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  • Peter is only six years old, and it’s his first day in this class.
    grow up
    start school
    buy a flat
    learn to drive
  • Sam watched the film and then
    he went to bed.
    he was going to bed.
  • Max is really dangerous in a car − he’ll never pass the test.
    pass away
    be brought up
    learn to drive
    split up
  • Robbie met his future wife when
    they’d sat on a train.
    they were sitting on a train.
  • Tom had no father or mother, so his aunt looked after him when he was growing up.
    start school
    inherit some money
    be brought up
    split up
  • It’s my last year at school so I’m going to ______ and study modern languages next year.
    go to university
    grow up
  • Paul is crazy about Mary − and Mary thinks about Paul all the time!
    start school
    fall in love
    get married
    pass away
  • It’s a baby girl! Congratulations.
    grow up
    be born
    get engaged
    fall in love
  • Sally is going to _______- to France, because that’s where her boyfriend Jean-Luc comes from.
    leave home
    emigrate
  • Welcome to our new home! Do you like it?
    buy a flat
    be born
    grow up
    start school
  • After university, I’ll probably ______
    have a change of career.
    get my first job.
  • I’ll probably come back to Britain and __________.
    settle down
    emigrate
  • Lucy and Johan decided to start a family soon after
    they were getting married.
    they’d got married.
  • Katie and Rick aren’t together any more.
    fall in love
    split up
    be born
    retire
  • Sarah and Chi-Hung met and got engaged when they
    had both lived in Shanghai.
    were both living in Shanghai.
  • My sister Sally is going to get ____________ next week − can you come with us to the wedding?
    engaged
    married
  • I was born in Bangkok while
    my parents were living in Thailand.
    my parents had lived in Thailand.
  • Danny went for a walk when
    he’d finished his homework.
    he was finishing his homework.
  • We saw you in the street yesterday when
    you were riding a bike along Lanyon Road.
    you had ridden a bike along Lanyon Road.
  • You were a small boy the last time I saw you.
    grow up
    start school
    retire
    fall in love
  • When my poor uncle Arthur died, he left me £5 million.
    be brought up
    inherit some money
    start school
    fall in love
  • Our football team weren’t happy after
    they were losing the match.
    they’d lost the match.
  • We’ll __________, and I’ll invite you to the wedding!
    pass away
    get married
  • What were you doing
    when I came home?
    when I’d come home?
  • After thirty years in this factory, Mary Watson is leaving us today.
    art school
    fall in love
    retire
    inherit some money
  • I know they’ll be very happy, and they won’t ________- .
    pass away
    split up
  • Jean-Luc has just __________ some money, and he’s going to use it.
    inherited
    retired
  • Grandad started painting
    when he’d retired.
    when he was retiring.
  • My boyfriend and I will probably get ________ one day too. We love each other.
    engaged
    divorced
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