Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7 - Pay attention for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs and answer the question. Then listen again and check your answers.

Answer

  1. Because the class doesn’t pay attention. One student always walks in 20 minutes late, doesn’t apologise, and then sits there looking bored. He’s got no pen, no paper, nothing. The advice is to set some rules. If they talk, send them to the headmaster or give them a detention.
  2. The student didn’t get the IELTS score they needed and so can’t do the Master’s. She’s going to ring the course leader and see if they’ll accept her with a 6. If not, she’ll either retake the test or she might look for another Master’s.
  3. If students miss a deadline for an assignment, they get given a zero. Two exceptions are mentioned: for certain cases affecting immediate family; and for illness if a doctor’s certificate is produced within two days of the deadline. 
  4. Her daughter is doing well at her new school. She was bored at the other school, which was also a bit rough. The new school has a good reputation and they wear nice uniforms!