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D. Match the two parts of the questions.
Discuss with a partner.

1. Have your parents ever
2. Do you find it easy to concentrate
3. When you have to crack on with work,
4. What are your parents always
5. Have you ever had to

6. What projects and assignments
7. If you had to do a project on a famous scientist,
8. What’s the first thing you do

a. are you good at getting started, or do you find
other things to do first?
b. do you have to hand in this week?
c. grounded you?
d. on at you to do?
e. resit an exam?
f. when you break up for the summer?
g. when you’re revising for an exam?
h. who would you choose?

E. What do you think these phrases mean?

a. I’m grounded this weekend.
b. That sucks.
c. My parents are always on at me to tidy my
room.
d. You’ve finished the book! I’ve barely even read
the first page.
C. Write true (T) or false (F). e. Only three weeks until we break up!
1. Kacey recently failed an exam. f. I need to crack on with my project.

2. She’s being punished because she’s not doing
well in history.
F. Work with a partner and prepare dialogues for
3. Anya agrees with Kacey’s mum that Kacey might the situations below.
leave school before the end of the year.
Situation 1
4. Anya wishes she was more like her sister.
Student A: You’re Kacey’s mum, and you’ve just
5. Dario’s finished his project on Nikola Tesla.
found out she’s doing badly in History.
6. Anya’s project is on a scientist who helped Student B: You’re Kacey.
photograph a black hole.
Situation 2
7. Kacey’s done a lot of research into Lise Meitner.
Student B: You’re Dario’s dad, and you want him
8. Dario’s dad wants him to work during the holidays.
to get a part-time job during the summer.
9. Anya suggests Dario could be a lifeguard at the Student A: You’re Dario.
beach.
10. After the chat, Kacey’s going to study for her resit.

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