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Vocabulary Adn Grammar Exercises

This document provides vocabulary words and context for completing sentences related to school and education. It includes words about different types of schools (boarding, nursery, etc.), compulsory subjects, exams, and roles within education systems. It also has sentences to complete using verbs in various tenses.

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Vocabulary Adn Grammar Exercises

This document provides vocabulary words and context for completing sentences related to school and education. It includes words about different types of schools (boarding, nursery, etc.), compulsory subjects, exams, and roles within education systems. It also has sentences to complete using verbs in various tenses.

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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.

skipping public social state achieve widespread closely academic consecutive long poor abuse ethic curricular
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......

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