3 At school

School subjects
3A Vocabulary and listening
I can talk about my school subjects.

1 Complete the opinions with the words in Vocabulary Builder (part 2): PARTS OF THE HOUSE AND OBJECTS IN
the box. THE BEDROOM. >>SB page 133<<
all great it keen like not 
quite stand 4 Label the rooms in the house.

1 It’s .
1
2 I really it.
3 It’s right.
4 It’s bad.
5 I’m not very on it. 2 3
6 I hate .
7 I can’t it.
8 It’s interesting.

2  LISTENING 17   Listen to Ian and Jill

talking. Cross out the incorrect words 4 5 6 7
in the sentences and write the correct
words.
1 The next lesson is chemistry. 8
history
2 Ian doesn’t like history.

3 They never get lots of history

1 s 4 l 7 k
homework.
2 b 5 s 8 g
4 Jill likes biology and maths. 3 b 6 d

5 Ian is good at physics.

5 Label the pictures with the words in the box.
bin chest of drawers clock cupboard curtains 
6 Their second lesson today is physics. desk lamp shelf wardrobe

3 Write about you. Complete the

sentences with school subjects.
1 My favourite subjects are
and .
2 I’m not very keen on or 1 2 3 4 5
.
3 and are
all right.
4 I’m good at and
.
5 I’m not very good at or
. 6 7 8 9

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 there is / there are; some / any with plural nouns
3B grammar
I can describe what is in a room and where it is.

1 Choose the correct words. 4 Complete the sentences about the picture in exercise 3. Use
1 There is / There are a wardrobe in my bedroom. There’s a, There isn’t a, There are some or There aren’t any.
2 There isn’t / There aren’t any posters on my bedroom walls. 1 computer on the teacher’s desk.
3 There isn’t / There aren’t a chest of drawers in my bedroom. 2 dictionaries.
4 There is / There are a dictionary in my bag. 3 book on Emily’s desk.
5 There isn’t / There aren’t any shelves in our classroom. 4 notice board next to the window.
6 There are / There aren’t any curtains in the classroom. 5 posters.
7 There isn’t / There aren’t a computer on the teacher’s desk. 6 pens on Jack’s desk.

2 Complete the prepositions of place. 5 Write questions and short answers about the picture.
Use Is there a … or Are there any … .
1 Are there any chairs?
Yes, there are.
2 plant near the noticeboard?
1 b 2 u 3 n
3 books on Lottie’s desk?

4 posters on the wall?

4 b 5 i 6 o 5 shelves?

6 Look at the picture again and answer the questions. Use

prepositions of place.
1 Where’s Emily?
7 o 8 in f of
She’s between Jack and Lottie.
2 Where’s the lamp?
3  LISTENING 18   Look at the picture and listen to six

sentences. Are they true (T) or false (F)?
3 Where are the dictionaries?
1 2 3 4 5 6

4 Where’s the teacher’s chair?

5 Where’s the bin?

Challenge!
Write six sentences about your classroom: three with
there is / are and three with there isn’t / aren’t. Use a,
some, and any.
There’s a computer on the teacher’s desk.
1
2
3
Jack Lottie 4
Emily
5
6

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 Schools without classrooms
3C CULTURE
I can understand information about schools.

Stratton
Revision: Student’s Book page 30
1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
canteen classroom corridor gym hall  Mountain School
head teacher’s office  ICT room  library  music room
playing field reception science lab stairs  Do you love skiing and snowboarding? Do you want
teachers’ room to be an Olympic champion? Then Stratton Mountain
School in Vermont, USA, is the school for you!
1 You can find lots of books in the .
It is a small school. 1 The students
2 Visitors to the school go to . come from all over the world. They study
3 You do chemistry in the . hard and do their school exams. 2
4 You use computers in the . In the summer months, the students can
5 You have lunch in the . do athletics, tennis, running, cycling and
6 You play musical instruments in the . skateboarding. 3 Every morning, the
students go out into the snowy mountains
7 You usually play volleyball and basketball in the
and train hard. At the moment, there are
.
68 skiers, 32 snowboarders, 16 cross-country
8 You play sports like football and hockey on the
skiers and four ski jumpers. 4 They
.
go to the Winter Olympics and World
9 You have lessons in a . championships, and many win a medal!
10 At the beginning of the lesson, you wait in the
before you go into the classroom.
11 The teachers meet and talk in the . 4 LISTENING 19   Listen to Cindy, a student at Stratton
12 The whole school can meet in the . Mountain School. Complete the sentences with the missing
13 You walk up or down the to get to information.
another floor. 1 In the winter, Cindy lives at .
14 The head teacher works in the . 2 She shares a with a French girl.
3 In spring, summer and autumn, she lives with
.
2 Read the text opposite and tick ✓ the true facts. Ignore
4 Breakfast is at o’clock.
gaps 1–4.
5 After the afternoon lessons, she trains for
The students:
hours.
1 only do winter sports.
2 are only from the USA. Challenge!
3 take normal school exams.
4 sometimes become champions.
Write a description of your school. Write five or six
sentences. Include some of this information:
3 Match sentences A–E with gaps 1–4 in the text. There is • number of students and teachers
one sentence that you do not need. • sports
A However, the school stays open in the summer. • uniform
B They also do a lot of sport. • number of lessons
C But in the winter the school timetable changes. • start and finish times
D Some students become full-time athletes. • parts of the school (classrooms, hall, ICT room,
E There are only 120 students and there are only ten playing fields, etc.)
students in a class. There are students in .

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 have to
3D grammar
I can talk about something that is necessary or compulsory.

1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of have to ✓ 4 Write questions with have to and the verbs in the box.
or don’t have to ✗. Then write true answers.
1 We take exams next summer. ✓ do get up have help speak study take wear
2 I go to the supermarket. ✗ 1 Do you have to study a foreign language at school?
3 My mum work on Saturdays. ✗ Yes, we do.
4 Kate and Sally study ICT. ✓ 2 with the housework?
5 Dave help his parents at the weekend. ✓
6 You tidy your bedroom. ✗ 3 a school uniform?

2 Find the mistakes in the sentences. Write correct sentences.
4 before 7 a.m. on Mondays?
1 I doesn’t have to wear a uniform.


5 a lot of homework at weekends?
2 Millie doesn’t have study French.


6 lunch at school?
3 Have you to arrive at school early?


7 an exam at the end of this year?
4 They not have to have lunch at school.


8 English in English lessons?
5 We has to work hard at school.


6 Harry don’t have to get up early. 5 Order the words to make sentences. Add have to.
1 before 9 a.m.? / arrive / you / do / at school
Do you have to arrive at school before 9 a.m.?
3 Complete the text. Use the correct form of have to or don’t
2 don’t / we / at school / after 3.30 p.m. / stay
have to.

3 at school. / we / a lot of sport / do /

4 you / do / chemistry? / study

5 in / we / the school canteen. / eat

6 school? / to / Mandy / the bus / does / take

7 an English test / don’t / they / take / week / every

Challenge!
I go to a private school, but it’s different from most schools. Write five things that you have to do every day.
There’s a timetable, but I 1 go to the lessons. 1
Sometimes I play games instead! The teachers usually give 2
us homework, but we 2 do it. 3
Every week, we all go to a meeting – the teachers also 4
3
go. At the meeting, we vote to decide the 5
school rules. We all 4 follow the rules. The
head teacher 5
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 Karate school
3E Reading
I can understand an interview with a sportsperson.

Revision: Student’s Book page 32

1 Complete the adjectives and choose the correct
prepositions.
1 Sally is very g with / at maths. She always
gets excellent marks.
2 I’m b in / with this CD. Can we listen to
something else?
3 Jane isn’t i in / on science,
but I love it.
4 Harry’s exam results are fantastic. His parents are
very p of / with him.
5 Our R.E. teacher sometimes gets a on / with

Karate
us when we talk in class.
6 Dave isn’t very k on / in French, but he likes
German.

2 Read the interview opposite. Match sentences A–F with

gaps 1–5. There is one sentence that you do not need.
School
A We start training after breakfast.
Olivia White comes from
B We don’t hit each other.
Wellington, New Zealand,
C We finish training at four o’clock.
but she’s in Japan for a
D She’s a student at the Nakamura Karate School. month. 1
E I usually go to a café with the other students.
F Then we have lunch in the school canteen. Interviewer Tell me about the karate school.
3 Choose the correct answers. Olivia Well, there are 30 students, and we all
1 Olivia comes from Japan / New Zealand. come from different countries.
2 Training begins before / after breakfast. Interviewer What do you do in a typical day?
3 The students practise fighting in the morning / afternoon. Olivia We have to get up at eight o’clock. 2

4 Olivia talks to the teachers in English / Japanese.

Interviewer How do you train?
5 In the evenings, the students usually stay in / go out.
6 Olivia usually goes to bed early / late.
Olivia In the mornings, we do exercises, but
we don’t fight. 3 In the afternoons,
we practise fighting.
Challenge!
Interviewer Is it dangerous?
Look at the interview again. Write four questions about
the karate school. Use the question words in the box.
Olivia No, not really. 4

how many what what time where Interviewer How do you understand the teachers?

Do they speak English?
1
Olivia Yes, they do.
2
3 Interviewer What do you do after training?
4 Olivia We go out. 5 But I don’t stay out late.
We have to be in bed by nine o’clock!

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 Giving directions
3F Everyday English
I can understand and give directions.

1 Match 1–6 with a–f. Then label the pictures below. 3 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences and
1 Go past d a the stairs. questions.
2 Go along b left. a you / please? / repeat / that, / Could
3 Go down c the corridor.
4 Turn d the gym. b the / me. / canteen? / Where’s / Excuse
5 It’s on e the doors.
c the / the / on / head teacher’s office. / It’s / right, /
6 Go through f the right.
opposite

d Where’s / I’m / that? / here. / new

4  LISTENING 21   Complete the dialogue with the lines in

1 2 exercise 3. Then listen and check.
Boy 1
Girl It’s near the library.
Boy Oh, right. 2
Girl Oh, OK. Go along this corridor and turn left.
The canteen is on the right.
3 4 Boy 3 Go along the corridor, turn left …
Girl And 4

Boy Thanks very much.

Girl That’s OK.

5 Look again at the plan in exercise 2. Write a dialogue like

the one in exercise 4.
5 6
A classroom 1?
B It’s near room.
2  LISTENING 20   Look at the plan. Listen to the directions.
A Oh, right. Where’s ? I’m .
Start at reception. Where do the people want to go?
1 B
2
3
A Could ?

B

A Thanks .
B

Challenge!
Write directions from the entrance of your school to a room.
From the entrance to :
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 A letter
3G Writing
I can write a letter to welcome someone to my school.

Preparation Writing guide

1 Rewrite the sentences. Add capital letters. 4 Read the information below about Greenfield School. Write
1 today is wednesday 18th november. a letter (80–110 words) to a new student. Use the letter in
exercise 2 to help you. Follow the plan below, using a new
paragraph for each point.
2 fran and tom are from boston in the usa.
• Welcome the new student and introduce yourself.

• Write about the morning.
3 lawrence and i study german, not italian.
• Write about lunch.

• Write about the afternoon.
4 we don’t study r.e. or ict at my school.

5

my teacher is mr jones. he’s from oxford. Greenfield Secondary School
Arrive at school: before 8.45
6 queen elizabeth lives in buckingham palace. Lessons start at: 9.15, after assembly
Number of lessons in the morning: 6
Break is: from 10.45 to 11.05
2 Complete the letter with the words in the box.
Lunch is at: 1.15
Don’t forget  I can  I hope you  I look forward  In the afternoon, lessons start at: 2.10
Most students  There are  Welcome to 
Number of lessons in the afternoon: 3
you don’t have to  You have to
School finishes at: 4.30

Dear Heidi,
1
St Mary’s Secondary School! I’m your
English guide! 2 show you around the
school and answer your questions. 3
enjoy your year here.
4
be at school before 8.30. Lessons
start at 9.00 after assembly. 5 five lessons
in the morning, with a break between 10.15 and 10.35.
Lunch is at 1.00. 6 buy lunch in the canteen.
But 7 – some students bring sandwiches.
There are three lessons in the afternoon. School finishes at 3.40.
8
to meeting you.
Bye for now.
Jane
P.S. We have P.E. on Mondays. 9 your kit!

3 Complete the information about St Mary’s School.

Arrive at school:
Lessons start:
Number of lessons in the morning:
Break is from: to Check your work
Lunch is at: Have you:
included all the information about the school?
Number of lessons in the afternoon:
divided your letter into paragraphs?
School finishes:
used capital letters correctly?
P.E. is on:

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 3 Self Check

1 Write the correct subjects. 5 Label the diagrams with the correct prepositions of place.
1 1 2 3
2
3
1 2 3 4
4 4 5 6
5 Mark:   /4
6
Mark:   /6 6 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of have to:
affirmative, negative or interrogative.
1 ‘ you get up early on
2 Complete the words. Use a, e, i, o and u. Tick ✓ the parts of
Saturdays?’ ‘No, I .’
a house.
2 I wear a uniform to school. I can’t
1 k tch n wear my own clothes.
2 ch st  f  dr w rs 3 We pay for the tickets. They’re free.
3 st rs 4 Sally walk home. She usually takes
4 l v ng  r m the bus.
5 w rdr b 5 ‘ Mark take exams at
6 n t c b rd the end of term?’ ‘Yes, he .’
6 There’s a canteen at Tom’s school, but he
Mark:   /6 have lunch there.
Mark:   /6
3 Write affirmative and negative sentences with There is,
There isn’t, There are or There aren’t. Use a, some or any.
Total:   /30
1 book on the table ✗
There isn’t a book on the table.
2 clock in my bedroom ✓ I can …
Read the statements. Think about your progress and tick
3 shelves in the bathroom ✗ one of the boxes.

✶ = I need more practice. ✶ ✶ = I sometimes find
4 cupboards in the dining room ✓ this difficult. 
✶ ✶ ✶ = No problem!
5 study in the house ✗
✶ ✶✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
6 curtains in the living room ✗ I can talk about my school subjects.
(SB p.28)

I can describe what is in a room and
Mark:   /5 where it is. (SB p.29)
I can understand information about
4 Complete the questions and answers. Use the correct form schools. (SB p.30)
of there is / there are and a or any.
I can talk about something that is
1 CD player on the desk? necessary or compulsory. (SB p.31)
Yes, . I can understand an interview with a
2 shelves in the classroom? sportsperson. (SB p.32)
No, . I can understand and give directions.
3 pens in the cupboard? (SB p.34)
Yes, . I can write a letter to welcome
someone to my school. (SB p.35)
Mark:   /3

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