School noticeboard. My name’s Jeremy, and I take care of the on-line school noticeboard. My job is to prepare on-line

adverts, group them into the right categories, upload offers with photos to the school server and

remove outdated adverts.

There are four categories on the school noticeboard, for example: ‘Help wanted’ where students look

for someone to help them with their studies, ‘Pets’ where students try to find home for a pet or just need

someone to take care of their pet for a while, the category ‘For sale’ where students sell or exchange

things they don’t need any more, and finally ‘Looking for’ where students look for companions to play

or travel with, or they search for things that they need.

I get about 30-40 e-mails weekly. I am the busiest just after Christmas when my schoolmates want

to sell or exchange unwanted presents. Other busy periods are at the beginning of spring when

students look for bikes, rollerblades or skateboards, at the beginning of the holidays when they look

for summer jobs, and at the beginning of the school year when students search for help with their

studies, especially subjects such as maths, physics and chemistry.

I am quite lucky because I am the first person to find out about bargains. I have bought some cool

things since I began taking care of the noticeboard. I bought a great bike last year, a good quality

camera two months ago, and I have just bought new skis at half price.

A lot of people visit the school noticeboard every day and it is growing in popularity. Jeremy is

glad that he can help his friends, and he wants to create other useful websites in the future.

1 What is Jeremy responsible for?

He is responsible for the school on-line noticeboard.

2 How many advert categories are there on the school noticeboard?

There are……………………...

3 What kind of help do students look for?

Students look for help………………………………...

4 When does Jeremy have a lot of work?

He has a lot of work………………………….

5 How much did Jeremy pay for the skis?

Jeremy paid………………………………….

6 What has Jeremy bought recently?

He has bought………………………………….