I am new to gransnet (very pleased to find such a thing) and will be returning to the U.K early next year, 2019, settling in St Ives , Cambridgeshire, (with my husband). We have a daughter there who is having a baby in January, so we won't be friendless, but I know that daughters with new babies don't need mums who are friends so much as mums who will cook and clean (and I hope, baby sit!) Will be careful of boundaries. I am posting here because I read Greenfinch's post on SATs and learners needing to know the past perfect progressive and present perfect passive. It surprises me a lot that they should require this! However I am a trained English teacher and have done a TEFL course and know exactly what the present perfect passive is. (I personally think it is silly to try to teach learners these labels . However, I am planning to put my name down at a number of private tutoring agencies (have started the process) and offering to tutor not only face to face but online. I love to teach..and have many years of school and private teaching under my belt. My reason is not just to earn money (tho' that would be nice) but to meet people and make friends as am feeling nervous about moving (yet again). Have lived in Africa most of my life. Just off-loading, really. Any more suggestions about making new friends at the advanced age of over 60 will be welcome!!