6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrases in exercise 5.
1 My brother ____ school at sixteen and got his first ____ four months later. However, when he was in his twenties, he decided he wanted to ____ to university and later had a change of ____.
2 My parents ____ in love when they were in their late thirties. They got ____ after three months and then ____married a month later!
3 We didn’t have to ____ a house because my dad ____ his parent’s house after they had sadly ____.
4 My dad ____ from Ireland in 1998. He met my mum and they ____ down in London where they ____ a family.
5 My mum’s parents ____ up when she was very young. They got ____ soon after. They both had to travel for their jobs so my mum was ____ by her aunt.
7 Complete the text with the correct form of the phrases in exercise 5.
| I was (1) ____ born on 17 October 2001 in London, although my parents aren’t Londoners. My dad (2) ____ from Ireland when he was a teenager and my mum, who is from Croatia, (3) ____ home after she had (4) ____ university. My dad started a business and my mum got her first, and only, (5) ____ in his company! Well, after a few months, they (6) ____ in love, and six months later they (7) ____ engaged. After they got (8) ____ they (9) ____ to south-east London and (10) ____ down in the neighbourhood of Greenwich, where they bought a (11) ____, and I was the first one to come along! I’ve also got a brother and sister, and we’ve all been (12) ____ up in the same house. What’s more, when my mum’s mum (13) ____ a grandmother, she decided to leave Croatia too and come and help my mum! |
8 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Describe events in your family life. Use phrases from exercises 2 and 5 to help you.
I was born in a small town, and when I was twelve, we moved here.
