LISTENING COMPREHENSION
VARIANT 5
The New School
Tracey is starting a new school today. She is very sad. She is very scared. “I don’t want to go to school today,” Tracey tells her dad. “I understand, sweetheart,” Dad says. “Starting a new school can be very scary.” Tracey has moved to a new town. She has moved to a new house. She is starting a new school today. She has done all of this in a week!
Tracy is so nervous that she can’t eat her breakfast. She just drinks some juice. Tracey and her dad walk to school. The girl thinks about many things.
Will I make friends?
Will I like my teacher?
What if I don’t know the answer to a question?
Will kids laugh at me?
What if no one likes me?
“We’re here,” says Dad.
Tracey looks up at the big building. Her other school was small. Tracey wishes she could run away, but she knows she cannot. She walks up the steps to school and upstairs to her classroom. The children say hello to her and smile. Everyone seems kind. Tracey feels a little better. She is still not happy. She is still a little scared. She cannot eat her lunch.
Dad picks Tracey up after school.
“How was your day?” he asks.
“Okay,” she says.
“It will get better,” Dad says. “Big changes are hard.”
“I know,” says Tracey. She reaches for her dad’s hand to hold as they walk home.
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
VARIANT 5
Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false.
Tracey is frightened because of her new school.
Tracey has moved to a new town.
Tracey doesn’t eat breakfast because she is late.
Tracey doesn’t want to go to school.
The girl thinks about her old friends.
Her old school was different from the new one.
The children at school aren’t friendly.
Tracey is very hungry and eats her lunch.
Tracey goes home with her new friends.
Tracey’s father understands how the girl feels.
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