Student’s worksheet: Our schooldays Warmer – Subjects at school Complete the crossword using the clues below. Across 1. Called PE for short (8, 9) 2. Using numbers (5) Down 1. Singing and playing instruments (5) 2. Studying the past (7) 3. Physics, biology and chemistry (7) 4. Learning about plants and animals (7) 5. Learning about countries (9) 6. Drawing and painting (3) 7. Also called information technology (8, 7) 1 © British Council 2014 Student’s worksheet: Our schooldays Task 1 – Memories Talk to your group about your memories of secondary school. Use some of the questions below: 1. Did you like school? Why/Why not? 2. What did you enjoy doing at school? 3. What did you dislike about school? 4. Did you have a favourite teacher? What was his/her name? What subject did he/she teach? Why did you like them so much? Task 2 – 1st video viewing Look at the statements below. Watch the video and decide which are true and which are false. Write T for true and F for false. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Anne loved secondary school. She wasn’t good at any subjects. She was good at some languages. She didn’t like history. She wasn’t good at maths and science. She loved sport. Check your answers with a partner. Talk about why the answers are true or false. Task 3 – 2nd video viewing Watch the clip again. Write expressions Anne uses that are positive or negative in the correct column. ✔ ✖ good at some subjects 2 © British Council 2014 Student’s worksheet: Our schooldays Task 4 – Jumbled sentences Put the words in the correct order to make sentences about Anne. 1. didn’t Anne her like very secondary much school. 2. She was history interested really in. 3. at was good She English French and. 4. was She terrible and maths at science. 5. She was didn’t hockey because she like of the scared ball. 6. She wasn’t on secondary keen very school. Task 5 – Dictation (15 mins) Write the sentences your partner tells you. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Cooler Use the grid below to play the adjective and preposition game. Fill the boxes with prepositions. Take turns to make sentences about your schooldays using an adjective and preposition. The first person to complete a line is the winner. This material is based on: http://esol.britishcouncil.org/grammar-lessons/grammar-lesson-school-memories (Note: Use the ESOL Nexus website to do some grammar practice at home) 3 © British Council 2014