Unit 2: What’s School Like?

A. It’s the first day of school. Dave and Sean are talking about their new classes.
Complete the conversation. Use the words in the box.

Sean: Here’s my new schedule.

Dave: Look! I have math class with you. It’s my favorite class.
It’s fun. Do you like math?

Sean: No, I don’t. It’s not easy. It’s really challenging and difficult.

Dave: What’s your favorite class?

Sean: English is my favorite class.

Dave: I like English, too. It’s not boring. It’s very interesting.

Sean: And look! Mr. Simpkins is teaching the class.

Dave: He’s a great teacher. He’s smart, and he’s a lot of fun.

B. Ali is a new student. He is talking to his new friend, Fahd.
Complete the conversation. Use the words in the box.

Ali: Who are your friends?

Fahd: Amr is wearing the striped shirt. He plays on the basketball team.
He’s very tall.

Ali: Who is the boy with short brown hair?

Fahd: That’s Adnan. He’s in my computer club. He has lots of friends.

Ali: What’s he like?

Fahd: He’s smart and lots of fun.

Ali: And who is the boy with short black hair, in front of the window?

Fahd: His name is Imad. He’s really athletic. And he’s a tennis champion.

C. Make a conversation between Ted and Ahmed. Number the sentences in the correct order.

3 Ted: Does he play any sports?
5 Ted: Isn’t Tom in our English class? What does he look like?
7 Ted: What’s he like?
4 Ahmed: No, he doesn’t. He’s in the science club. But his brother, Tom, plays football.
8 Ahmed: He’s smart and very nice. And he’s good at English.
2 Ahmed: He’s tall. He has short black hair. And he has brown eyes.
6 Ahmed: Yes, he is. He’s tall, too. And he has curly black hair.

D. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. study / you / do / French

Do you study French.

2. Mr. Lee / science / teach / does

Does Mr. Lee teach science?

3. long / hair / has / blond / she

She has long blond hair.

4. has / red / a / Faisal / backpack

Faisal has a red backpack.

5. black / has / Imad / hair / short

Imad has short black hair.

6. DVD / player / new / has / Omar / a

Omar has a new DVD player.

7. don’t / chemistry / take / you

Don't you take chemistry?

E Read the sentences. Answer the questions.

1. One of the people in the picture is Steven’s friend. Steven’s friend doesn’t wear glasses.
He is short, and he has short blond hair. What’s the name of the friend?

Dean.

2. One of the people in the picture is Peter’s friend. His friend has short black hair and
wears glasses. His friend doesn’t have a bike. What’s the name of his friend?

John.

F Describe the people in the picture.

1. John is tall. He wears glasses. He has short black hair.

2. Dean is short. He has short blond hair. He has short blond hair. He plays tennis.

3. Clyve is short He has short blond hair. He has short blond hair. He plays tennis.

4. Kevin is tall. He has curly hair. He has a backpack.

5. Larry has short curly hair. He has a bike.

G Read the text. Write the name in the box next to each person in the teacher’s room.

Mr. Fletcher is the history teacher. He has blond hair and wears glasses. Mr. Collins teaches French. He’s short, and he has black hair.
The math teacher is Mr. Argano. He’s very intelligent. He doesn’t have any hair.
Mr. Johnson is tall and has black hair. He’s the PE teacher. Mr. Werner teaches science. He has white hair, and he isn’t very tall. He’s very nice.
Mr. Marsh is tall and thin. He has short blond hair, and he teaches language classes.

H WRITING

Write an email to a friend. Write about your school.

1. What subjects do you take?
2. What is your favorite class?
3. Who are your teachers?
4. Does your school have sports or clubs?
5. What sports or clubs are you in?

to: Hi Colin, subject: School is fun. I'm taking

message: Hi Colin, I study a lot of subjects in my school, like math, English, history, computer science, physical education, and art.

My favorite subject is art.

My teachers are Mr. Atkins, Mr. Jones, Mr. Bison, Mr. Carter, Mr. Suzuki, and Mr. Barajas.

I'm the team captain in my school football team.

It's great! I'm also in the Drama Club.