Unit 12 Wordpower

age

Student A

My
Agree or disagree? Me
partner
Couples who are far apart in age shouldn’t marry.
People should start working at an early age.
I get on best with people about my age.
People who are middle-aged rarely have exciting lives.
It is easier to study with people who are of a similar age.
I don’t want to be like my parents are at their age.
People should stop working in their early sixties.
I want to live alone in my old age.

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Student B

My
Agree or disagree? Me
partner
People shouldn’t get married until their late twenties.
When they were my age, my grandparents had more
problems than I do.
People of a similar age usually worry about the same
things.
In old age, it is best to live in a care home with other old
people.
It is difficult for parents when their children are far apart
in age.
I started learning English at an early age.
Middle-aged people don’t understand teenagers.
Children need friends who are about their age.

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