PRACTICE: LISTENING - LIFE STORIES

EXERCISE 1 ( 1 PT)

Get a degree finish school meet someone Have a baby/family retire

Start school go to college Get job Get married Get divorced

EXERCISE 2 (1 PT)

a. Be born
b. Start school
c. Go to college
d. Get a job
e. Get married
f. Retire

EXERCISE 3 (1 PTS)

Simon talks about the invention of the GPS

Kate talks about the invention of coffee filters

EXERCISE 4 (2 PTS)
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EXERCISE 5 (1,5 PTS)

EXERCISE 6 (3,5)

Write a paragraph (90 words) about your mom or dad’s life story. Use the vocabulary you learned in
EXERCISE 1.
The story of my parents begins when my mother started school in the city, they met through a friend, they liked
each other, they could get married, they could have a family and although they had their ups and downs, they
have always been there for each other, today they have been married for 31 years, 4 children, 7 grandchildren
who they love with their lives and for their ages they still keep their jobs, they are ready to retire.
And that's the story of my parents.