Free Advanced Phrases Exercise: Ages and Generations

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

Jane was a bit crazy when she was younger but now she's a , she's started to calm down a bit.
Now that our children have grown up and the nest we don't need so much space so we're moving to a smaller house soon.
The Clarkes' oldest child is starting school this year but their youngest is still just a .
My husband recently started listening to pop music and now he's got a way-out hairstyle. I think he's having a crisis.
Toby is only in his twenties but he's already getting a bit on top. Pretty soon he'll be totally bald.
In Britain, the age of is sixteen but you still need your parents' permission to get married until you are eighteen.
I was very angry when I heard one of the nurses referring to my grandad as 'another old '. So I told them it's a part of their job to treat him with respect.
Don't be so ridiculous. Being thirty doesn't make you ' ' . There are lots of jobs you'll be able to get.
After forty years working for the same company he was expecting a but all they gave him was a card and a box of chocolates.
I used to think that all three-year-olds were screaming, spoilt little but Sarah's child is so quiet and good-natured.
I was always quite thin until I turned forty. But then middle-age really set in and I started piling on the pounds.
It's a sad fact that if you haven't managed to get on the housing by the time you are forty, you will probably never own a house.

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