Do you like school?

A. What are the best and worst things about school? Look at the pictures. Then listen and write the
names of the activities/things you hear.

B. Who says what? Thomas, Jessie or Adam? Put a tick (✓) in the correct column.

Activities/Things Thomas Jessie Adam

1. h_____________

2. s__________ t_______

1 3. h_________ l________
2
4. m_________ c_______

5. d_________ l________

6. s_________ f________

4 5 6

C. Circle the correct option in each case.

1. Thomas likes school because he ______. 3. Jessie is good at ______.

a) can do sports there a) acting
b) has a lot of friends b) history
c) gets good grades c) maths

2. His teachers ______. 4. Adam can ______.

a) are boring a) sing and play the piano
b) are strict b) play the guitar and sing
c) give them too much homework c) sing and play the violin
UNIT 4 – School Time

TEST 4A

Name: _________________________________________________________ No. ______ Class _______

Date _____ / _____ / _____ Evaluation _____________________ Teacher ___________________

I – READING COMPREHENSION AND USE OF LANGUAGE

Read Steve’s webpage.

My day at school
Hi!
My name is Steve and I’m 13 years old. I go to “junior high”, also known as middle
school here. My school, Twelve Corners Middle School or TCMS, is located in the town
of Brighton, a suburb of Rochester, New York. It has approximately 900 students.
I’m in the 7th grade. I learn English, Math, Science, Social Studies (American
History), Spanish, Health, Orchestra, and Technology. I’m good at Social Studies but, to
be honest, I’m not so great at Technology. I also enjoy Science, but I’m not keen on
Spanish. School starts at about 7:45 and ends at 2:06 for people who don’t stay after
school. We just have five minute breaks between each class.
The kids here are 10–14 years old and we have 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th
grade. We attend school five days a week, from Monday to Friday, but we have
Saturday and Sunday off. I go to school on the bus and it’s just a few miles away from
my house. We have lunch at our school and I like lunches there.
In my school, we don’t wear uniforms. We just wear anything that we choose to
wear. However, for sports, we get team uniforms for the town of Brighton, where I
live. We don’t really have “Ceremonies”, but we have assemblies at times.
We have clubs after school, but they are just for different interests and not for
helping students with their homework. However, if you need help, you can just stay
after school with a teacher.

Our e-pals school website is http://sites.epals.com/tcms/.

 UNIT 4 – School Time

A. Complete the table about Steve’s school.

1. Name of his school

2. School location

3. Number of students

4. Daily school hours

5. Students’ age

6. Grades

7. Break times

B. Choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentences.

homework students team uniforms don’t wear do clubs

1. In Steve’s school, kids _____________ uniforms. However,

they get ____________ for their hometown when they
_____________ sports.
2. There are _____________ after school, but students don’t do
their _____________ there.
3. Teachers help their ____________ after school when they
need tutoring.

C. Answer these questions about the text.

1. How old is Steve and what grade is he in?
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. What subject is he good at?
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. What subject doesn’t he like?
__________________________________________________________________________________
4. How many days a week does he go to school?
__________________________________________________________________________________
5. Where does he have lunch?
__________________________________________________________________________________
6. How does he get to school?
__________________________________________________________________________________
7. How far is his school from his house?
__________________________________________________________________________________
G. Make sentences in the past continuous. Supply the missing words.
1. 8 o’clock yesterday / Steve / get / ready to go out / .
____________________________________________________________________
2. His parents / not prepare / dinner / .
____________________________________________________________________
3. What / you / study / the school library / ?
____________________________________________________________________

II – WRITING
What do you like/dislike about school? What is your favourite part of the school day? Write about
80 words on these subjects.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

TEST 4A
6. teeth
I
A.
1. Twelve Corners Middle School or TCMS.
2. (In the town of) Brighton, (a suburb of) Rochester, New York.
3. Approximately 900 students.
4. From about 7:45 to 2:06 for people who don’t stay after school.
5. 10–14 years old.
6. 6th, 7th and 8th grades.
7. Five minute breaks between each class.
B.
1. don’t wear / team uniforms / do
2. clubs / homework
3. students
C.
1. He’s 13 years old and he’s in the 7th grade.
2. He’s good at Social Studies.
3. He doesn’t like Spanish.
4. He goes to school five days a week, from Monday to Friday.
5. He has lunch at school and he likes lunches there.
6. He goes to school on the bus / by bus.
7. It’s just a few miles away from his house.
G.
1. At 8 o’clock yesterday Steve was getting ready to go out.
2. His parents weren’t preparing dinner.
3. What were you studying in the school library?
 Read the following text carefully.
What we like about our school
Dale

I adore my Maths teacher. She knows everything about numbers and I can ask her
anything. I like doing calculations, geometry and algebra and the fantastic projects that we
carry out. Sometimes we take part in interschool Maths competitions. That’s an interesting
experience. At the moment we’re studying Geometry, all those angles and calculations are
fascinating. I love the activities our school has to offer, like football and rugby. Last year I
was part of the rugby team and we won almost all our games.

Christine

In my school at the moment, there’s a super competition that tests our dancing skills,
called So you think you can dance. All you have to do is create a dance routine to
your favourite music. I must say that I like my school very much. I’m an excellent
student, but if there is one subject that I don’t really like, it’s Geography. I have a lot of
difficulty finding countries on maps!

Chase

I hate homework and studying, but I like going to school to be with my pals. I love the
extracurricular activities because there’s no homework. I practise football and tennis
after my lessons. I started playing football four years ago. It’s a lot of fun. I’m good at
football and I won two medals last year. My football idol is Cristiano Ronaldo. I know
he’s not British, but he’s the greatest player ever.

Melanie

Drama is my favourite subject at school. In drama classes you can become someone
else which is a lot of fun. This is my childhood fantasy. I want to become an
international actress and star with Taylor Lautner. My drama teacher is really sweet. I
hate Spanish because I don’t understand it and it’s really boring. I also don’t like
sports.

A. Now say whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) and correct
the false ones.

1. Dale doesn’t like going to school. _______________________________________

2. Christine is good at all her school subjects. ________________________________

3. Chase hates his school activities. _______________________________________

4. Melanie likes drama because there is no homework. ________________________

5. She doesn’t like Spanish because her teacher is very strict. ___________________

B. Now answer the following questions on the texts.

1. Why does Dale like his Maths teacher?

____________________________________________________________________

2. What sort of competition is there at Christine’s school at the moment?

____________________________________________________________________
 3. What do they do in this competition?

____________________________________________________________________
4. What doesn’t Chase like about his school?
____________________________________________________________________
5. What does Chase like about his school?
____________________________________________________________________

6. What sports does he play at school?

____________________________________________________________________
7. Which subjects does Melanie enjoy at school and why?
____________________________________________________________________
8. What does Melanie dislike about school?
____________________________________________________________________
9. And you? Who is your favourite teacher?
____________________________________________________________________

C. Find equivalent words/phrases in the text for the following.

1. wonderful __________________________________________________________

2. the study of maps and countries ________________________________________

3. friends ____________________________________________________________

C. Put the following verbs in the rectangle in the Past Simple and insert them in the correct sentence.
1. My teachers ___________________ our homework in class.

2 Last year I ___________________ to Spain by bus.

to be to travel to go to love to act
3. We ___________________
to play (not)toabroad
study on holiday.
to correct
4. My mother ___________________ ill last month.

5. Chase ___________________ visiting Scotland.

6. Melanie ___________________ at the local theatre.

7. Chase ___________________ football yesterday.

8. Dale ___________________ Maths at school.

A. Now ask questions for the following statements.

1. Dale is playing football with his friends.

Who ____________________________________________________________?

2. Yes, Christine loved the school trip.

Did Christine _____________________________________________________?

3. Chase gets up at eleven o’clock at the weekend.

What time _______________________________________________________?

4. Chase isn’t going to do his homework.

 What ___________________________________________________________?

5. Melanie is going to be an actress in the future.

What ___________________________________________________________?

C. Put the following verbs in the Past Simple. All verbs are regular except to be.

1. My teachers ________________________ (to correct) our homework in class.

2. Last year I ________________________ (to travel) to Spain by bus

3. We ________________________ (not to travel) abroad on holiday.

4. My mother ________________________ (to be) ill last month.

5. Chase ________________________ (to love) visiting Scotland.

6. Melanie ________________________ (to act) at the local theatre.

7. Chase ________________________ (to play) football yesterday.

8. Dale ________________________ (to study) maths at school.

Now in about 50-80 words explain what you like and

don’t like about your school.
My school is _____________ I go to school ______________
__________________________________________________
I have friends ______________________________________
__________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_______________
I like ______________________ in my school. I also like ______________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
I don’t like ______________________ in my school. I also don’t like _____________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
In conclusion I ________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

Atividade A
Selecionar informação do texto para preencher a tabela.

1 False. Dale likes everything about school.

2 False. She’s not good at Geography.

5 x 1 ponto = 5
3 True
0,5 ponto –
4 False. She likes drama because she thinks it’s fun to be able to become someone else. verdadeiro/falso
5 False. She doesn’t like Spanish, because she doesn’t understand it and she thinks it’s 0,5 ponto – correção
boring.
Certo/errado
 Atividade B
Responder a perguntas de interpretação sobre o texto.

1 Dale’s Maths teacher knows everything about numbers and answers all his questions.
2 At Christine’s school there’s a dancing competition called So you think you can dance.
3 Students have to create and demonstrate a dance routine to their favourite music.
4 He doesn’t like classes, homework and studying.
5 He adores the extracurricular activities and being with his friends.
6 He plays football and tennis. 9 x 2 pontos = 18
7 She enjoys drama because she’s able to become someone else, which is a childhood
fantasy of hers.
8 She doesn’t like Spanish.
9 Open answer.
Dedução de 0,5 pontos por erros gramaticais.
Dedução de 0,5 ponto por erros ortográficos.

Atividade C
Encontrar sinónimos no texto.

1 fantastic
2 Geography
3 pals
5 x 1 ponto = 5
4 drama
5 boring
Certo/errado

III. Vocabulary
Tradução de vocábulos para Português.
1 disciplinas
2 quadro
3 clube de teatro
4 ginásio
5 trabalho de casa
6 borracha 10 x 1 ponto = 10
7 sala de aula
8 jogo
9 professor de matemática
10 alunos
Certo/errado

IV. Grammar

Atividade A
Formular perguntas para respostas previamente definidas.

1 What time does Chase get up at the weekend?

2 Did Christine love/like the school trip?
3 What isn’t Chase going to do?
5 x 1 ponto = 5
4 What is Melanie going to be in the future?
5 Who is Dale playing with?
Dedução de 0,5 ponto por erros gramaticais ou informação incompleta.

Atividade C
Selecionar e conjugar os verbos no passado simples.

1 corrected
8 x 2 pontos = 16
2 travelled
3 didn’t go

4 was

5 loved

6 acted

7 played

8 studied

Dedução de 1 ponto pela incorreta seleção da forma verbal.

2. Complete the text with was / were.

(1)
When I was twelve, I moved to a new school. Only boys studied there; girls went to a different
(2)
school. Some people think that it was a bad thing to be in a school like this, but I don’t think so.
There (3) were more sports, like rugby and baseball. With girls, we don’t play those games! We also had
a school uniform. There (4 was a lot of rules we didn’t like – don’t wear earrings, don’t bring your iPod
to school, don’t use your telephone in the school – just “don’t, don’t, don’t!” all the time. My sister,
Jane, (5) was in the girl’s school, but she liked it there.

3. Write the Past Simple of the verbs.

Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple

run open
sing drive
write study
stop swim
dance paint

4. Complete the text with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise and Michelle Pfeiffer were all victims of bullying, but they all
followed their dreams and (1)became (become) famous actors. They (2) didn’t let (not let) the bully stop
their dream. They (3) grew (grow) up and (4) worked (work) hard to get what they wanted.

5. Write the verbs in the Past Simple.

a. That’s a nice man. Where did you meet (meet / you) him?
b. Did Samantha study (Samantha / study) in her room last night?
c. What restaurants did you try (try / you) in Las Vegas?
d. We weren’t (be / not) very lucky with the weather.
e. Yesterday I rode (ride) my longboard all the way to my house.
f. I’m sad because Richard didn’t want (not / want) to teach me.
g. Last year John drove (drive) to Russia.