Unit 4

Live Event (Peristiwa Kwhidupan)

Use these words to talk about life events

Verb Noun Adjective

be born birth
graduate graduation
marry marriage
get promoted promotion
retire retirement Retired
die death dead

Graduate can also be used as a noun, meaning someone who has just graduated
from university or college

Past tense verbs for life events

Use these regular -ed past tense verbs to talk about life events.

graduate – graduated
retire – retired
die – died

►Here are some irregular past tense verbs you can use.

be born - was/were born

say my first word - said my first word
grow up - grew up
become an adult - became an adult
get a job - got a job

►Use was/were + not + past participle form of the verb, or did + not + base verb, to
make negative past tense statements.
» I wasn't born in a hospital.
»I didn't get promoted.

►Use was/were + subject + past participle form of the verb, or did

+ subject + base verb, to make past tense questions.
A: Where were you born?
B: I was born in Seoul
A: Where did you grow up?
B: I grew up in Belgium.

Listening for details

When you are listening to people talk about their lives, concentrate on details such
as dates and places. By listening for these key details, you can understand what
people are saying even if you don't hear every word.

►In the following sentence, for example, you only need three words
— born, Chicago and 1968 — to understand what the speaker is saying.
» Harry was born in Chicago in 1968. (nineteen sixty Eight)

►In this sentence, you only need two words: graduate and June.
» I'm going to graduate in June.

Train yourself to listen for the key details. It will allow you to keep up with most basic
conversations, even if you don't understand every word.

2011= two thousand eleven

'Get' for life events

►Use get with these words to talk about relationship milestones.

» get married, get pregnant, get divorced, get over a relationship

►Use get with these words to talk about life and career milestones.
»get a degree, get a job, get promoted, get fired, get a driver's license, get old

Clauses with 'when'

Clauses with when add information about time to a sentence.(KLausa When,

menanmbahkan informasi tentang waktu kedalam sebuah kalimat
»When I was young, we didn't sit around all day texting.
»Do you remember when we bought that house on Oak Street?
»She spent a lot of time in her car when she first got her driver's license.
►If the when clause begins a sentence, separate it from the rest of the sentence
with a comma (,). If the when clause finishes a sentence, don't use a comma.

More life events

Life is filled with important milestones. Think about these events in your own life. Have th
happened?
When? If not, when do you think they will happen

» I first traveled abroad when I was 15

» I got my first car when I was 17.
» I moved out of my parents' house when I was 18.
» I moved away from home when I was 18.
» I got my first apartment with my best friend.
» I met the love of my life when I was 22.
» We fell in love and got married.
» We had our first child when I was 25.
» We had our first grandchild when I was 46

Clauses with 'after'

Like clauses with when, clauses with after add information about time to a sentence

» After I moved out of my parents' house, I got my first apartment.

» I got my first apartment after I moved out of my parents' house.
► Like clauses with when, if the after clause begins a sentence, separate it from
the rest of the sentence with a comma (,). If the after clause finishes a sentence,
don't use a comma.