1 Reading
a Read about Patrick O’Leary and tick (✓) the correct answer.
1 Patrick isn’t married.
2 He’s got two children.
3 He hasn’t got any children.
4 He’s got one child.
Patrick was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1970. When he was ten years old, his family moved to England because his father got a job as an engineer in London. Patrick went to Chiswick School. He left school in 1988 and went to Manchester University. He studied Economics there. He left university in 1991 and got his first job with a big bank in London. In 1998 he met Francesca and they got married in 1998. Seven years later their first child, Sophia, was born. In 2010 Patrick and Francesca moved to Rome, in Italy. Patrick became a manager in a different bank and Francesca got a job as a teacher in an international school. Their son, Daniel, was born in 2012.
b Read about Patrick O’Leary again. Are the sentences true or false?
1 Patrick’s family moved to London in 1980.
2 He left school when he was sixteen years old.
3 His first job was in a bank in Manchester.
4 Sophia was born in 2008.
5 In 2010 Patrick and his family left the UK.
Answer
a 2
b True: 1, 5; False: 2, 3, 4
2 Writing Skills – Linking ideas in the past
Complete the paragraph with the words in the box. Use Sarah’s timeline to help you.
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in 2009 four years later in 2006 when she was in 2005 a year later she was 18 in 2007 when in 2008 |
Sarah was born in Liverpool in 1982. When 1___she was 18___ Sarah went to Oxford University, where she studied English and French. 2_________ she left university and 3_________ she got her first job, in Africa. 4_________ in Kenya, she worked as an English teacher. 5_________ she was ill with malaria for three months. 6_________ she returned to the UK and trained as a French teacher. 7_________ she got a job at a school in Bath. 8_________ she was in Bath, she met her husband, Paul. 9_________ they got married and 10_________ their first child, Richard, was born.
Answer
2 Four years later 3 in 2005 4 When she was 5 In 2006
6 In 2007 7 In 2008 8 When 9 In 2009 10 a year later
3 Writing
Write the life story of a famous person. Use linking phrases in the story. Think about:
• when/where they were born
• where/what they studied
• what jobs they did in the past and now
• where they lived in the past and now
• their family (parents, husband/wife, children).
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