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101-YEAR-OLD 
WOMAN
PREVIEW ACTIVITY Fluentize, LLC. Copyright 2023. For use only with license.
Kids Meet A 101-Year-Old (B1)
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Imagine a 6-year-old kid interviews a 101-year-old woman about her life. Write three 
questions you think the kid might ask her. Use 3 of the 6 words in your questions. 
 wars | secret | favorite | dying | fun | hardest 
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2
3
6-YEAR-OLD 
KID
Discuss the topics in the mind map below about aging/getting old.
Benefits/
Advantages
 
Fears1
3
4
Physical Changes/ 
Problems
2
Discuss the questions below about age and time.
1 What does “old” mean to you? Do you feel that you’re old? Why or why not?
2 What do you think the phrase “age is just a number” means? Do you agree or 
 disagree with this phrase? Explain your answer.
3 Think about life and the world 100 years ago. What do you think it was like 
 back then? 
OLD AGE / GETTING OLD
Mental Changes/ 
Problems
PART 1 
PART 2 
PART 3 
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VIEWING ACTIVITY
What do you think are the secret(s) to living a 
long life? How do you think a person can live to 
be over 100 years old?
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PREVIEW DISCUSSION
PART 1 
PART 4 
List the topics that the kids and the 101-year-old woman (Alice) talk about in order 
from 1 - 10. The first one has been done as an example.
Alice’s past hobbies and dress
What life was like in the past
What Alice did for work
Alice’s hometown
Alice’s role in the Second World War
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Alice’s current hobbies
Alice’s favorite insect
Being afraid of dying
The secret to living a long life
The challenges of aging
1 - 5 6 - 10
PART 2 Go through each topic in Part 1. What does Alice say about each one? If necessary, 
watch the video again. 
PART 3 Were any of your questions in Preview, Part 3 the same as the kids’ questions in 
the video? If so, which ones? 
Watch the video again from 3:38. Answer the questions below. 
1 According to Alice, what kinds of problems or qualities do some old people have?
2 Who died in Clara’s family? What reminds her of this person?
3 What did Alice’s doctor tell her?
4:18 
3:38 
4:41 
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EX. How friends with others when you were a kid?
1 Where on trips or vacations when you were a kid?
2 How to school when you were younger?
3 What kinds of games or sports in the past?
4 Who the most time with when you were a kid?
5 How to music in the old days?
VIEWING FOLLOW-UP
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PART 4 
PART 1 Choose the correct auxiliary verb that fits each question asked by one of the 
kids in the video. One auxiliary verb below is not used! 
1 What it like back then? 
2 Back then, you see any wars?
3 What you do for fun in the old days?
4 What the hardest part about getting old?
5 What you like to do for fun?
6 you afraid of dying?
would you make
is | are | was | were | do | did | would 
PART 2 Refer to the question in Part 3 with the auxiliary verb would. Why is would used in this question instead of the past simple? Choose the correct answer below.
a. It’s used to ask her about something she did only once in the past. 
b. It’s used to ask her about what she did repeatedly or regularly in the past.
c. It’s used to ask her about what she did in the past and still does today. 
Work with a classmate/your teacher. Take one of the roles below.
Find out a bit about your classmate’s/
teacher’s past habits. Ask them a few 
questions from Part 3. Then reverse roles.
Your classmate/teacher will ask you a few 
questions from Part 3. Answer their questions. 
Then reverse roles.
STUDENT A STUDENT B
PART 3 Finish the sentences below using the auxiliary verb would + [base verb]. Use any 
base verb that fits the context. 
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GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER 
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• If possible, change classmates. If not, stay with the same classmate (or teacher).
• Imagine you’re new colleagues or classmates.
• Write/Prepare 5 new questions about each other’s past life and their life now.
• Use a different auxiliary verb in each question. 
• Use a mix of different question words. (Who... / What... / Where... / When... , etc.)
• Ask each other your questions. Take turns after each question.
STEP 3: Discuss how your interviews went. What did you learn about each other?
1 What’s your favorite…? 
2 What do you like to...? 
3 What was life like when you...?
4 Are you afraid of...? 
• Work with a classmate/your teacher. Choose one of the roles below (Student A or B).
• Try to get to know them a little bit more using the question prompts below. 
• Ask each other your questions. Take turns after each question.
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
is | are | was | were | do | did | would 
1 What’s your favorite…? 
2 Did you... in the past?
3 What would you... when you were a kid?
4 What is the hardest part about...?
STEP 1
STEP 2
STUDENT A STUDENT B
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QUIZ & REVIEW ACTIVITY
Work with a partner. Complete the quiz and review activities below. 
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PART 2 
PART 3 
Finish writing the missing parts of the questions that the kids ask Alice in the video.
Discuss the questions below. 
EX. What back then? 
1 Back then, any wars?
2 What for fun in the old days?
3 What about getting old?
4 What to do for fun?
5 Are you afraid ?
PART 1 Discuss the questions below about the video.
1 What happens in the video? Describe what you remember about it.
2 What kinds of topics are discussed in the video?
3 According to Alice, what kinds of problems or qualities do some old people 
 have?
4 What did Alice’s doctor tell her?
1 How did Alice answer each question above in Part 2?
2 Refer to the question in Part 2 with the auxiliary verb would. Why is would 
 used in this question instead of the past simple?
3 What would you do in the past/when you were younger that you don’t do 
 anymore?
1 Did you learn or use any new vocabulary, grammar, phrases,
 etc. in this lesson? If so, what?
2 What did you enjoy about the lesson?
3 Is there anything you found difficult about the lesson?
LESSON REFLECTION:
Discuss the topics below about the lesson.
was it like
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