Unit 2: Life Stories

A. Unscramble the letters and write the words on the correct announcement.

B. Complete the stories. Use the words from A.

1. In just two days, over 300 people came to give blood at the Heart-to-Heart Mobile clinic in Lakeside County.
Local businessmen and shoppers were happy to volunteer to help others in need.
Some people donated blood for the first time and said they planned to do it again.
One donor told doctors that it was his 50th time giving blood. The blood donation will go to hospitals around the country and will save many lives.

2. My aunt and uncle are new parents! They have two little newborns.
They’re so small! It’s hard to imagine that I was that little when I was an infant!
The other really cool thing is that my two new little cousins
look exactly the same. Why? Because they’re twins.

C. Complete the story. Use the simple past tense of the verbs in parentheses.

• Roger and Paul (1) (be) were neighbors when they (2) (be) were children.
• They (3) (grow up) grew up together. They (4) (play) played sports and (5) (study) studied together.
• They even (6) (go) went to the same college.
• After college, Paul (7) (get) got a job with an international bank in Paris and (8) (leave) left the country.
• At first, he (9) (not like) didn't like his job because there (10) (be) was a lot of travel.
• He also (11) (miss) missed his family a lot.
• After several years, he (12) (want) wanted to move back home and get a new job. Roger (13) (go) went back home after college.
• He immediately (14) (take) took a job at the city library.
• At first, he (15) (not be) wasn't happy, but his parents (16) (need) needed him at home, so he (17) (stay) stayed.
• Last year, he (18) (start) started to think about a new job and life.
• He (19) (want) wanted to travel and see the world.
• Then six months ago, Paul (20) (move) moved back home. A week later, he (21) (see) saw Roger in the park.
• Yesterday, they (22) (go) went into business together and (23) (open) opened their own travel agency!

D. Answer the questions about the story in C.

1. What did Paul and Roger do when they were young?

They played sports and studied together.

2. What did Paul think about his job at first?

He didn't like his job at first.

3. Where did Roger work after college?

He worked at the city library.​​​​​​​

4. Where did Paul see Roger after he moved back home?

He saw Roger in the park.

E. Nura and Saeed want to buy a house. Mr. Adel is their real estate agent. Complete the sentences below the pictures.
Use expressions with the passive in the affirmative and the negative.

Picture 1

1. Nura and Saeed got married three months ago.
2. Nura and Saeed weren't married six months ago.
3. Mr. Adel was married six months ago.

Picture 2

1. Nura and Saeed were raised in small houses.
2. Mr. Adel wasn't raised in a small house.
3. Mr. Adel was raised in a small apartment.

Picture 3

1. The architect was educated at Harvard University.
2. The architect was raised in big houses.
3. The house was called “The Castle.”

F. Read the information. Complete the conversation. Use used to and didn’t use to.

Omar: Did you know that some TVs (1) used to have round screens?
Yahya: Yes, I did. And a lot of families (2) used to eat dinner in front of the TV every night.
Omar: I know. And there (3) didn't use to be very many TV stations.
Yahya: Right. And before 1950, people in country areas (4) didn't use to have TV at all!
Omar: They probably (5) used to have boring evenings with no TV.
Yahya: Maybe. They probably (6) used to go to bed early.
Omar: Can you believe that TVs (7) didn't use to have color pictures? Everything was in black and white.
Yahya: Isn’t that crazy? And people (8) used to stand up and walk over to the TV to change channels. No remote control!
Omar: I’m glad I didn’t live back then!

G. Read the answers. Write questions.

1. Q: What did Fahd use to do?
A: Fahd used to play football after school.

2. Q: Did Farah use to take the bus to school?
A: Yes, Farah did. She used to take the bus to school.

3. Q: Where did they use to go every Thursday evening.
A: They used to go to the mall every Thursday evening.

4. Q: Did you us to go to bed early every night?
A: No, I didn’t. I used to stay up really late every night.

H. READING

Number the sentences in the correct order.

3 He traveled in Africa and South America.
2 Prince William went to Eton College.
6 He trained as a pilot.
1 Prince William was born in London.
5 William and Harry served in the Armed Forces.
7 He became a helicopter pilot.
4 Prince William graduated from university.

I. How is your life different now from when you were seven years old? Complete the chart with your ideas.

J. WRITING

Now write a paragraph about your life then and now. Write what you used to do and what you do now.

Then and Now

• My name is ...... I am from..... I live in..... with my parents.
• I have one sister. My favorite sport is football, my favorite hobby is reading, nowadays I work hard and spend all time at working.
• In fact, I used to enjoy life more. Nowadays, I just go to work in the morning and come home in the evening.
• I don't enjoy my job anymore, but as usual we need to work to provide suitable life, I don't go out as often as I used to, I used to go the cinema one a month.
• Now I go to see a movie only once a year, also I used to visit my friends all the time, now I never see them.