Page 54 - Grasp English B1+ (Workbook)

5 A Mysterious Case

Writing

A. Discuss with a partner.

1. How many different schools have you been to?
2. Do you remember your first day of school this
year?
3. How did you feel about going back to school
after the holidays?
Being the new kid again
B. Imagine you’re starting a new school. Why might
you experience these different feelings? Discuss I always feel nervous when I start a new school,
with a partner. even though I should be used to it by now.
• embarrassment My mum’s in the army, and so we’ve moved
• happiness around a bit. It’s always hard to say goodbye to
• excitement the friends I’ve made in a place, but we keep
• sadness in touch.
• nerves Usually, I start at the beginning of the school
year, but my mum got transferred in March this
C. Answer the questions according to the text. time, and so I started later than everyone else.

1. Why has the writer attended different schools? I remember walking into the class on the first
day – everyone turned to look at me, and the
2. Why didn’t the writer start at the same time as teacher made me introduce myself. I felt really
the other students?
embarrassed because I can’t stand talking in
3. How did the writer feel on their first day? front of lots of people.
4. What was the writer thankful for? At the end of that first lesson, a couple of
students came up to me and offered to take
D. Write an essay (120–180 words) answering one me to the next room. We sat together in all our
of the following questions: lessons that day, and now they’re two of my
best friends.
• How did you meet your best friend?
Having someone help you when you’re new
• Have you ever won a competition?
really makes you feel welcome.
• Do you remember your first English class?

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