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5 Years ahead CLIL p94 Optional activity: Key phrases

Language focus reference p103
Vocabulary • Uses of get
I can talk about different ages and life events. 5 8 Play the video or audio again, pausing
30 – 49 years 70 – 100 years after some of the key phrases. Ask
THINK! Do you like being the age that you are now? At this age, many people are married. People are getting older. In 1900, the average life students to repeat, copying the
Why / Why not? According to scientists, if you get married, expectancy in Europe was forty-three. What is it now? pronunciation and intonation that
you’ll probably … .
1 Check the meaning of the phrases in the box. a be happy a About seventy they hear.
Decide in which age group you are most likely to b About eighty
do each one. b die younger c About ninety ANSWerS
c live longer
10 – 16 16 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50+
Students’ own answers.
get a bank account get a boyfriend / girlfriend 2.03 Watch or
get a degree get a driving licence 3
get a job get a new hobby get a pension 6 listen to five people exercise 4 USe IT!
get a phone get a social media account 50 – 59 years talking about their
get married get old get rich opinions on different Allow students time to prepare their
People often become grandparents at ages. Which person
3 this age. What is the record number of thinks they will get a questions individually, then put them into
2 2.02 Do the quiz. Compare your answers grandchildren to one grandparent in good job?
with a partner's. Then listen and check. 13 – 19 years the world? pairs to ask and answer their questions.
Mitchell Emma Zara Joe Paul Ask pairs in turn to tell the class two things
Most teenagers have got a social media a 99 b 140 c 247
1 account nowadays. How old do you they and their partner agree on, and two
0 – 5 years usually need to be to get a social media KeY pHrases things they disagree on.
account?
Which of these things can a Thirteen b Fourteen c Fifteen 7 Making predictions about the future
children normally do before 60 – 79 years 1 Hopefully, I’ll . . ANSWerS
2 I’ll definitely
they’re five? Students’ own answers.
When people get a pension, they often lead 3 I definitely won’t .
a Get a new hobby a quiet life, but not always! In the Senior 4 I’m pretty sure that I’ll .
b Read and write a 200-word story Olympics event in the USA, for example, 5 I might . Finished?
c Get a bank account 4 older people compete in every Olympic sport. 6 Maybe I’ll .
20 – 29 years What’s the world record for the women’s 7 I doubt that I’ll . Refer fast finishers to the Finished?
100 metres for women over seventy? 8 I don’t think I’ll .
When they have got a degree or finished activity. They can prepare their ideas
2 their studies, people in their twenties often a 10.6 seconds 4 Use IT! Work in pairs. Complete the individually, then compare with another
6 – 12 years get a job. Which of these things can’t you b 14.6 seconds questions with phrases from this page and your fast finisher. Alternatively, ask fast finishers
do in the UK until you’re twenty-one?
c 20.6 seconds
own ideas. Then ask and answer the questions.
Surveys show we are happiest a Get a driving licence Use the key phrases in your answers. to explain their ideas to the class. Ask
around nine to ten years old. Why?
b Adopt a child 1 What’s the best age to ? other students if they agree or disagree,
a It’s when we get rich. c Get a boyfriend or girlfriend 2 Do you think that you’ll one day?
b It’s when we get a pension. Why (not)? and why.
c It’s when we have the most fun and the fewest worries. 3 What do you want to do when ?
4 When do you think you’ll ? More practice
Workbook page 32
Finished?
Look again at the age groups in exercise 1. Assessment
Which one do you think is the best age? Why? Five-minute test, Teacher’s Resource Disk
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exercise 3 r e 2.03 page 114
Optional activity: Video
Read out the question, then play the Write these questions on the board:
video or audio for students to watch or
listen and answer the question. Check the Which person … ?
answer with the class. 1 is happy not to be married
2 believes that people will live longer
ANSWer in the future
Mitchell thinks he’ll get a good job.
3 expects to have a car by the age of
twenty-two
4 doesn’t think that having a lot of
money is important
Play the video or audio again for
students to watch or listen and answer
the questions. Check answers with
the class.
ANSWerS
1 Emma 2 Paul 3 Mitchell 4 Joe

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