VOCABULARY

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE APPROPRIATE WORDS:

1 My grandad was sent to a ________ school at the age of nine. He hated leaving home.
2 My little brother is just four years old. He goes to a _________ school.
3 Joe's parents have decided to send him to a __________ school as they are critical of state education.
4 If you want to train to be a mecchanic, go to a ________ school.
5 In some systems, there's a _________ __________ school between primary and high school.
high nursery boarding - junior private vocational
Circle the correct word:
1 Education is optional/compulsory by the age of 18.
2 The school year is divided into terms/seasons.
3 There's a syllabus/rule which says what teachers are supposed to teach.
4 Some subjects are compulsory/optional which means you don't have to take them.
5 At the end of secondary school students take external exams and receive a notebook/a certificate.
6 In a private school you have to pay fares/fees.
7 Please, open your notebooks/books and write down what I say.
8 Is the library/canteen open? I need to borrow a book.
9 I am going to leave/graduate from the university next year.
10 I don't see the point of learning things by memory/heart without understanding them.
Choose the right word:
1 Robert took/passed/did the driving test last week but he failed it.
2 How many points did you score/get/achieve in the French test?
3 Julia failed the history exam, so she'll have to repeat/retake/resit it next month.
4 Exam results will come out/be announced/appear next week.
5 Matura is a(n) external/internal/school-leaving exam.
6 If you're a brilliant college student you can get a(n) scholarship/award/prize.
7 When you get a place at university, you are graduate/post-graduate/undergraduate.
8 When you work at university, you are a lecturer/teacher/head teacher.
9 When you finish high school, you enter/apply/get to university.
10 Teachers are in the teaching/stuff/staff room.
Complete the sentences with the right words:
1. Today's world has known many ______ problems, like _____ illiteracy, drug ____ and ______ crime.
2. Some schools have surprising ________ results by combining relaxing lessons with the _____ hours and strict work _____.
3. We are in a ______ high school.
4. There are a lot of ______ communities in big cities where people don't have basic things for living.
5. Everybody wants to get into a top ____-run faculties.
6. If you want to ______ succes you must be hard-working.
7. The worker's day is ______ monitored, we don't
8. There are extra -_______ activities in this school.
9. Lately a lot of students have been _____ classes.
10. Sometimes, students who don't get good results at school, _____ out.
11. She has been in this school for nine _________ years.

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drop youth

1.

I ____________(watch) Tv most evenings

2.

Shh! I__________(watch) TV.

3.

She__________(hurt) her back when she___________(lift) the bag.

4.

We_______(be) in the park from 6.00 to 8.00 yesterday. The children________(play) football and
we____________(sunbathe) when it suddenly__________(start) to rain cats and dogs.

5.

I__________(go) down in the lift when it suddenly___________(stop).

6.

John has a sports car . How long____________(he,have) it?

7.

Maria has got a new motorbike. How long____________(she,have) it?

8.

We ____________(start) yo play tennis when it ____________(stop) raining.

9.

What are you doing with those tools?- I________________(repair) the car.

10.

You can turn off the radio, I_____________(not listen) to it any more.

11.

Be quiet! I__________ (think).

12.

It____________(rain) in winter but today it_________(not rain).

13.

As we_____________(cross) the road, he slipped and_____________(fall).

14.

Lend me your rubber. You _____________(make) a mistake and I_______(wish) to rub it out.

15.

My tooth__________(break) when I___________(eat) a hazel-nut.

16.

The sun___________(rise) in the east, now it___________(set) and night________(fall).

17.

What are you doing?- I____________(sit) on a chair and____________(eat) a banana.

18.

As he___________(die), he_____________(ask) for a priest.

19.

I_______________(try) to learn English for years, but I__________(not succeed) yet.

20.

I__________(meet) him once, it__________(be) a long time ago.

21.

Look! That man in the white hat who_______________(walk) past the window_________(live) next door.

22.

Jack______________(go) to Switzerland for a holiday. I_____________(never,be) there.

23.

He always____________(smile) at me in a friendly way when he___________(see) me.

24.

Look! A man__________(run) after the bus. He_________(want) to catch it.

25.

My friend___________(already find) a good job in the city.

26.

They___________(not speak) to each other since they quarreled.

27.

Wood___________(float) on water but iron_____________(not float).

28.

_____________(you wash) your hands before every meal?

29.
________________(You, understand) the English tenses now? Yes, I___________(do) an exercise at the moment and
I___________(think) that I_______(know) how to use them now.

Use the rgiht form of the verb:

Hi Mum and Dad,

They are making us work really hard in this school. If you __________ (not pay) attention in class and _____ (make)
notes, you're soon lost. Last week I _________ (not do) my Latin homework and Miss Scott ______ (tell) me ______ (do)
fifteen exercises! But then we ________ (have) a test, I __________ (make) only two mistakes. On the whole, language
lessons _____ (be) fun. Most of the time we _________ (do) fun activities.And I think I ____________ really (make)
progress in Spanish . I __________ (understand) much more now than a year ago.
We ______________ (do) an interesting history project for the last few weeks. When we finisf, we ___________ (have)
to make presentations about what we _____________ (find) out.
Dear Mr Bailey,
I'm very sorry but I think I__________ (lose) a book I ___________ (borrow) from the library. Tomorrow is my last day
here amd I know that everybody __________ (need) to return books before leaving.
At first, I ___________ (think) I'd left it at home. But I ___________ (look) anywhere and I can't find it. And nobody in
my host family __________ (not touch) my things, so I guess I _________ (leave) it somewhere at school.
Do you think it's possible that anyone __________ (find) it and _________ (return) it to the library? If not, I ___________
(not know) what to do......