School started at 8:50 in the morning and finished at 3:35 in the afternoon. There was a snack break at 10:30 and a lunch break at 1:15.
My school was not very big, it had about 800 students. Today it has about 1100 students. The school is co-educational, it teaches to both girls and boys. When I studied there it was compulsory to study a foreign language, I chose to study French. The other choices were Chinese or German.
We also had to study English, Geography, History, Maths, Science and PE. Once you were in year nine you were allowed to start choosing what subjects to study. The only compulsory subjects at year nine were English and maths.
We also had sports and clubs at school. I joined the chess club in year nine and for sports I did cross country and soccer.
Answer these questions:
What colours was the school uniform and why?
When was the lunch break?
How many students does the school have today?
How many foreign languages did the school teach and what were they?
What were you allowed to do in year nine?
What does co-educational mean?
What were the compulsory subjects in year nine?
Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks:
When I had to go to ______, 10 years ago, we had to wear a ______. The school uniform was _____, in year 11 and 12 you were allowed to wear a maroon coloured uniform. The maroon uniform _____ everyone that you were in year 11 or 12.
School started at 8:50 in the morning and finished at 3:35 in the afternoon. There was a ______ break at 10:30 and a lunch break at 1:15.
My school was not very ____, it had about 800 students. Today it has about 1100 students. The school is co-educational, it ________ to both girls and boys. When I studied there it was compulsory to study a foreign language, I chose to study French. The other choices were ________ or _______.
We also had to study English, ________, History, Maths, Science and PE. Once you ______ in year nine you were allowed to start choosing what subjects to study. The only __________ subjects at year nine were English and maths.
We also had sports and clubs at school. I ______ the chess club in year nine and for sports I did cross country and soccer.
Listen to the recording and cross out the differences:
When we had to go to
School started at 4 o’clock in the morning and finished at 3:35 in the afternoon. There was a food break at 10:30 and a lunch break at 1:15.
My home was not very big, it had about 800 stores. Today it has about 1100 students. The school is co-educational, it teaches to both boys and girls. When I worked there it was compulsory to study a foreign language, I chose to study Farsi. The other choices were Cantonese or Greek.
We also had to study English, Geography, History, Maths, Science and PE. Once you were in year twelve you were forced to start choosing what books to study. The only compulsory subjects at year nine were English and maths.
We also had sports and clubs at school. I quit the chess club in year nine and for sports I played cross country and soccer.
Put the underlined parts in the correct order:
When I had to years to school go 10 ago, we had to wear a uniform. The school uniform was blue, in year 11 and 12 you were allowed to wear a maroon coloured uniform. The maroon uniform were showed that everyone you in year 11 or 12.
School started at 8:50 in finished the and morning at 3:35 in the afternoon. There was a at snack break 10:30 and a lunch break at 1:15.
My school was not very big, it students about had 800. Today it has about 1100 students. The school is co-educational, it teaches to both girls and boys. When I studied there it was compulsory foreign to a study language, I chose to study French. The other choices were Chinese or German.
We also had to study English, Geography, History, Maths, Science and PE. Once you year were were in nine you allowed to start choosing what subjects to study. The only compulsory were subjects year at nine English and maths.
We clubs also had and sports at school. I joined the chess club in year nine and for sports I cross did country and soccer.
