Top001 Education
Top001 Education
Top001 Education
Vocabulary: Education. Fill in the correct words from the box. There are more words
than you will need.
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1. Parents who educate their children at home do not have to follow the national
curriculum.
2. In the UK education is compulsory from 5 to 16.
3. Some parents send their children to a boarding school, where they only come home
at weekends.
4. In many schools, teachers and pupils have unlimited access to the Internet.
5. Some pupils interrupt their studies and go on a gap year abroad.
6. In America, 11 or 12-year-old pupils enter junior high schools.
7. Many schools offer extracurricular activities, in which students can take part in
interesting subjects after school.
8. In Great Britain sixth-form students prepare for their A-levels and do not have to
wear uniforms anymore.
9. In some subjects students have to take entrance exams if they want to study at the
university.
10. When you graduate from school you can do extra training or find a job.
11. In England private schools are also called independent or public schools.
12. Pupils spend their first four to six years of education in primary schools.
13. The headmaster is in charge of all administrative functions at school.
14. In many countries, families send their children to a nursery school or kindergarten
before primary education starts.
15. Some schools offer at least three foreign languages to choose from.
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