Speaking and Vocabulary 1Life and death


A Match the questions 1–8 with the answers a–h. 1. What’s your name?


2. Where are you from? 3. What are you studying? 4. What do you do for a living?


5. Have you got brothers and sisters? 6. Are you married?


7. Have you got children? 8. What do you do in your free time?


‘Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.’ John Lennon


Speaking 1: exchanging personal information


a. No, I’m an only child. b. Psychology.


c. Not yet, but I am engaged. d. I play golf most of the time. e. Orlaith.


f. Yes two, one of each.


g. Well, originally from Bangor. h. I’m in film production.


B Now match each of these follow-up comments to the exchanges in Exercise A.


i. Are you? My family’s huge. There are eight of us! ii. Sorry, is that in Wales or Ireland? iii. Oh, how glamorous. I wish I could do something like that. iv. That’s pretty. It’s Irish isn’t it? v. That’s nice. What are their names? vi. Oh, how interesting. What do you want to do in the future? vii. Do you? I play a bit myself now and again. viii. How lovely. Have you set a date?


C 001 Listen to the complete exchanges and check your answers.


Pronunciation check When a word ends in a consonant sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, you hear the consonant sound at the beginning of the second word, rather than at the end of the first word. Look at the phrases below and then practise saying the phrases with a partner.


1. I’m an only child. /aim ən əυnli: Taild/ 2. one of each /w nə vi:T/ 3. eight of us! /ei tə vəs/ 4. It’s Irish isn’t it? /it sairi ʃizən tit/


D Add four more personal information questions to the eight questions in Exercise A. Then walk around the class, asking and answering the questions.


Vocabulary 1: stages of life and life events


A Mark each word or phrase in the box (S) if it is a stage or period of somebody’s life and (E) if it is a single event in somebody’s life.


infancy __ childhood __ changing school __ adolescence __ moving house __ leaving school __ leaving home __ graduating from university __ starting work __ wedding __ marriage __ pregnancy __ divorce __


18th middle age __ 8 Pathway to IELTS 6.0 retirement __ old age __


birth of a child __ funeral __


birthday __


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