Life stages & life events
A young child who is learning to walk.
What is a toddler?
The correct past perfect form of “start” in: “The lesson ___ before I arrived.”
had started
The correct completion: “She was tired because she ___ all night.” (work)
had been working
The past simple form of “teach.”
taught
This French town was Jeanne Calment's birthplace and the place where she lived for most of her life.
What is Arles?
This is the life event when two people promise to marry each other.
What is getting engaged?
What is “had started”?
bought
This tense emphasises the duration of an activity before a particular time in the past.
past perfect continuous
The negative form of “Her parents split up last year.”
Her parents didn't split up last year”
This famous inventor was working on the telephone in the year Jeanne Calment was born.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell
This verb means to receive money or property from someone who has died.
What is inherit?
The tense used to show that one past action happened before another past action.
past perfect
The correct completion: “They ___ for two hours when the teacher arrived.” (study)
had been studying
The corrected sentence: “I didn't knew where you were.”
I didn't know where you were.
Jeanne was this age when she married Fernand Calment in 1896.
How old is 21 years old?
This means leaving your own country to live permanently in another country.
What is emigrating/to emigrate?
The correct past perfect form of “escape” in: “By the time the police arrived, the thief ___.”
had escaped
This tense is used in “He ________ the car” (repair)
had been repairing
The question form of “Jason had been living in Italy for five years.”
“Had Jason been living in Italy for five years?
This famous Dutch artist visited the shop where Jeanne worked when she was a teenager, and she thought he was dirty, ugly and badly dressed.
Who was Vincent van Gogh?
This is the word for a person who has lived to at least 100 years old.
What is a centenarian?
Combine the sentence using PPS and PS: “First, Sarah finished her homework. Then, she watched TV.”
Sarah had finished her homework before she watched TV
By the time she decided to emigrate, she ___ (work) abroad for several years and ___ (save) money to start a new life.
“had been working” and “had saved”
The correct forms: “While I ___ TV, my brother ___ home.” (watch, come)
What are “was watching” and “came”?
Jeanne Calment died on 5 August 1997 at this extraordinary age, making her the longest-lived person recorded in the reading.
How old was is 122 years old.