HOME   It's Been a Long Time! The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)   Go to the Resources Page for This Unit KEY VOCABULARY Nouns Human ages adolescent (young) adult baby boy elderly person girl infant middle-aged person teenager Other arm audition break customer drama school exercise fat graduate school grandfather grandmother grandparent journalism power seafood suburbs tutor Adjectives lucky tiny Verbs break enter finish get into go out ice-skate offer ring run out (of) save up Adverbs almost full time last luckily out of Prepositions as (a waitress) between (the ages of     1 and 12) for (the last six months) in (ages) within (a few weeks) Conjunction while Back to Top EXPRESSIONS Greeting someone after a long time I haven't seen you in ages. Has it been . . . since I last saw you? Talking about past events I was . . . , but I never . . . . I was . . . , when I . . . . While I was . . . , . . . . . Exchanging personal information Have you been doing anything exciting recently?     Yes, I have./No, I haven't. What have you been doing lately/these days?     I've been . . . . How long have you been doing that?     For . . . . How have you been?     Great! Expressing interest and surprise Wow, what a lucky break! Wow! That's incredible! Wow! Tell me more. Oh, really? That's interesting. Really? I didn't know that! Oh, I see. Gee, I had no idea. Asking for a reason How come? Back to Top

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