UNIT 2, 2C Listening, Unusual schools, page 22
Exercise 1
1 study
2 wear
3 punish
4 chew
5 go
6 do
7 wear
Exercise 2 LISTENING 1.12
1 quarter to eleven
2 ten to twelve in the morning
3 half past six
4 twenty-five to eight
5 the twenty-second of April twenty ten
6 the fifth of September twenty twenty
7 July the thirty-first two thousand and two
8 February the sixteenth twenty sixteen
1 b
2 c
3 a
4 c
5 c
6 c
7 b
8 b
Exercise 3 page 22
1 the twelfth of December / December the twelfth
2 the first of August / August the first
3 the tenth of March / March the tenth
4 the twenty-third of October / October the twenty-third
5 two thousand and one
6 twenty fifteen / two thousand and fifteen
7 nineteen ninety-five
8 twenty twenty / two thousand and twenty
Exercise 4 LISTENING 1.13
1 one thousand three hundred and forty-five
2 three hundred and fifty
3 four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
4 a hundred and twenty-two
5 ten thousand six hundred and seventeen
6 seven hundred and twenty-five
7 one thousand and forty-seven
8 five hundred and one
2 350
3 4,999
4 122
5 10,617
6 725
7 1,047
8 501
Exercise 5 LISTENING 1.14
1 My date of birth is 11 July 2002.
2 School starts at quarter to nine.
3 This term ends on 22 December.
4 There are 1,350 students in my school.
5 I usually have breakfast at half past seven.
6 My mum’s birthday is on18 May.
1 11.07.2002
2 8.45
3 22.12
4 1,350
5 7.30
6 18.05
Exercise 6 LISTENING 1.15
Interviewer This is Anna Willis. She’s a student at the West London Free School. The school opened in 2011. How old are you, Anna?
Student I’m 14. I’m in Year 10.
Interviewer Anna, this school has got a lot of rules. Do you enjoy it here?
Student Yes, I do. It’s a great school. I like the rules! They help me to learn and study.
Interviewer Tell me about your school day.
Student I wake up at six o’clock, and I have to arrive at school at twenty to nine.
Interviewer You have to get up early! What time do you leave school?
Student At quarter to five. We work hard.
Interviewer How many lessons do you have?
Student I have three lessons in the morning. Each lesson is 50 minutes long. Lunch is at five to one for an hour. Then we have three more lessons after lunch. After that, I do music or sport. Everybody has to learn a musical instrument in our school. And I’m in the hockey team. Then I go home – finally!
Interviewer That’s a long day.
Student Yes, I’m home at six o’clock. I always do homework for an hour. Then we have dinner. I go to bed at 9 p.m. I’m usually very tired!
1 F
2 T
3 T
Exercise 7
1 a
2 b
3 c
4 b
5 c
6 b