Boomerang generation 00-00-2023

Before the class:

● Read the article about boomerang generation

Notes
Who are the boomerang kids?

What are the reasons why adults decide to move in with their parents again? (what are the disadvantages)

- rise in prices of properties

- student debts
- difficulties finding a job

How many young adults are returning to their parents’ home in the UK and US?

What difficulty did Susannah Hamilton have to face when she moved back in with her parents?

What two advantages of being a ‘boomeranger’ are mentioned in the article?

Do you know any boomerang kids?

Do you think that there was a rise in boomerang kids during the pandemic?

When did you move out of the family house?

What do you think is the average age in which adults leave their family house? Polands vs the rest of the world

Can you imagine returning to the family nest and moving in with your parents again?

Is it common in our culture that kids live again with their parents when they get old and need help with everyday tasks?

- Is it cruel to place your parent in a nursing home? What is the majority view in this matter?

Do you agree with the statement that parents are the worst flatmates that you could live with?

Have you ever creeped into your room in the night when you used to live with parents?

Have you ever lived in co-sharing? (WG)

- What are the main causes of resentments among flatmates?

● Leaving dirty dishes lying around (62%)

● Leaving the lights/ electrical appliances on when not in use (48%)
 ● Not changing the bins when they’re full (48%)
● Not changing the toilet roll (38%)
● Out of date food left in the fridge (31%)
● Not removing hair from the plughole (30%)
● Leaving the toilet seat up after use (24%)
● Leaving the window open when the heating is on (23%)
● Taking excessively long showers (22%)
● Moving their boyfriend/girlfriend in and not asking them to contribute to bills (21%)

Does the list with division of chores help with co-living?

Do you think that it is true that the best way to really get to know someone is by travelling with them or moving in with
them?

Match the words in bold and expressions to their definitions.

● a. Advantage
● b. a feeling of anger
● c. making a sound when it moves (e.g. a wooden floor)
● d. move slowly and quietly
● e. not willing to do something
● f. resting until you feel better
● g. the home where you were brought up
● h. the period of time in your life when you are
● i. developing into an adult

● 1. The chairman is reluctant to hire new staff due to his company’s financial difficulties.
● 2. When children grow up, they leave the family nest.
● 3. As soon as John’s adolescence finished, he found a full-time job.
● 4. She tried to creep into her bedroom, but she woke up her mother.
● 5. It’s difficult to be quiet in her house because the floors are so creaky.
● 6. He feels a deep resentment towards his parents for his difficult childhood.
● 7. Joanne is in bed nursing the flu.
● 8. The upside to being rich and famous is that you get to travel around the world.

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Complete the definitions below with the infinitive forms of the underlined phrasal verbs in the
article:

1. : __________________ to start living somewhere

2. :__________________ to visit different places

3. :__________________ to enter a room or building

4. __________________sth: to be about to experience a bad or difficult situation soon

5.__________________ sth__________________ : to increase the number of amount of something

6.__________________ (sth) __________________ : to do something badly or wrongly (informal)

7. __________________sth__________________ sth: to use to pay part of the cost of something

Now rewrite each of the sentences below with a phrasal verb from above and include the word in
brackets. One of the phrasal verbs is not used.

1. After that terrible interview, I don’t think I will get the job. (chances)

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2. You were very quiet when you entered the house last night. (hear)

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3. Try not to expect too much. (expectations)

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4. Are you going to start living in your parental home again? (parents)

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5. I think their team are going to be defeated pretty soon. (defeat)

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6. I will be able to use the money I saved last year to partially pay for my new flat. (cost)

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