TEST 27

16 pink    17 Spring    18 September 19 40 / forty    20 8 / eight Audioscript Woman:   Welcome to York Garden Centre! How can I help you? Boy:   I’m looking for a plant for my mum’s birthday. What’s this one called? Woman:   Sweet William. Some people think its name comes from the writer William Shakespeare. Boy:   That’s interesting. What colour will the flowers be on this one? Woman:   This type is pink, but they can also be red or purple. It’ll be very pretty. Boy:   Good. When will the flowers come? Woman:   Every spring. Then you need to cut them before the summer, so they return next year. Boy:   OK. When should I put it outside? Woman:   Well, it’s August now. Wait until September to put it in the garden. Boy:   How tall will it grow? Woman:   Some types are only fifteen centimetres tall, but in two or three years this one’ll be forty centimetres tall. Leave space for it! Boy:   I’d like to buy it. How much is it? Woman:   The normal price is ten pounds but it’s only eight pounds this week because we have a special discount. Boy:   Great!

21 train    22 1.15 23 fishing    24 (£) 12 / twelve    25 Aster Audioscript Woman:   Good morning students! I hope you’re enjoying your stay here in the mountains. Now, I’ve got some information about tomorrow’s day trip to North Lake. The bus is always very busy at this time of year, so we’ll take the train. You’ll see some beautiful countryside on the journey. To join the trip, please be here at one fifteen. You can have lunch in the café here at twelve thirty before we go. When we’re there, you can choose to go walking with me, or fishing with Mr Thomas. But no swimming – the water’s to cold at this time of year. Your ticket will cost eight pounds and you’ll want some money to spend at the shop so bring twelve pounds, please. Now, this is important. We’ll meet to return to the station at the end of the day outside the Aster Hotel, next to the lake. That’s A-S-T-E-R. So, who would like to come?

TEST 28

16 2 17 strong 18 300 19 bus tickets    20 24 Audioscript Man:   Good morning. South Field Farm. How can I help? Girl:   I’m phoning about your job advertisement in this week’s newspaper. Man:   Yes. We’re looking for a student to be a farm worker during the holidays. Girl:   What are the hours? Man:   You’ll start at six-thirty am and finish at two p.m. There’s a break for lunch at twelve fifteen. Girl:   OK. Are you looking for anything special? Man:   You’ll be working with soft fruit, so it’s important that you’re careful and strong – the boxes get heavy. Girl:   Is the money good? Man:   Our farm workers usually get three hundred and twenty-five pounds a week, but in this job you’ll get three hundred pounds a week. Girl:   Why’s that? Man:   Because lunch is included. But you do have to pay for your bus tickets. Girl:   OK. I’d like the job. What should I do now? Man:   You need to send me your details, including your address and phone number, before the tenth of May. The job starts on the twenty-fourth of May. I’ll let you know next week if we need you.

21 blue    22 3   23 8.30 24 cake    25 watch   Audioscript Man:   Good evening everyone, and thanks for coming to the cycling club meeting. Now, every year we enter teams in the Cardiff Bike Race, so here’s some information about this year’s competition. Pens ready? OK. The race is next week, on the twenty-second of September. You can’t wear your normal black T-shirts and shorts because another club uses those colours. We’ll wear blue instead. Make sure you pack the right ones, please. There’ll be four teams with three people on each team. Steven, Petra, Luke and Alice – you’ve been before so you can help the others. On the day, make sure you get up and have breakfast by seven a.m., so when the race starts at eight-thirty, you’re ready. At twenty kilometres, there’ll be a place for snacks, with cake and orange juice. No chocolate, I’m afraid! Don’t have too much or you’ll feel sick. Last year’s first prize was cycling shirts. This year, the winners will each get the latest sports watch! Good luck everyone!

TEST 1

6   Thursdays     7   4:20

8   Taylor     9   0779386521     10   library

Woman:   Now, I want to tell you about a new school music club. It’ll begin on the fifteenth of September and there will be classes once a week until December the eighteenth.

Let me check the day … Because there’s the sports club on Wednesdays, the music club will be on Thursdays.

It’ll be after school. Your last lessons finish at ten to four and you can have a break before the music club because it starts at twenty past four and ends at five o’clock.

Here’s some information about the teacher. His name’s Mr Taylor. I’ll spell that for you T-A-Y-L-O-R. You don’t know him because he’s new.

If your parents would like to phone him, he’s happy for me to give you his phone number. It’s zero-double seven-nine, three-eight-six, five-two-one.

Oh, you need to know where to go for the club. It’s going to be in the library. Use the doors next to the art room because the other doors won’t be open then.