NORTHSTAR 2e Reading and Writing, High Intermediate

Vocabulary Exercises Unit 7: Homing in on Education

Circle the correct answer. 1. The effectiveness of home schooling is . Some people believe it provides children with a superior education but others think it is too limiting. a. debatable b. challenging c. isolated

2.

There are many different ways to a students learning. Students may take tests, write essays, or complete projects to show what they have learned. a. ensure b. assess c. isolate

3.

The government tries to all children receive a basic education, so it has standards that all schools, even home schools, must meet. a. ensure b. debate c. state

4.

Most children attend a. mainstream b. home

schools which have teachers and large classrooms. c. private

5.

Home schools are on the edge of community life, but their dramatically in the next twenty years. a. debatable b. mainstream c. marginal

role may change

6.

Children in home schools group-learning experiences that other children get in classrooms and on school sports teams. a. ensure b. miss out on c. assess

7.

Some critics say that home schooled children are other children because they spend so much time at home with their parents. a. busy with b. bullying c. isolated from

8.

Teenagers often do dangerous things because they want to be accepted by their group. They make decisions based on and not their own good judgment. a. peer pressure b. bullying c. resources

9.

When children hurt, intimidate, or force weaker children to do things, they are a. applying peer pressure b. bullying c. curious

10.

Many home schools in the past twenty years. It is expected even more will form over the next twenty years. a. have disappeared b. have emerged c. have been isolated
NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, High Intermediate: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 7
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