Five sentences have been removed from the text below. Choose from the sentences A-G the
one which fits each gap. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.
I was much more confident than before.
None of them spoke any French.
It's often difficult for us to get the teacher’s attention.
Usually all my lessons are the same.
However, at the college there were huge electronic boards.
This helps me to improve my communication skills.
This allowed each student to get more individual attention.

My experience at Summer school
by Francoise Armand, aged 13

Last summer I went to a summer school in Oxford to study English. We studied at a college
where adults normally study. The classrooms were very modern. In my classroom at school, the
teacher writes on a blackboard. (1) _____. The teacher could display photos or video clips on it. It
was really cool.
The summer school was different from my normal school in France. The classes were a lot
smaller. We only had sixteen pupils in the class in Oxford, but at my school in France there are over
thirty-five. (2) _____. It was also easier for the teacher to control the class, which meant that we
wasted less time.
The lessons were a lot different from the kind of lessons I’m used to. At my normal school, we
have a course book and we spend our lessons doing exercises from it. (3) _____. At summer school,
though, we did lots of different activities, such as games, songs and role plays. Because of the variety,
I rarely got bored.
Overnight, we all stayed with different families in the city. I stayed with a couple and their
teenage daughter. (4) _____. I was forced to speak English! I had to learn the words for things, or to
go without them!
At the time, I didn’t think I learned very much in England. But when I returned to my normal
school, I noticed the improvement. (5) _____ I had got better by having fun and communicating with
English people. All in all, summer school was a useful experience and I recommend it to all teenagers!