SETTLE DOWN

Mar 2, 2017

Study box. Read these sentences carefully.

1. What Manuela really wanted was to get married and settle down.
2. I’m going to travel for six months before settling down with a career.
3. Jack had settled down with his new wife in a small town near London.
Use the sentences in the study box to help you do these exercises.
- If a person settles down, which of the following might they do? More than one answer is correct.
  - get married
  - travel a lot
  - have a lot of boyfriends or girlfriends
  - start living in one place
  - start a family
- Which of these are grammatically possible?
  - I settled down.
  - I settled myself down.
  - I was settled down.
What would you say in the following situations? Use a form of ‘settle down’ in your answers and anything else that is necessary.
- You want to know when your friend is going to stop living a crazy life.
  When
- You are very surprised that Jim has decided to get married.
  Jim! I never thought he would
- Your brother is 35, doesn’t have a regular job and goes out every night.
  Isn’t it time he
- You are enjoying life as a college student, especially the parties.
  I don’t just yet.