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Senior roommates

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Ewa | Oct 05, 2022Jun 27, 2025

LESSON OVERVIEW

In this lesson, students talk about the idea of senior citizens living together, do a word formation activity, and discuss retirement.

B1 / Intermediate
B2 / Upper Intermediate30 minCritical Reading ClubUnlimited Plan

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Students start by completing three sentences with their own ideas (e.g. the age of seniors). Then, they complete words in statements (e.g. pension, socialise, retirement) using different endings and the context. They also say which of the statements are true for their country. After that, students read four comments about the article they read at home and say whether they agree or disagree with them. Finally, they think about their own retirement and discuss which things from the provided list (e.g. socialising, being fit, learning new things) are or will be important for them.

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