UNIT 9 - Living together

1. The school community. Complete the text:

Were all part of the ________ _________ . We spend a lot of time in this
community. Our school is called ___________________ . We start school
at ______________ . We go home at ________________ .
Is Spain, all children must go to school when theyre _________ years
old. At school we learn a lot of things, for example, we learn
________________ , ________________ and ____________________ .

2. Staff. Match:
Head teacher
Deputy head
Teachers
Secretary

look after the school building.

prepare lunch.
organises the school
look after pupils during break

Caretaker and

times.
is a teacher who works in the

cleaners
Cooks
Supervisors

school office.
helps the head teacher and also
organises the teachers classes.
teach different classes.

3. Complete the chart with the names of the people

who work at your school:

Names

Teaching staff
staffNon-teaching

Head
teacher
Deputy
head
Teachers

Secretary

Caretaker

Cooks

Supervisors

4. The area where we live & Emergency services.

Answer these questions:
a. Who is the head of the local Government?
b. What number can we dial if theres an emergency?

5. Complete these sentences:

a. The __________________ help when theres a fire or flood, or when
people cant get out of a vehicle or a building.
b. The __________________ help people who suddenly need medical
care.
c. The __________________ protect citizens and fight crime.

6. The police, the fire brigade and the medical

services all use different vehicles. Label these
pictures, then write 3 sentences about them:

7. Local services. Match, then label the picture:

1
2

Water services
Environmental
services

3 Town planning
services
4
Health services
5
Social services
6

Education services

7 Cultural and sports

services

keep our local area clean and

safe.
help people find a job and
help elderly and disabled
people.
organise public libraries,
museums and sports centres.
give us clean, fresh drinking
water.
organise and repair roads,
signs, traffic lights and
pavements.
organise hospitals and health
centres.
organise schools and
education centres.

8. Provinces and Autonomous Communities. True or

False? Correct the ones that are False:
a. The biggest province in Spain is Guipzcoa.
b. Each province has a capital.
c. All Autonomous Communities are made up of two or more
provinces.
d. There are seventy Autonomous Communities in Spain.
e. Aragn is made up of one province: Zaragoza.
f. Each Autonomous Community has its own Parliament, President
and Government.

9. Answer these questions:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

What is the Statute of Autonomy?

Why is it so important?
Can you define border?
What is the function of the Parliament?
What is the function of the Government?

10.
Complete these sentences. Use the words
in the box:
The Parliament - councillors - Citizens - representatives - The President
- the President
a. _________________ chooses the regional ________________ .
b. _________________ elect Parliament ________________ .
c. _________________ elects ___________________ .