  Back to School
SPEAKING
  Candidate’s Sheet
Your school is going to produce a brochure to advertise your school among primary school pupils. They have asked for students’ opinion about what to include in this brochure.
Discuss with one of the teachers who is working on this brochure (the examiner) what you should show about your school and why.
Think about the following ideas:
Prompts for the interlocutor:
Accept the candidate’s ideas but ask him/her to be more specific. E.g.:
• Which school events shall we choose?
• Which part of the school building shall we show?
• What statistics shall we include?
• Whose opinion shall we include?
• What shall we show in the pictures/diagrams/etc.?
WRITING
What do you study at school?
Match the words in the first column to the best available answer in the second column.
Answers: 5 – Maths; 6 – Chemistry; 7 – Geography; 3 – History; 2 – Biology; 1 – English; 4 – Music; 8 – Chinese
READING
 The Daily Routine
 Read and answer: True (T) and False (F).
1. Tom sleeps for nine hours. ___
2. He has lessons for six hours. ___
3. He does his homework for one hour. ___
4. He watches TV for one hour. ___
5. He plays football for four hours. ___
6. He eats for three hours. ___
READING
Tom’s Likes and Dislikes
Read and choose the right answer.
This is Tom. He’s twelve years old. He’s got one sister and one brother.
He likes football, he likes computers, but he doesn’t like school.
He goes to school by bus. Oh, and he’s got a pet spider.
1. Tom is…
a. 12 years old. b. 9 years old.
c. 10 years old.
2. Tom has got…
a. two sisters. b. two brothers.
c. a sister and a brother.
3. Tom doesn’t like…
a. football. b. school.
c. computers.
4. Tom goes to school…
a. by bus. b. by car.
c. by train.
5. Tom has got…
a. a dog. b. a spider.
c. a snake.
SPEAKING
Talking About Holidays
 Think about your last holiday. You are going to tell your partner about it. Choose from this list the things you want to talk about. Think about what you will say and what language you will need.
Where did you go?
Where did you stay?
When did you go there?
How long did you stay?
Who did you go with?
What did you do all day?
How did you get there?
What did you do in the evening?
SPEAKING
In the Classroom
I. Look at the picture.
a) How many things can you name?
b) What is each person doing?
II. How good is your memory?
a) Look at the picture for one minute.
b) Close your book.
III. Ask your partner more questions about the picture. Use these expressions:
What’s this?
What colour is/are…?
What is/are … doing?
How many … are there?
Where is the …?
Answers:
It’s a…
It’s/They’re…
He’s/She’s/They’re…
There’s/There are…
It’s…
IV. Write you answers to I. b in full.
Example:
… is writing on the board.
He is writing “…”.
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