BACK TO SCHOOL

EXERCISE 1

1. Three or four
2. Because he has much longer holidays (about ‘three times’ the five weeks they have).
3. Because they say he and his mates mess around too much.
4. Because it seemed too far away.
5. He won’t be bored any more (because he’ll see his friends more often), and he won’t have
to study some of the subjects he didn’t like.
6. Six and seven
7. Seven o’clock
8. ‘Sweet’ and ‘awful’ respectively

EXERCISE 2
1. T              
2. F 
3. T 
4. D 
5. D 
6. F 
7. T 
8. D 
9. F
10. T

RELATED WEBSITES

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7590000/newsid_7590500/7590556.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7418899.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/sep/01/primaryschools.schools