TOO OLD ?

1. Talk to your partner and discuss:

 How do teenagers behave? What do they do? What do they like?
 How do pensioners behave? What do they do? What do they like?

A PENSIONER – a person who is more or less 65 years old, who doesn’t work any more and
collects money from the country. Another word for such a person is an OAP - 'old age
pensioner'

Your ideas:
Teenagers:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Pensioners: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Read an article from ‘Closer’ and try to match words taken from the text with
their English explanation:

A) A HUBBY 1) a mate, a friend

B) TO BOAST OF DOING STH 2) to stand in a line and wait for services

C) TO BLOW EVERY PENNY ON DOING STH 3) to speak with pride, in a self-admiring way

D) TO QUEUE 4) a woman’s partner in marriage, a husband

E) A FELLOW 5) to spend all your money

STH – something

3. Read the text again and decide TRUE or FALSE:

A) They used to go out with their granddaughter …………………………………………………..

B) They have been married since 1945 ……………………………………………………

C) Jean is keen on doing crosswords …………………………………………………………..

D) They have become grandparents three times …………………………………………………

E) They don’t drink alcohol while clubbing ………………………………………………………….

F) They go out with people their own age too ……………………………………………………………

4. Think about it and say:

 What do you think about Jean and Jack’s behaviour?
 What kind of pensioner would you like to be?

AT HOME: On a separate sheet of paper answer one of these questions – write at least
10 sentences. Deadline: ……………………………………………. !