Granny Graduates – level 1

31-07-2017 15:00

This news is about a woman. She is from England. When she is 15, she leaves school. She thinks that she will never get a degree.

The Second World War is a problem. She has health problems, too. However, she gets better.

She graduates at the University of Bristol. She is the oldest graduate of the university. She is 86 years old when she graduates.

Difficult words: will (in the future), degree (a document which you get after you finish university), graduate verb (finish university), graduate noun (a person who finishes university).

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