Task 1. Read the descriptions of six websites. Decide which website would be the most suitable for each person. There is one extra website. For Questions 1-5, select the best course.

A - Clever Boots

Clever Boots is an educational and entertaining website that aims to tell people how things work. From how your body works to how the earth formed, you’ll find it here. There are helpful videos, diagrams and photos which help you understand, and there are links to other websites, such as industries and environmental agencies, so you can study a topic in as much detail as you like.

B – Reviewer

Kids aged between the ages of ten and fifteen choose and review their favourite works of fiction. There are reviews of over 5000 books, from teen horror to romance. The ‘Like this?... Then try this…’ button makes it easy for kids to find more books they would enjoy. Kids can post their own opinions about the books they have read and compare their thoughts to others.

C – Babble

Babble is a social site where teens can catch up with friends and meet new people online. When you enter the site you arrive at the Babble School. You can then click on different classrooms in the hotel and select your age group. Join discussions on a range of hot topics, from business, industry, biological research or your opinions of classic literature. You can also create private ‘classrooms’ where only your classmates are allowed. You can even change furniture and colours in your classroom!

D – Master It

Whatever your dream in life, Master It can help you achieve it. Master It tells you the qualifications you need and the exams you have to pass in order to get different jobs. It tells you whether you need to a university degree or technical college qualification, or whether you can walk into the job after leaving school. Read about people who did the course and find out how challenging it is. The site can even tell you the closest locations of schools offering courses.

E - Teen Teach

If you want to know whether you’ve got your homework right before handing it in, Teen Teach can help. Other teenagers will look at your work, point out mistakes and give you suggestions on how you can improve it. Be careful, though. Anybody can give their opinion on your homework. It doesn’t mean that their ideas are good ones!

F - Book Fair

Book Fair is a great way for school and college students to find the best books for their courses at the best price. Read about which books students found most helpful, and which ones weren’t. Write your own opinions too. There are links to online bookshops where you can buy books at the cheapest prices, and you can also buy second hand from other site users. If you’ve finished with a book, sell it on here.

1. Jamie is interested in becoming a mechanic, and wants to know whether he’ll need to take any exams to get a job, or whether he can simply find work at a garage after leaving school.

2. Paul is tired of doing his homework and wants to read for fun. However, he doesn’t know what books to read as there seem to be so many to choose from!

3. Annie is seventeen years old and has to write a geography report for school on where our power comes from. She wants real life examples to make her report really good.

4. Cathy’s brother always used to check her homework before he gave it to his teacher, but now he has gone to university, so she has nobody to help her.

5. Miriam has enjoyed finding out about different religions at school and would like to discuss the topic with people from other schools, or even other countries.

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