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Questions 1-10

Complete the form below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

HOST FAMILY APPLICATION

Name: Jenny Chan
Present address: Sea View Guest House, 1 .......................
Daytime phone number: 2237676
[NB Best lime to contact is 2 .......................]
Age: 19
Intended length of stay: 3 .......................
Occupation while in UK: student
General level of English: 4 .......................
Preferred location: in the 5 .......................
Special diet: 6 .......................

Other requirements:

• own facilities
• own television
7 .......................
• to be 8 .......................
Maximum price: 9 £....................... a week
Preferred starting date: 10 .......................
  • ADVISER
    Good morning, how can I help you?
    STUDENT
    Good morning. Umm, I understand you help fix up students with host families.
    ADVISER
    That's right ... are you interested in ...?
    STUDENT
    Yes ...
    ADVISER
    Well please sit down and I'll just take a few details.
    STUDENT
    Thank you.
    ADVISER
    Right now ... what name is it?
    STUDENT
    Jenny Chan.
    ADVISER
    Can you spell that please?
    STUDENT
    Yes ... J-E-N-N-Y C-H-A-N.
    ADVISER
    Right ... and what is your present address?
    STUDENT
    Sea View Guest House, 14 Hill Road.Q1
    ADVISER
    OK, and do you know the phone number there?
    STUDENT
    Yes ... I have it here, ummm ... 2237676, but I'm only there after about 7 pm.
    ADVISER
    So when would be the best time to catch you?
    STUDENT
    I suppose between 9 and, let me see, half-pastQ2, before I leave for the college.
    ADVISER
    Great ... and can I ask you your age?
    STUDENT
    I've just had my nineteenth birthday.
    ADVISER
    And how long would you want to stay with the host family?
    STUDENT
    I'm planning on staying a yearQ3 but at the moment I'm definitely here for four months only. I have to get an extension to my permit.
    ADVISER
    You're working on it? Fine ... and what will be your occupation while you're in the UK?
    STUDENT
    Studying English?
    ADVISER
    And what would you say your level of English is?
    STUDENT
    Umm. Good, I think I'd like to say 'advanced' but my written work is below the level of my spoken, so I suppose it's intermediate.Q4
    ADVISER
    Certainly your spoken English is advanced. Anyway, which area do you think you would prefer?
    STUDENT
    Ummm, well I'm studying right in the centre but I'd really like to live in the north-west.Q5
    ADVISER
    That shouldn't be a great problem ... we usually have lots of families up there.

    ADVISER
    And do you have any particular requirements for diet?
    STUDENT
    Well, I'm nearly a vegetarianQ6 ... not quite.
    ADVISER
    Shall I say you are? It's probably easier that way.
    STUDENT
    That would be best.
    ADVISER
    Anything about your actual room?
    STUDENT
    I would prefer my own facilities - 'en suite', is that right? And also if it's possible a TV and I'd also like the house to have a real gardenQ7 rather than just a yard, somewhere I could sit and be peaceful.
    ADVISER
    Is that all?
    STUDENT
    Well ... I'm really serious about improving my English so I'd prefer to be the only guestQ8 if that's possible?
    ADVISER
    No other guests ... Yes, you get more practice that way. Anyway, obviously all this is partly dependent on how much you're willing to pay. What did you have in mind?
    STUDENT
    I was thinking in terms of about £60-£80 a week, but I'd go up to a hundredQ9 if it was something special.
    ADVISER
    Well I don't think we'd have any problems finding something for you.
    STUDENT
    Oh, good.
    ADVISER
    And when would you want it for?
    STUDENT
    I'd like to move in approximately two weeks.
    ADVISER
    Let me see, it's the 10th today ... so if we go for the Monday it's the 23rd MarchQ10...
    STUDENT
    Yes.
    ADVISER
    Right ... good, and if I could ask one last question ...
  • Questions 1-10

    Complete the form below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

    HOST FAMILY APPLICATION

    Name: Jenny Chan
    Present address: Sea View Guest House, 1 ...........14 Hill Road............
    Daytime phone number: 2237676
    [NB Best lime to contact is 2 ..........between 9 and 9.30.............]
    Age: 19
    Intended length of stay: 3 ..........1 year.............
    Occupation while in UK: student
    General level of English: 4 ..........intermediate.............
    Preferred location: in the 5 ...........North-West............
    Special diet: 6 ..........vegetarian.............

    Other requirements:

    • own facilities
    • own television
    7 ...........garden...........
    • to be 8 ...........only guest............
    Maximum price: 9 £...........100............ a week
    Preferred starting date: 10 ..........23rd March.............

You will hear a conversation between a student looking for a host family and a housing adviser.

First you have some time to look at Questions 1-10.