IELTS Expert User A2 Term 6 subject 2 lesson 7
PART 1
Voicino 1
Listen and repeat.
Listen and say the life events. Write five of them under the pictures.
be born get a job get married buy a car | learn to drive start school have a baby retire (stop working) | buy a house or apartment meet your future wife/husband become a grandparent graduate from college |
PART 2
Dialogino
Listen and do with a partner.
Look at the pictures. Can you guess the famous man?
Listen to Carla try to guess. Number the pictures in the order you hear them.
Carla Was he born in 1954?
Host Yes, he was.
Carla And did he die in 1989?
Host No, he didn’t. He died in 2011.
Carla Hmm, when did he retire?
Host He retired in 1989.
Carla OK! Umm. Did he study medicine?
Host Yes, he did.
Carla OK. The “six.” That’s difficult. I don’t know. Did he get married six times?
Host No, he didn’t.
Carla Did he buy six cars?
Host No, he didn’t. Think about family…
Carla Children! How many children did he have?
Host He had six children. Correct! You have ten seconds.
Carla Did he come from Argentina?
Host No, he didn’t come from Argentina.
Carla Did he come from Brazil?
Host Yes, he did!
Carla OK. Sports. Was he an athlete?
Host Yes, but what was the sport? And we’re out of time. Carla, for $1,000, who is the famous person?
Write six sentences about this famous person.
1 He was born in 1954.
2 ………………………………
3 ………………………………
4………………………………
5………………………………
6………………………………
PART 3
Voicino 2
Listen and repeat.
Who is the famous person? Listen and check. Were you right?
PART 4
It's your turn
It’s your turn
SPEAKING
PAIR WORK Draw six small pictures about what you did last weekend. Ask your partner questions about their pictures. Ask for extra information. For ideas, watch Irene’s video.
PART 5
Practicino 1
A Write each action under the correct life stage.
be born get a job have a baby buy a car
| get married retire learn to drive start school
| become a grandparent buy a house or apartment graduate from college meet your future husband/wife
|
Children and youth
Adults
Old age
buy a house or apartment
2
GRAMMAR: Simple past negative and questions
A
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 move / Mia / When /to/did/Rio de Janeiro?
When did Mia move to Rio de Janeiro?
2 did/go/Mia/school/to/Where?
3 brother’s/her/name/ was / What?
4 meet/her/she/husband/ did/Where?
5 and her husband/children/did/ have / How many / Mia?
6 children / didn’t/ have / They/three.
7 her/job/was / What?
8 did/ How long/she/there/work?
9 Did/her/job/like/ she?
10 Did/her/his/ husband/job/like?
Practicino 2
Complete the interview about a famous Brazilian soccer player, Pelé. Use the past forms of the words in the box. Some words will be used more than once.
be become do score (not) be help play |
When ………………was Pelé born?
He was born on October 23, 1940.
Where ……………… he born?
In Três Corações, Brazil.
What ……………… his life like?
Pelé ………………rich when he was born. He grew up very poor, but he was always a great soccer player. He ……………… a professional soccer player when he ………………15 years old. One year later, he ……………… more goals than any other player and ……………… for Brazil’s national team. When ……………… he become a superstar? At the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. At 17 years old, he……………… three goals in the semifinal against France, and……………… the Brazilian team become the world’s best team when they scored two more goals in the final game against Sweden.
Look at Pelé’s personal fact file and write sentences about him.
First marriage | Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi, February 21, 1966 |
First baby | Kelly Cristina, January 1967 |
First grandchild | August 1987 |
College | No |
First World Cup | 1958, 17 years old |
Last World Cup | Mexico 1970 |
Retirement | 1977 |
FIFA Ballon d’Or Prix d’Honneur | January 2014 |
Personal life
Pelé married Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi on February 21, 1966.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
World Cup victories
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
Age when he retired, and what he did after that
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
Practicino 3
A Complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase from the box.
buy a house or apartment learn to drive meet your future husband/wife graduate from college get married retire |
1 These days, people often…………………….. quite late, when they are 30 or 40 years old.
2 Today, it’s important to…………………….. because you have more choices for work.
3 Some people…………………….. at the usual time (around age 65), but some work until they are 75 or older.
4 Some young people don’t have the money to …………………….. right away. They stay with their parents until they have enough money.
5 You can’t really plan when to……………………... One day, it just happens – you just find the right person.