Vocabulary: My School.

Art: The study of drawing, painting and other creative processes. (noun)

Art-room: The room where art is taught and studied. (noun)
Assembly: The start of the school day when all the pupils gather
together. (noun)
Assignment: A piece of work to be done at home (similar to homework and
coursework). (noun)
Attend: To be present at a specific location, or to go to a specific
school. (verb)
Bag: A container for carrying books and other items (similar to satchel and
school bag). (noun)
Baseball: An American sport played with a bat and ball between two
teams. (noun)
Basketball: An American sport played on a court with a ball and two
teams. (noun)
Bell: The machine that makes a loud noise to signal the start and end of the
school day. (noun)
Biology: The scientific study of animals and plants. (noun)
Blackboard: An area, often on a wall, to write on using chalk. (noun)
Break: The times during the day when children do not have lessons and can
do what they want (American English, same as playtime and recess). (noun)
Caretaker: The person responsible for cleaning and fixing buildings
(British English, same as janitor). (noun)
Chair: An object to sit on. (noun)
Changing room: The place where people put on different clothes before
doing sport (British English, same as locker room). (noun)
Chemistry: The scientific study of matter and substances. (noun)
Christmas holiday: The time in December and January when children do
not need to go to school. (noun)
Class: A group of children who all study a subject together. (noun)
Classroom assistant: An adult who helps a teacher look after and teach
children (similar to teaching assistant). (noun)
Classroom: The place where teachers teach children. (noun)
Collect: To gather something or someone from a place. (verb)
Computer lab: The place where information technology is taught. (noun)
Course work: A large and important piece of work to be done at home
(similar to assignment and homework). (noun)
Cricket: A British sport played with a bat and ball between two
teams. (noun)
 Department: A specialized part of something that is larger, e.g., art
department. (noun)
Design and technology: The study of how things are made and how to
make technical objects. (noun)
Desk: A flat area on which children do their school work (similar to
table). (noun)
Dinner worker: The person who makes and serves food in the middle of the
day in a school. (noun)
Drop-off: To leave something or someone at a specific place. (verb)
Easter holiday: The time in March or April when children do not need to go
to school. (noun)
Education: The knowledge that is learnt from other people. (noun)
Elementary school: A school for children from about 5 years old to about
11 years old (American English, same as primary school). (noun)
Exam: A formal test to determine how much a person knows. (noun)
Exercise book: A book for writing in and doing school work in. (noun)
Fare: The money that has to be paid to use a bus or train. (noun)
Football: A British sport played with a round ball between two teams (same
as soccer). (noun)
Former: To have previously done something but to not be doing it
now. (adjective)
Geography: The study of the Earth and the people on the Earth. (noun)
Grade: A group of children all the same age within a school, e.g., grade 1,
grade 2 (American English, same as year). (noun)
Grounds: The open area around the school buildings. (noun)
Gym: The place where sport and physical education are done inside a
building. (noun)
Half-term: A short holiday that comes in the middle of each school
term. (noun)
Head teacher: The most important person in a school, the person who is in
charge (British English, same as principle). (noun)
High school: A school for children from about 11 years old to 18 years old
(American English, same as secondary school). (noun)
History: The study of what has happened in the past. (noun)
Hockey: A sport played with a curved stick and small ball between two
teams. (noun)
Holiday: The time when children do not go to school and can stay at
home. (noun)
 Home economics: The study of how to prepare food and manage a
house. (noun)
Homework: The work that has to be done away from school in the even or
at the weekend (similar to assignment and coursework). (noun)
Information technology: The study of computers and the Internet. (noun)
Kindergarten: The place children go before they start school at 5 years old
(American English, same as nursey). (noun)
Lessons: The different parts of the day when children learn different
subjects, normally between 40 and 60 minutes. (noun)
Locker room: The place where people put on different clothes before doing
sports (American English, same as changing room). (noun)
Marker pen: The objects used to make marks on a whiteboard. (noun)
Mathematics: The study of numbers. (noun)
Middle school: An uncommon type of school that comes between an
elementary/primary school and a high/secondary school in some places. (noun)
Music: The study of artistic auditory communication. (noun)
Netball: A British sport played on a court with a ball and two teams. (noun)
Overhead projector: A machine for making an image bigger and showing
it on a flat surface, such as a wall. (noun)
Packed lunch: The food that children take to each at school from
home. (noun)
Period: The different parts of the day when children learn different subjects,
normally between 40 and 60 minutes. (noun)
Physical education: The performing of sport or other energetic
activities. (noun)
Physics: The scientific study of matter and energy. (noun)
Playground: The area outside the school buildings where the children can
run around. (noun)
Primary school: A school for children from about 5 years old to about 11
years old (British English, same as elementary school). (noun)
Principle: The most important person in a school, the person who is in
charge (American English, same as head teacher). (noun)
Private school: A school that is not run by the government and parents have
to pay money for their children to attend it (same as public school. (noun)
Projector: A machine for showing images from a computer on a flat
surface, such as a wall. (noun)
Public school: A school that is not run by the government and parents have
to pay money for their children to attend it (same as private school). (noun)
Pupils: The children that attend a specific school. (noun)
 Reception: The first class that children attend when they are just 5 years
old. (noun)
Register: The document that records the children’s attendance at
school. (noun)
School bag: A container for carrying books and other items (similar to
satchel and bag). (noun)
School bus: A form of transport for taking children to school. (noun)
School: The place where children go to learn new knowledge. (noun)
Science lab: The place where children learn biology, chemistry and
physics. (noun)
Science: The study of the physical and natural world via the subjects of
biology, chemistry and physics. (noun)
Secondary school: A school for children from about 11 years old to 18
years old (British English, same as high school). (noun)
Semester: One of two parts of an academic year, when an academic year is
divided into half. (noun)
Sport: An activity that requires someone to move and be active. (noun)
Sport field: The outside area where physical education can be
undertaken. (noun)
State school: A school that is run by the government of a country so that all
children can get an education. (noun)
Study: To learn a specific subject or to learn information. (verb)
Students: The children who attend a school to get an education. (noun)
Subject: A specific area of knowledge. (noun)
Summer holiday: The time in June, July, August and September
(depending on location) when children do not need to go to school. (noun)
Swimming pool: The place to do physical education while being in
water. (noun)
Table: A flat area on which children do their school work (similar to
desk). (noun)
Teach: To give knowledge and information to other people. (verb)
Teacher: A person who works in a school and tells the children what they
need to know. (noun)
Teaching assistant: An adult who helps a teacher look after and teach
children (similar to classroom assistant). (noun)
Term: One of three parts that an academic year is divided into. (noun)
Text book: The source of the information that children learn in
school. (noun)
 Uniform: The clothes that children have to wear when attending
school. (noun)
Whiteboard: An area, often on a wall, to write on using marker
pens. (noun)
Year: A group of children all the same age within a school, e.g., year 1, year
2 (British English, same as grade). (noun)

Task 2. Choose the correct definition in this quiz.

1) What is the definition of Assembly?

B)The start of the school day when all the pupils gather together.

2) What is the definition of Department

С) The study of how things are made and how to make technical objects.

3) What is the definition of Exercise book?

С) A book for writing in and doing school work in.

4) What is the definition of Mathematics?

D ) The study of numbers.

5) What is the definition of Pupils?

C)The children that attend a specific school.

6) What is the meaning of the following definition: The clothes that children
have to wear when attending school?
C) Uniform

7) What is the meaning of the following definition: One of two parts of an

academic year, when an academic year is divided into half?
A) Semester

8) What is the meaning of the following definition: The document that

records the children’s attendance at school?
B)Register

9) What is the meaning of the following definition: The food that children
take to each at school from home?
B) Packed lunch
 10) What is the meaning of the following definition: The study of the Earth
and the people on the Earth?
D ) Geography