Teens and elders bridge generation gap and digital divide

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. What's 'Capable Living' about?
2. In what way are the employees special?
3. What's the goal of the company?
4. Who does Amanda Cavaleri speak to? What about?
5. What do demographic data show?
6. How can seniors be helpful for younger people?
7. What's one of Amanda's newest projects?
8. What has Bruce Mackenzie learned to do?
9. What does Jack Williamson think are the benefits of this programme?
10. What is her latest project?

You can find the answers to these questions as a comment to the post.

What were you like as a child,or as a teenager?

 
Write a short paragraph about what you used to be like as a child (or as a teenager) and if you have changed as a comment to this post.

Past simple, Past continuous and 'used to'

Activity 1. Past continuous and past simple. Click here to read some examples and do the grammar exercise. Click here if you need to practise the pronunciation of the past of regular verbs.

Activity 2. Choose the correct answer.

Activity 3. Click on the words in the correct order.

Activity 4. Listen to the song and complete the gaps. (You'll find the answers as a comment to the post)

You (1) ______________ to me like

I was the only one around
You (2)______________  on me
The only other choice was falling down
You (3)______________ with me like
We had nowhere we needed to go
Nice and slow
To no place in particular

CHORUS:

We (4) ______________ this figured out
We (5)______________ without a doubt
When nights were clear, you were the first star that I'd see
We (6)______________  this under control
We never thought we (7) _______________
At least there's you
And at least there's me
Can we get this back
Can we get this back
To how it (8) ______________?

I (9)  ______________ for you when
I got lost along the way
I (10)______________ you

You always had the just right thing to say
I (11) ______________ 

Never really cared where we would go
Fast or slow
To anywhere at all

CHORUS

I look around me
And I want you to be there
'Cause I miss the things that we shared
Look around you
It's empty, and you're sad
'Cause you miss the love that we had

You (12) ___________to me like
I was the only one around
The only one around

CHORUS