8th form Units 19-20

READING

Look at the notices and messages below. Read each one and choose the correct answer: a, b or c.

Mrs Johnson is

a warning students what will happen tomorrow if they forget their materials.

b reminding students what they need to take to the gallery.

c suggesting what the students’ pictures could be about.

a Mum is coming home from work early to check on Luke and the builder.

b Mum wants Luke to phone her when the builder starts work.

c Mum thinks the noise from the builder might stop Luke finishing his work.

a There may not be many school magazines left for students to read.

b There are three places where students can collect copies of the magazine.

c There are lots of students who are going quickly to get the school magazine.

What is Mr James doing?

a ordering his students to go to a school event tomorrow

b suggesting ways to use ideas from an event in their class work

c recommending an event that he thinks will be valuable for his students

If you buy this month’s Puzzles magazine, you’ll get

a a free gift.

b the answers to a puzzle.

c the chance to win a cash prize.

LISTENING

Listen to an interview on the radio with two schoolmates who both work on their school magazine. Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.

1 Why did Callum and Gemma’s school first start producing a magazine?

a The headteacher wanted to find a way to improve student’s writing.

b The students asked their head teacher if they could do it.

c The school wanted its students to get some work experience.

2 Callum says that inside the magazine, there are

a interviews with celebrities.

b good-quality photos.

c letters from readers.

3 What does Gemma do on the magazine?

a She gives people a subject to write about.

b She corrects other people’s work.

c She writes a lot of articles.

4 What has Gemma found difficult about working on the magazine?

a keeping to deadlines

b doing interviews with people

c writing about school sport

5 What are Gemma and Callum most proud of on the magazine?

a the cover they produce to put on it

b the stories that students write for it

c the information in it about favourite bands

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

Sebastian: ‘My cousin will arrive soon.’

Sebastian said that his cousin ___________ arrive soon.