I. in your thirties
J. retirement
| | | | | | | 2) What stage of life are these people at?
1. My younger sister was born five weeks ago, so she’s a ________________________
2. Jack is 32 and his wife Ann is 31, so they are both in ______________________
3. Kate isn’t 2 yet, so she’s still a ___________
4. 14 is often a difficult age for boys going through _______________________
5. Mr. Grant is 75 this year, so he is quite
_________________
6. Mary was a teacher for 40 years but stopped work a year ago, so she is now
_________________
7. Sam is 26, so he is in his ________________
8. Mark is 18 this year, so legally he becomes
________________
9. My brother Adam is 13 this year, so he’ll soon be a _______________________
10. My mother is 51 this year, so she is
_______________________
| | | | |  | | | | | 4) Match the beginnings of the sentences with their endings and construct Samantha’s life.
1. Samantha was born A. just after her baby was born.
2. She grew up B. when she left school.
3. She went to university C. in a small hospital in 1981.
4. Samantha fell in love D. in a small town in the south of England.
5. They got married E. in her late twenties.
6. She had a baby F. with another student doing medicine.
7. Her mother retired G. when she was in her middle twenties.
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| | | | Marriage
… in his late twenties John met Jane. They fell in love and got married within five months. A year later they had their first child, a girl.
| |  | | | | |  | | | | Romance
…. where he met Sarah. He went out with her for two years, but later they had lots of arguments and they broke up. In his late twenties….
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KEY
Ex.1)
2 H 3 B 4 G 5 D 6 A 7 I 8 F 9 J 10 C
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