Look at the six sentences for this part. You will hear a conversation between a boy, Marcus, and a girl, Catherine, about their homework.
Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, put a tick in the box under A for YES. If it is not correct, put a tick in the box under B for NO. You now have twenty seconds to look at the questions for Part 4.
Now we are ready to start. Listen carefully. You will hear the recording twice.
Marcus: I feel awful. I’ve got two lots of homework to do today, and all I want to do after school is relax. It’s not fair.
Catherine: Of course you’ve got a lot. You didn’t do any yesterday, did you?
Marcus: No, I didn’t. I had football practice, and after that I was just too tired for anything else.
Catherine: Well, maybe you could do more homework at the weekends, so you have time for football and other things during the week.
Marcus: But at the weekend I often go out with my family. On Sunday we went to the Science Museum. It was great. I wouldn’t want to miss doing things like that just because I’ve got homework!
Catherine: Actually, you’re quite lucky. I never do anything like that. Homework isn’t everything ... I’m sure you learnt just as much there.
Marcus: Yes, but I don’t suppose the teachers will be interested in that... I’ve got today’s maths to do, and I expect it’ll take me hours.
Catherine: I tell you what. . . you can come round to my house this afternoon and we’ll work on it together.
Marcus: I don’t know . . . You’re really good at maths. You’ll just finish it quickly and I can’t do that.
Catherine: It’s not a competition, is it? It’s more important that we both finish it, and working together it’ll be much more fun.
Marcus: But if I don’t do it by myself, I could be in trouble with the teacher.
Catherine: Well, we’ll tell her you’re finding it difficult and so I’m going to try and help you understand it. I’m sure she won’t mind that.
Marcus: Alright then, thank you. Perhaps I’ll feel better about maths if you help me. At the moment, I still don’t know where to begin.
Catherine: Don’t worry, we’ll get there.