Growing Up

Advance Level

Advance ESL Reading Comprehension Exercises For Online Tutoring

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Unit 1: Video and Photograph

Video
1. In what way did the video inspire you?
2. What can this video teach us about life in general?
3. What has been the biggest challenge in your life? How did you overcome it?

Photograph
1. Describe what you see in the photograph.
2. Do you think that growing older means growing wiser?
3. Is our generation a lot wiser compared to the generation living in the first century AD (during the Roman era)?

Unit 2: Reading Comprehension
Discuss the article, vocabulary and questions with your student.

Unit 3: Question and Response
1. What do you think is the best age to be?
2. What is the ideal age to consider marriage?
3. What is the ideal age to leave home?
4. Many first world countries are now starting to experience an aging population. What do you think is the cause for this phenomenon?
5. What problems do you think an aging population can cause?
6. Many younger woman prefer to marry older men, simply because they believe that younger men tend to be unwise and less mature. Do you agree or disagree with this belief?
7. Some people reach adulthood and yet they continue to live with their parents. Do you think that this is a good idea?
8. Some parents continue to finance their children, even if they are over the age of 18 years old. Is this a good idea?
9. Society has granted more rights and freedom to children born today, than those granted throughout civilized history. Is this good or bad?
10. Does growing older help you to become more mature?

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