🚲 When I Got My First Bike…
Life is full of milestones: your first bike, your first trip abroad, your first job… Learn get for life events (get a job · get a degree · get a driver's license), clauses with when and after — and where to put the comma — then interview Mom about her important life events!
Mom's Milestones
Adam is making a surprise video for Mom's birthday. He asks her about her life.
🤔 What was an important milestone in your life? When did it happen?
🔑 Get For Life Events
The verb get (past: got) is used for many important life events. Click a card to hear an example.
get + adjective = become: get older · get better · get married. get + noun = receive or obtain: get a job · get a degree · get a driver's license.
🔑 Get It Right!
Complete with the right get-expression. 8 rounds.
⏱️ Clauses With When
Use a clause with when to add information about time to a sentence.
1️⃣ when clause first → comma
- When he got older, he got more active.
- When I was young, we didn't sit around all day texting.
2️⃣ when clause last → no comma
- She spent a lot of time in her car when she first got her driver's license.
💬 In questions
- Do you remember when we bought that house on Oak Street?
⚙️ The Milestone Machine
Build a sentence, then swap the clauses and watch the comma appear or disappear!
✏️ Comma Or No Comma?
Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation. 7 rounds.
⏭️ Clauses With After
Like when, you can use after to add time information. The after part happened first!
⏭️ after + noun
After work, …After work, Oscar bought groceries.
⏭️ after + clause
After I moved out, …After I moved out of my parents' house, I got my first apartment.
➡️ at the end
no commaOscar didn't feel good after he ate.
I got my first apartment after I moved out.
🥇 What Happened First?
Read the sentence. Which event happened first? 7 rounds.
🎤 Discussing Important Life Events
Life is filled with important milestones. Think about them: which ones already happened in your family? Which ones will happen in your life?
🎥 The Birthday Video Interview
You are Adam. Interview Mom for her birthday video! 6 steps.
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: My Milestones
Write about five milestones: three from your life so far (your first bike, your first trip, a new school…) and two you hope for in the future. Use get at least three times, two when clauses (one with a comma, one without) and one after clause.
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Make a small pause at the comma: "When I was seven, … I got my first bike." Listen back!
🎯 Final Quiz — Milestones
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!