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First day at school

Students walking into school

Listen to the conversation and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

Instructions

Do the preparation exercise before you listen. Then do the other exercises to check your understanding.

Preparation

Do this exercise before you listen.

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Transcript

Tania: Hi. I'm Tania. What's your name?

Jing: Hello. My name's Jing.

Tania: Nice to meet you, Jing. What class are you in?

Jing: I'm in class 1B. And you?

Tania: Me too. I'm in Class 1B too.

Jing: Who's our teacher?

Tania: Mr Smith.

Jing: And where's our classroom?

Tania: This way. Come with me.

Jing: OK. Great.

Worksheets and downloads

First day at school - exercises261.54 KB
First day at school - answers257.49 KB
First day at school - transcript237.96 KB
Discussion

Do you like school? Why or why not?

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A1 English level (elementary)
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Comments

Submitted by cian007 on Thu, 06/13/2019 - 15:55

i like going to school because i talk with my friends and meet other peoples

Submitted by Thu on Wed, 06/12/2019 - 03:35

I don't know because there are some things I like and some things I don't. And which I don't like is studying (just some subject). I'm going to school at noon so the temperature is too hot, and there are some lessons is too hard with me, but I need to take great scores. It makes me feel stress. Which I like in going to school is chat and play with friends. They make me laugh and make me forget some individual troubles. So I'm not so sure.

Submitted by shhouug on Tue, 01/22/2019 - 15:52

no i don't like school that much because schools are in the morning and i'm not actually a morning person maybe i'll love it if it is in the afternoon

Submitted by nguyenninh on Tue, 10/09/2018 - 07:56

I like going to school because I will meet everyone, my friend and I can contact to action community in the school.

Submitted by den4ik_228 on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 15:28

Hello guys i dont like school because of my teachers . I always bored on my lessons and they always give us a lot of homework. but I like school because there i have a lot of friends to have fun
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Submitted by khanhlinh92004 on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 08:34

I like school where taught me a lot of meaningful lessons in my life. I like school where I sent all of my childhood memories with my friends. I like school where I cried a lot on my first day at school. I love my school.

Submitted by UrbaezEdith on Sun, 07/08/2018 - 00:24

I like the school because i can share with my friends and have good memories with they, i miss it because university its more complicate and difficult than the school.

Submitted by Kostia on Tue, 03/20/2018 - 13:46

l like my school.It is new and modern.There are about 800 pupils there and l have many good friends.

Submitted by Grozinho on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 15:03

I like school. I learn things there, I've got some friends. But it's mostly because I get lonely in my house so I prefer staying in school.
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Submitted by myname on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 13:56

Yes, I love it very much because at there, I can play with my friends, study many subjects and have a lot of useful information.

Submitted by phuong (not verified) on Sun, 08/30/2015 - 07:17

I really like school cuz i can learn many thing in there as valuable lesson, necessary skills, interesting knowledge. I have many friends and they're cute and kind. Especially, I love my teacher.
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