INSTRUCTIONS:

1.-	Choose the best answer to your teacher's question. Do not say the answer aloud or show your card to your classmates!
2.-	When your teacher says so, raise the option card with the colour or number of the correct answer so that your teacher can see it.
3.-	Wait until the teacher counts the number of correct answers and writes down the score.
4.-	Follow your teacher's instructions to score points in your notebook. Are you ready? Go!

Question # 1

Why haven't you practised with the flute at home as I told you?

I forgot to clean my flute.

I forgot the score at home.

I forgot my flute at home.

None of the above.

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Correct answer:

Why haven't you practised with the flute at home as I told you?
(None of the others are reasons for not practising).

I forgot to clean my flute.

I forgot the score at home.

I forgot my flute at home.

None of the above.

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Question # 2

Why haven't you described the experiment?

I forgot what it was about.

I didn't know how to do it.

I forgot to take home the vocabulary handout you photocopied for us.

A and B are correct.

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Correct answer:

Why haven't you described the experiment?
(A and B show that you were not paying attention in class.)

I forgot what it was about.

I didn't know how to do it.

I forgot to take home the vocabulary handout you photocopied for us.

A and B are correct.

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Question # 3

Why didn't you bring your set squares?

I have lost them.

I couldn't find them yesterday evening.

I can't remember where I put them.

Any of the above.

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Correct answer:

Why didn't you bring your set squares?
(None of these excuses are very good, but if they are all you have...)

I have lost them.

I couldn't find them yesterday evening.

I can't remember where I put them.

Any of the above.

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Question # 4

Why haven't you finished your preliminary drawings yet?

I don't know how to do them.

I forgot we had to finish them at home.

I am still working on my first draft.

Any of the above.

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Correct answer:

Why haven't you finished your preliminary drawings yet?
(The other excuses are not valid:
you should ask about how to do homework if you are not sure,
and you are responsible for remembering your homework.)

I don't know how to do them.

I forgot we had to finish them at home.

I am still working on my first draft.

Any of the above.

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Question # 5

Why haven't you completed your timeline?

My Internet connection wasn't working and I couldn't access the wikipedia website.

My computer broke down and I haven't got a smartphone.

I dropped my mobile and it broke, and I haven't got a computer.

None of the above.

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Correct answer:

Why haven't you completed your timeline?
(You could have gone to a friend's or the public library).

My Internet connection wasn't working and I couldn't access the wikipedia website.

My computer broke down and I haven't got a smartphone.

I dropped my mobile and it broke, and I haven't got a computer.

None of the above.

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Question # 6

Why haven't you got your flute?

I've forgotten it at home.

My grandmother says it is too noisy.

I think I left it on the bus this morning.

I've lent it to a friend.

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Correct answer:

Why haven't you got your flute?
(A may be true, but it is not a valid excuse;
B would explain that you haven't practised at home,
but not that you have forgotten it.)

I've forgotten it at home.

My grandmother says it is too noisy.

I think I left it on the bus this morning.

I've lent it to a friend.

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Question # 7

Why haven't you finished your nuclear plant model?

I think I am not using enough glue, it keeps falling apart.

I can't get the corners to stand upright.

It keeps disintegrating, ha, ha.

Any of the above (if your teacher has a sense of humour).

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Correct answer:

Why haven't you finished your nuclear plant model?
(If your teacher hasn't got a sense of humour, you'd better not use the third excuse.)

I think I am not using enough glue, it keeps falling apart.

I can't get the corners to stand upright.

It keeps disintegrating, ha, ha.

Any of the above (if your teacher has a sense of humour).

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Question # 8

Why haven't you finished the drawing at home as I told you?

I wasn't feeling inspired.

I don't have enough imagination.

I tried, but I couldn't think of the right way to finish it.

None of the above.

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Correct answer:

Why haven't you finished the drawing at home as I told you?
(A teacher is always willing to help you if you make an effort.)

I wasn't feeling inspired.

I don't have enough imagination.

I tried, but I couldn't think of the right way to finish it.

None of the above.

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Question # 9

Why didn't you colour your map at home?

I have forgotten the colour pencils in the classroom.

I left my map in the classroom yesterday.

I forgot the coursebook at home this morning.

Any of the above.

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Correct answer:

Why didn't you colour your map at home?
(A means they are still in the classroom;
C has nothing to do with the task.)

I have forgotten the colour pencils in the classroom.

I left my map in the classroom yesterday.

I forgot the coursebook at home this morning.

Any of the above.

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Question # 10

Why haven't you drawn all the views?

I didn't know which side we had to draw.

I wasn't sure I had to draw all three views.

I'm sorry, but I left my notes in the classroom yesterday.

Any of the above.

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Correct answer:

Why haven't you drawn all the views?
(Apologising means you admit it was your fault and you do not have a valid excuse.
If you promise to do it this evening, maybe your teacher will forgive you this time.)

I didn't know which side we had to draw.

I wasn't sure I had to draw all three views.

I'm sorry, but I left my notes in the classroom yesterday.

Any of the above.

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