10. Education TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 4

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 4

10. Education

Complete the sentences and the table using words from the box. boarding compulsory curriculum head teacher nursery school subjects primary school secondary school single-sex staff syllabus terms timetable university 1 My favourite ___subjects___ are Music, Maths and French. I hate History. 2 They made all these changes to the school without consulting the  ___________- that is, the teachers and the cleaners and so on. 3 School is ___________ in England and Wales, as it is in most countries. But some children manage to avoid school, somehow or other. 4 ___________ schools (boys-only or girls-only) are becoming popular again – at least with parents! 5 In England and Wales, the school year is divided into three ___________. 6 The person in charge of a school is called the ___________. 7 This school has a modern ___________, including subjects such as Business Studies, Media Studies and IT. 8 The History ___________ this year includes the fall of communism, the 1960s in the USA, and South Africa in the 20th century. 9 If you want to know which day or time you have a particular lesson, you can always look at the ___________. 10 A ___________ school is one where pupils live during term-time and only go home to their families in the holidays. The education system in England and Wales 11 ____________________ Age 18+ 12 ____________________ Age 11-18 13 ____________________ Age 5-11 14 ____________________Age 3-5 People studying at university are always called students. Children at primary school are usually called pupils. For those at secondary school we either say students or pupils.

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