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Warmer
Find and circle the words and phrases in the article. Then answer the questions.
a. Do these words typically describe men or women, or both?
b. Which of these people
sew as part of their job, and which sew as a hobby?
Key words
a. Match the words in the box to the definitions below..
1. start something new
2. repair torn clothes or a hole in clothes
3. a man
who has never been married
4. relating to people’s homes and family life
5. a group of people who are similar or do the same things
6. the act
of making things by hand
7. try to be funny
8. admire
9.
become part of a community
10. used for talking about the things that happened while you were a child
b. Use some of the key words above to complete these sentences.
1. The book is about his childhood, when he was
in India.
2.
I bought my bag at a local
fair.
3. I plan to join an online English language learning
after this
course.
4. Can you
the hole in my shirt?.
5. He never got married. He was a
his whole life.
‘When I tell people, they might laugh’ – George Clooney and the men who sew
Level:
Elementary/ Pre-Intermediate
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