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exams at a school in Britain
1. Relative clauses and contact clauses. Put in the correct relative pronoun: who, which or whose.
In the staff room
In the staff room, some teachers are talking about Barbara.
Mr Old: You know the girl
is taking
photos all over the school?
Mrs Boyle: That's Barbara Klein - the girl
family came
here from Germany two and a half years ago. Remember?
Mr Old: Barbara Climb? She isn't anybody
I have ever
taught.
Mr Dodson: She's the one
German is so
good. Not surprising, really.
Miss Drakeford: She says she's helping a cousin
lives in
Cologne.
Mr Old: But all these photos
she is taking.
How are they going to help her cousin?
Miss Drakeford: They're for a report about British schools
he has to give
at his school in Germany.
Mr Old: Do you think that's right? The teacher
gets the report
may think the boy did it himself.
Miss Drakeford: Oh, I'm sure he won't. and you know, some of the pictures
she's taken are
really good.
Now read the dialogue again and cross out the relative pronoun where possible.
2. Relative pronouns. Put in who or which where necessary, i.e. leave them out where you can.
Games at British schools
2.1. "Games" is a subject
is very
important at most British schools. There are school lessons every afternoon from
Monday to Friday, so there is a lot of time
for games.
2.2. In the winter months, football or rugby are the games
boys play at
school, and hockey is the game
you usually see
at girls' schools.
2.3. In summer, cricket and tennis are the games
are most
popular.
2.4. Nearly all schools have teams
play against
other schools, and every year there are meetings in London at
school teams
from all over
Britain play against each other.
2.5. For boys and girls
enjoy playing
games, this is fine.
2.6. But there are a lot of young people for
team games are
no fun at all: boys
have to play
rugby and hate it; girls
have to run
about with a hockey stick when there are other things they like doing much better. It can be a problem.
3. Tenses. Fill in either the simple present or the present progressive.
3.1. - Where's Susanna? (she/listen) to Radio One again in her tent?
- Yes, she
(listen) to
Tony Blackburn's pop programme. She
(always
listen) to it after lunch.
3.2. - Alan isn't very lively. He
(usually / not
speak) much to the other children.
- Oh, I
(not know).
Look over there. He
(talk) to Vera
- about computers, of course.
3.3 -
(you / often
write) to your German pen-friend, Megan?
- Well, I
(usually send)
her a letter every month. But at the moment I
(wait) for a
letter from her.
4. Reading comprehension. Read the text carefully before you answer the questions below in complete sentences.
Where Londoners live ...
Tourists usually see only a very small part of London. They visit the sights, or
they go to the big stores, theatres and cinemas in the West End. But this is
London, too.
In areas like Brixton in South London and the East End, a lot of houses and
buildings are very old and shabby. Most people there are poor. The parents of
many
young people once came from India, Pakistan or the West Indies.
Houses and flats in the nice parts of London are very expensive. They cost so
much that even most people with good jobs cannot pay for them. So many people
live in the towns and villages outside London. Of course they must travel a long way to work. Two or three hours every day in a train is quite normal for some
of these commuters.
Annotations:
sights: Sehenswürdigkeiten;
West End: part of London;
shabby: schäbig;
commuters: Pendler
4.1. State which part of London the tourist usually do not see and explain why.
4.2. Explain why many people come to London to work every day from very far away.
4.3. Why, do you think, is London so interesting for tourists?