Unit 1:
My new
school
Lesson 6: Skills 2

Listen to Simon talking to his teacher about a new student called
Akiro. For each question, choose the right answer (A,B or C).
1. Which is Akiro's first day at school?

4. Simon will meet Akiro at

A

Monday

A

9 o'clock

B

Tuesday

B

9.15

C

Wednesday

C

9.45

2. Where is Akiro from?

5. Where will Simon take Akiro first?

A

China

A

the classroom

B

Japan

B

the library

C

England

C

the sports hall

3. How old is Akiro?

6. The teacher says that Akiro is good at

A

13

A

football

B

14

B

badminton

C

16

C

tennis

Listen to Simon talking to his teacher about a new student called
Akiro. For each question, choose the right answer (A,B or C).
1. Which is Akiro's first day at school?
A
Monday
Teacher: His family is moving here on Tuesday,
B
Tuesday
so Akiro's starting school on Wednesday.
C
Wednesday
2. Where is Akiro from?
A China
Teacher: He's actually English, but his mum is
B Japan
from Japan.
C England
3. How old is Akiro?
Simon: Oh I see. Is he the same age as me?
A 13
Teacher: You're fourteen aren't you? Akiro's
B 14
thirteen
C 16

Listen to Simon talking to his teacher about a new student called
Akiro. For each question, choose the right answer (A,B or C).
4. Simon will meet Akiro at
A
9 o'clock
B
9.15
C
9.45
5. Where will Simon take Akiro first?
A
the classroom
B
the library
C
the sports hall
6. The teacher says that Akiro is good at
A
football
B
badminton
C
tennis

Simon: Oh right. What time is he coming?
Teacher: His parents are bringing him here at
9.15 for a tour of the school and he's seeing
the head at half past.
Teacher: They'll be in the middle of a lesson: go
to the library until it's time for your football
lesson. He'll meet his new classmates then.
Teacher: I don't know about football, but he
was the badminton champion at his old school.

Listen to Scott talking to his cousin Amanda about his
school day. For each question, choose the right answer
(A, B or C).

0. Scott's tired because he
A. watches TV in bed

B. goes to sleep very late

C. wakes up early

1. What time does the boat leave?
A. 6.15

B. 7.00

C. 7.30

B. 12

C. 14

B. at home

C. at school

2. How old is Scott?
A. 11
3. Scott eats his dinner
A. at his aunt's house

4. When does Scott do his homework?
A. on the way home

B. when he gets home

C. after he watches TV

5. What does his favourite teacher teach?
A. sports

B. Maths

C. English

Rearrange the given words or phrases to make meaningful
sentences.
1. I/ Mondays/ Maths/ English/ History/ on /study/./
I study English, Maths and History on Mondays.
2. Sarah/ school/ near/ lives/ the /./
Sarah lives near the school.
3. my/ is/ school/I / new/ interesting/ love/ and / it /./
My new school is interesting and I love it.
4. school/ go/ I/ friend/ and / my/ to/ foot/ on /./
My friend and I go to school on foot.
5. you/ do/ play/ with/ often/ volleyball/ your friends /?/
Do you often play volleyball with your friends?

Rearrange the given words or phrases to make meaningful
sentences.
6. Tom/education/ like/physical/ does /?/
Does Tom like physical education.
7. plays/ Alex/ football/ school/ team/ for/ the /./
Alex plays football for the school team.
8. often/ My sister/ plays/ piano/ weekends/ at/ the /./
My sister often plays piano at the weekends.
9. compass/ There/ a/ books/ is/ three/ bookshelf/ and/ a/ on the/
pencil /./
There is a book, a pencil and three books on the bookshelf.
10. a lot/ love/ I/ my school/ because / friendly/ very/ are/ my

Finish each of the following sentences so that its meaning
stays the same.
1. My father often drives to work.
 My father often goes to work by car.
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2. My sister goes
every
dayday.
on foot.
walkto
toschool
school
every
 My sister
finishing the English project this
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afternoon?
3. Why don't we
finish the English project this afternoon?
 What about
have five hundred students?
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4. Are there five hundred
students
in your school?
subject
is English.
 Does your school
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Write a short paragraph (80-100 words) about your first
school day of this school year.
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YOU!