1. Discuss in trios.

a) What do you think of life as an adult?

b) Is it any different from what you imagined as a kid? In what ways?c) Is it similar to what your parents told you it was? To what extent?d) Which age would you rather be? Why?

2. Rewrite the sentences in bold. Use indirect speech.Ill be there for you - Rembrandts(1.) So no one told you, Life is gonna be this way. Your jobs a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.

It's like you're always stuck in second gearAnd it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your yearbut..

I'll be there for youWhen the rain starts to pourI'll be there for youLike I've been there beforeI'll be there for you'Cuz you're there for me too...

You're still in bed at tenAnd work began at eightYou've burned your breakfastSo far... things are going great

(2.) Your mother warned you, Therell be days like these. Oh but she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees that...

I'll be there for youWhen the rain starts to pourI'll be there for youLike I've been there beforeI'll be there for you'Cuz you're there for me too...

No one could ever know meNo one could ever see meSeems you're the only one who knowsWhat it's like to be meSomeone to face the day withMake it through all the rest withSomeone I'll always laugh withEven at my worst I'm best with you, yeah

It's like you're always stuck in second gearAnd it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year...

3. In what aspects is this persons adult life a bad surprise? In what way(s) is it a good one?

4. What would you like to have been told about adulthood when you were a child?

5. Rewrite the sentences using indirect speech.a) My mother warned me, Expect bad days.( My mother warned me _____________________ bad days.

b) My father told me, Dont expect life to be a bed of roses. ( My father told me ______________ life to be a bed of roses.

c) Fortunately, my friend promised, Ill be there for you. ( My friend promised me (that) __________________________________________________________. ( My friend promised to ____________________________________________________________.

d) When I arrived 3 hours late at the office, my boss asked me, Did you oversleep again? ( When I arrived 3 hours late at the office, my boss asked me _______________________________________ again.

e) I replied, Of course I didnt oversleep. ( I denied _____________________. Answer Key

2) So no one told you life was gonna be this way.Your mother warned you thered be days like these.Glossary

a) broke - short of cash, having little or no money

b) coz - informal way of spelling because

c) DOA - Dead on Arrival, acronym used by hospitals to indicate that the patient had died before arriving.

d) gonna - informal pronunciation and spelling of going to

e) make it through - survive a difficulty

f) pour - flow quickly and in large amounts (e.g.: rain)

g) second gear - the second slowest forward gear ratio in a car

3) Pretty much everything sucks (his love life, his job, his tight budget), but he has a friend he can count on.

5)

a) My mother warned me, Expect bad days.( My mother warned me to expect bad days.

b) My father told me, Dont expect life to be a bed of roses. ( My father told me not to expect life to be a bed of roses.

c) Fortunately, my friend promised, Ill be there for you.

My friend promised me (that) hed be there for me. My friend promised to be there for me.

d) When I arrived 3 hours late at the office, my boss asked me, Did you oversleep again? ( When I arrived 3 hours late at the office, my boss asked me if I had overslept again.

e) I replied, Of course I didnt oversleep. ( I denied having overslept// oversleeping.Glossary

a) __________ - short of cash, having little or no money

b) ___________ - informal way of spelling because

c) __________ - Dead on Arrival, acronym used by hospitals to indicate that the patient had died before arriving.

d) ___________ - informal pronunciation and spelling of going to

e) ___________ - survive a difficulty

f) ___________ - flow quickly and in large amounts (e.g.: rain)

g) ___________ - the second slowest forward gear ratio in a car