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2 ★★ When do these things usually happen? Write 3 At what age can you do these things in your country?
the life stage. Do you think it’s the right age? Why / Why not?
2 ★★ Look at the table of Juan’s abilities. Complete 3 you could do when you were eight years old, but you
the sentences, questions and answers. Use can / can’t do now.
can’t / could / couldn’t and add he when necessary.
Now In 2005
4 you couldn’t do when you were younger, and you
cook ✓ ✗
still can’t do now.
drive ✓ ✓
run 5 km ✗ ✓
sing ✗ ✗
swim ✓ ✗
Consolidation
He can cook now, but he couldn’t cook in 2005.
1 H
e sing in the past, and he still 5 Choose the correct option.
sing at all! Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa in 1918. His father
2 ‘ What do in 2005 that he died when Nelson was a nine-year-old B. A family friend looked
do now?’ ‘Run 5 km.’ after him, so he (1) get a proper education and become
a lawyer. Before he was (2) , Mandela started fighting for
3 ‘ swim now?’ ‘Yes, he .’
equal rights for black people. The country had unfair laws.
4 ‘ drive in 2005?’ ‘Yes, he .’ For example, black people (3) vote in elections. The
5 ‘ What do now that he do government put Mandela in prison for 27 years. In the early
in 2005?’ ‘Now he cook and swim.’ 1990s, the laws changed, and black people (4) vote at last.
Mandela was quite (5) when he became South Africa’s first
3 ★★ Choose the correct option. black president in 1994. You (6) learn more about Mandela’s
1 ‘Could / Can Brian act when he was a teenager?’ life in the film Long Walk to Freedom.
‘No, he can’t / couldn’t.’ A toddler B child C adult
2 ‘Can I / I can help with the cooking?’ 1 A can B can’t C could
‘Of course you can / couldn’t!’ 2 A middle-aged B teenager C toddler
3 ‘Could you / You could play chess last year?’ 3 A can’t B couldn’t C could
‘No, I can’t / couldn’t.’ 4 A could B can C couldn’t
4 ‘Your brother is so clever! Can / Could he ride a bike 5 A elderly B retire C middle
now?’
6 A to B can C can to
‘No, he can’t, but he could / can walk before his first
birthday!’
5 ‘Help me, please. I can / can’t open this box.’ ‘Sorry. I
tried to do it before but I can’t / couldn’t.’
Extra vocabulary
5 ★★ Complete the sentences with the opposites of
the adjectives.
O
f all the members of the band, Mika sings the cook drive get up laugh play run
best / better. sing work write
1 Middle-aged people usually get up earlier /
My mum drives faster than my dad, but my dad cooks
the earliest than teenagers.
better.
2 You can speak English more fluently /
the most fluently than me.
3 Which of your three brothers will leave home
sooner / the soonest ?
4 A cheetah can run four times faster / the fastest
than Usain Bolt.
5 Which team played worse / the worst in the
league?
2 ★★ Complete the sentences with the correct
comparative or superlative forms of the adverbs. Consolidation
Wait for me! I walk more slowly (slowly) than you. 5 Choose the correct option.
1 Of all my friends, Joe talks (loudly).
2 I always arrive (early) than you.
3 My brother snowboards (well) than me.
4 I can remember names (easily) than
numbers.
5 Of everyone in my class, I swim
(badly).
early easy fast fluent happy hard
A common generalization is that teenagers like to live
1 Jenny can’t run Lisa. Lisa always most / more dangerously than adults. They take
comes first. (1) up / out extreme sports, drive (2) faster / more fast
2 Of all his friends, Joe speaks Spanish than the speed limit and stay out (3) later / more lately
. He never makes a mistake. than older people. Of course, not all teenagers are
the same, and many think these kinds of activities are
3 M
y grandparents are married
(4) unenjoyable / unhappy. But for some young adults,
people I know.
it seems, dangerous activities are (5) most interesting /
4 When you are young, you can learn new things more interesting than safe ones. Scientists say this is
when you are old. connected to (6) making / knowing new friends.
5 I always arrive at school my best During adolescence, the need to be safe is less
friend. (7) strong / stronger than the need to be part of a group.
6 Joe studied so he got the best Personal safety becomes relatively (8) unimportant /
marks. unhealthy. As a result, teenagers (9) pass / spend their
time and money doing things that their parents hate!
piness
B We often think happiness comes from freedom, from
se in ha
e in hap
indicates that, in fact, teenagers and elderly people are
pinessp
Increas
Middle-aged adults.
C ‘Teenagers think more positively about the future,’ explains
the study’s author. ‘At 50, people have the most money,
but that’s because they work the hardest – they can’t
relax. Elderly people expect less. Perhaps they aren’t as
rich as they used to be and could do things more easily
unhappiest point
in the past, but they live for today. That’s the real secret
of happiness.’
1 Read the text. Tick (✓) the main idea in each
★ 3 ★★★ Answer the questions in your own words.
paragraph. Write complete sentences.
A 1 Children have easier lives than adults. A
ccording to paragraph A, how does age change
2 People look for happiness in the past or in the people’s ideas about happiness?
future. A dults think they were happier as children, but
B 1 You don’t need money to be happy. teenagers think they’ll be happier as adults.
2 Fifty-year-olds are often less happy than older and 1 According to paragraph B, what three things do
younger people. people think will make them happy?
C 1 Working hard makes us unhappy.
2 Living for today makes us happy.
2 What happens to people’s level of happiness
2 Read the text again. Correct the bold words in
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between the ages of 18 and 50?
the sentences using words from the text.
T
eenagers usually think that they were happier as
children. Adults
3 What is the advantage and disadvantage of being
1 Gemma wants to be free to decide how to spend her
middle-aged, according to paragraph C?
time.
2 People think that being successful academically will
make them happy.
3 We generally think negatively about our future lives 4 What does the study’s author believe is the way to be
when we’re teenagers. really happy?
4 The study says that we are unhappiest at 85.
Self-evaluation
Do the exercises and tick the boxes for your own evaluation.
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Vocabulary Grammar
Life stages can, can’t, could, couldn’t; allow,
be allowed to
1 Complete the words.
In the UK, you can vote when you’re a young adult.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
can and the bold verbs.
1 T are a bit older than babies.
This table is reserved, so you can’t sit (sit) here. (✗)
2 I want to r a long time before I become
e 1 H
e was really fit – he (run) 20 km
, so I can enjoy life! easily. ( )
3 I was a t when I learned to drive – just 17.
2 The school rules say that we (wear)
4 B
are born without teeth.
jewellery. ( )
Verbs 3 T he ice cream was enormous. I
(finish) it. ( )
2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct forms of
the verbs. 4 M
y mum said I (watch) TV last
night. ( )
have invite make spend take 5 We (go) in here. It’s private
property. ( )
How much money do you spend on music?
6 He (play) tennis and he’s only
1 Do you want to some friends over to
three. ( )
watch your new DVD?
2 H
e lots of new friends last year. 5 Complete each pair of sentences with allowed,
3 I up tennis last month. was allowed, didn’t allow, weren’t allowed.
4 W
e a lie-in this morning. 1 a) The girl to take photos of the dress
in the shop. She showed the photos to her sister.
Extra vocabulary b) The shop assistant her to take
3 Choose the correct option. photos of the dress.
2 a) The teacher the class to play
The five performances / finalists in the
music because it was after their exam.
competition were all singers.
b) The class to play music.
1 Choose a job you like! It’s unimportant /
unenjoyable how much money you earn. 3 a) Their mum them to stay up late
because they needed to get up early in the morning.
2 I can run five km fluently / easily .
b) They to stay up late.
3 There were hundreds of auditions / audiences to
decide who could be in the show. 4 a) We to go out.
4 This computer doesn’t work properly / fortunately! b) I the boys to go out.
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