Lesson 2

Listening

2. Now listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

1. What was difficult for Ali when he first left home? doing his own housework, using the public transport, meeting new friends.
2. What has changed since then? He's got better at doing the housework, he knows how to use the public transport and he's made a couple of new friends.

3. Listen to the conversation again and answer the questions.

1. How did Ali describe his first week of living away from home? He said that it was more difficult than he expected.
2. What does he have to do by himself for the first time? (All) the housework, e.g. washing his clothes, cooking his meals and tidying up.
3. What has he learned from living away from home? (He's learned) How to be independent.
4. How does he travel in his new city? He takes public transport.
5. How did he feel when he first took public transport in his new city? He found it very confusing.
6. How long did it take him to start making friends? (It took him) A week.
7. How did he meet his new friends? He met (a couple of nice) people who are doing the same college course.
8. What do they like to do together? They spend time together at the weekend; go out to a cafe or play video games together.

Language

4. Complete these sentences from the recording with used to, would or the correct comparative phrase.

1. Well, the first week was (far) more difficult than (difficult) I expected.
2.. When I was living at home my parents used to wash (wash) my clothes.
3. When I lived in my hometown, I would ride (ride) my bike to school and back every day.
4. I met a couple of nice people who are doing (do) college course as me.