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Birth

                Put each ot the tollowing words or phrases in its correct place in the passage
                below.
                pregnant    born     maternity ward    midwite     prams     cots
                deliver     cali     expecting         parents     crawl
                When a woman is (a)       a baby, we say that she is (b)  o Babies are
                (c)       either at home or in the (d)   of a hospital. It is the job of a doctor
                or a (e)      to (f)      new babies. The praud (g)      must soon decide
                what to (h)      the chiid. For the first six months of their lives most babies are
                taken out in (i)    and sleep in U)     o At eight months or 50 they learn to
                (k)       along the floar, and they can usually walk soon after their first birthday.


                Childhood and Adolescence

                Put each ot the tollowing words in its correct place in the passage below.
                hobbies        development     extroverts    adult        relationships
                daydreams      adults          introverts    idolise      teens

                Children live in their own warid, fram which (a)  are largely excluded. The
                (b)       warld is strange and exciting to them. They have (c)  of success,
                adventure, romance and fame. They (d)    their big brothers and sisters, pop
                singers or film stars. (e)  such as stamp-collecting, music or dancing are
                important to them. Children, especially when they are in their (f)  , go
                thraugh a physical and emotional (g)    which can be frightening. Their
                characters also begin to develop. Some adolescents are (h)  and keep
                themselves to themselves, while others are (i)  and like to share their
                thoughts and form U)       with other people. 11'5 a wonderful, terrible time.



                Death
                Instructions as above.
                mourners      crematorium      dead       tuneral      widow      will
                cemetery      priest           leave      inherits     hearse
                The body of a person who has died is taken in a special car called a (a) __  to
                the (b)       service, which is conducted by a (c)  o The relatives and
                friends of the (d)     person, who are called the (e)   .,are there. Then
                the wooden coffin is buried in a grave in the (f)  or cremated in a
                (g)       o When people get older they usually make a (h)   and (i)
                their money and other things to their family and friends. When a man dies, it is
                usually his (j)    who (k)        his praperty .













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