Name: .............................................

Nguyn Thanh Hi Date: ......................................... Esl 6.1 – Session 13

SESSION 13 – HOMEWORK
Exercise 1: Match the halves
1. If Tanya paid more attention in class a. found out he wasn’t attending classes 1 - ...........
e

2. Heather and I are old friends b. because I had to go to the dentist 2 - ...........
f

3. Jenny was the brightest student c. taught the class c

3 - ...........
4. Our teacher was absent, so the headmaster d. she was always top of the class 4 - ...........
d

5. I missed my class this morning e. she’d better marks in her tests 5 - ...........
b

6. He got into trouble when his father f. I was in the same class as her at a
6 - ...........
school
Exercise 2: Complete the short paragraphs
staff primary school pupils learn start
terms play – school compulsory mixed

Bobby’s parents decided to send him to a (a) ..... when he was three. They wanted him to (b) ..... to play
with other children. In Britain children must, by law, (c) .... school at the age of five. Education is (d)
......... from then. Bobby’s first real school was the (e)........ There are three (f) ........ a year and holidays
at Christmas, Easter and in summer. The (g) ...... are boys and girls together, so it’s a (h) ............ school.
The teachers on the (i) ........ are young and friendly. Bobby likes the school.
a. .............................................
primary school d. ..............................................
mixed g. ................................................
pupils
staff
b. ..............................................
learn e. ..............................................
play school h. .............................................
c. ..............................................
start f................................................
terms i. .................................................
compulsory

Exercise 3: Reading – Read and answer these following questions

SEAN MURPHY
Sean Murphy reads the late news on British television at 11 o’clock each evening.
This is a good time for a news program because we can report the early news from America and the late
news from Europe. I still arrive home before midnight because the journey from the Television Center
to my home in North London only takes 6 minutes. My family are all asleep when I get in, but I usually
make a drink of hot milk and read a book about an hour.
“I always get up to have breakfast with my three children before they catch the school bus. Then I take
the newspapers and go back to bed for short time. Later on, I go for a swim – newsreaders spend too
much time sitting down! I sometimes go running. I’ve done the London Marathon twice. That’s a race
of over 40 kilometers. I finished each time, but I wasn’t among the first!
“I start work after lunch at two o’clock, then I go to my office. The rest of the day is spent planning the
programme, but I always try to go home for an hour to see my children before they go to bed”

1. Sean Murphy lives in London True False Not Given

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2. Sean’s wife gives him a hot drink when he arrives home after True False Not Given
work
3. Sean takes his children to school in the morning True False Not Given
4. Sean likes to go swimming with his colleagues from work True False Not Given
5. Sean has won the London Marathon True False Not Given
6. Sean’s working day begins in the afternoon True False Not Given
7. Sean usually leaves the office for an hour during the evening True False Not Given
Exercise 4: Fill the text with suitable words
............. - turn off .............. - meet ................ - listen to ................ - eat
............. - start work .............. - buy ................ - leave home ................ - phone
............. - have dinner .............. - watch TV ................ - get up ................ - lie
............. - go to bed .............. - goes off ................ - find out ................ - set
............. - have a break .............. - brush ................ - get home ................ - catch
............. - have a shower .............. - finish ................ - have ................ - read
breakfast
............. - fall asleep .............. - pop into ................ - get dressed ...... 1....... - wake up
............. - go to ............ - have lunch

I usually (1) at 7.00 when my alarm clock (2). I (3) it straight away and then usually just (4) there in bed
for another five or ten minutes before I finally (5). I go to the bathroom, (6), (7) my teeth and then (8). I
usually (9) – cornflakes, toast, a boiled egg and coffee – at about 7.40. While I (10), I normally (11) the
news on the radio. I (12) at about 7.50. I always (13) Mr. Brown the newsagent’s on my way to the
station to (14) a daily newspaper. I (15) the eight o’clock train to work and usually (16) the newspaper
on it. I (17) at 9.00 and (18) at 5.00. At eight o’clock we (19) for tea or coffee and I always (20) at 12.30
– I usually go with some friends to an Italian restaurant just round the corner.
I (21) from work at about six o’clock and (22) at 7.00. Most evenings I stay at home and (23) Sometimes,
I (24) my friends at the pub or (25) the cinema. Twice a week I (26) my mother for a chat and to (27)
how everyone is.
I nearly always (28) at 11.00 or 11.15 on weekdays, and the last thing I do before I (29) is to (30) the
alarm clock for the next day
Exercise 5: Complete the sentences with a word from the box to make sentences for giving
opinions.
agree opinion sure think
1. In my _______________
opinion we should all have some time to do things we enjoy.
2. I’m _______________
think that exercise is really important for everyone.
3. I don’t _______________
agree that we should do a lot of homework.
4. I _______________
sure it’s a good idea to have a hobby.
Exercise 6: Choose the correct option in italics.

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1. I used to enjoy/ was enjoying history when I was in primary school but now it’s very difficult.
2. He gave/ was giving a presentation in the communication skills class when the computer stopped/ was
stopping working.
3. Did you spend/ Were you spending a lot of money when you were on holiday last year?
4. It was raining/ used to rain when we left the house but later the sun came/ was coming out.
5. I played/ was playing on my phone when I received/ was receiving a text.
6. My parents didn’t use to let/ weren’t letting me go out on school days.
7. The children made/ were making so much noise in the playground that they didn’t hear/ weren’t
hearing the bell.
8. We decided/ were deciding to have a cup of coffee while we used to shop/ were shopping in the city
center.
Exercise 7: Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
A TERRIBLE TRIP!
On the day of the school trip I __________________
wake up (1. wake up) as usual at 8 o’clock to go to school.
leaved
I __________________ (2. leave) the house when I realized I __________________
didn't have (3. not have) my
ran
sandwiches, so I __________________ (4. run) back inside. I __________________
set off (5. set off) again
and I __________________
was walking (6. walk) along the road when suddenly it __________________
started (7. start)
to rain. At that moment, my friend Alice __________________
was coming (8. come) past in her mother’s car and
wasw
they __________________
stopped (9. stop) to pick me up. The excursion (10. be) to the wildlife park about 15
arrive
minutes from our town. When we __________________ (11. arrive) at school, the bus was waiting
outside, so we __________________
got on (12. get on) and sat down.
Alice and I __________________
talked (13. talk), so we __________________
didn't notice (14. not notice) the other
looked
students on the bus. Half an hour later we __________________ (15. look) out of the window. We
__________________
were (16. be) at the museum, not in the park! We looked at the other people around us
saw
and we __________________ (17. see) they were from another class. It __________________
was (18. be)
the wrong bus.

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