Prepare 8. Unit 3. Vocabulary

Match.

Life events: Australia

• children       [start, leave] school at 5

• the minimum            [university, school]-leaving age is 17

• you can get a driving          [passport, licence] at 17 in most states

• the minimum age to        [retire, vote] is 18

• approximately 37% of the population go to            [university, school]

• the average age to       [come, leave] home is 23

• the average age to get          [married, divorced] is 30 for men and 28 for women

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1. More people go to            nowadays than in my parents’ generation.

2. My grandfather had to       school when he was only 15.

3. In some countries, women aren’t allowed to      in the elections.

4. My brother’s got a part-time     at the local supermarket.

5. Tom's grandmother was      during the Second World War.

6. My parents want to      home because our house is too small for three teenagers.

7. I’m going to try and get my         licence as soon as I turn 17.

8. It isn’t as easy to leave      as in the past because life is more expensive now.