Unit 2: Dream on!

- 12th grade
Vocabulary Focus
Name: ____________________________________________________________

I. Vocabulary: Education. Fill in the correct words from the box. There are more
words than you will need.
access - boarding - compulsory - curriculum - entrance - elective - extracurricular - foreign - gap
- grade - graduate - headmaster - junior - nursery - primary - public - sixth form - term -
vocational

1. Parents who educate their children at home do not have to follow the national
______________________ .

2. In the UK education is ______________________ from 5 to 16.

3. Some parents send their children to a ______________________ school, where

they only come home at weekends.

4. In many schools, teachers and pupils have unlimited ______________ to the

Internet.

5. Some pupils interrupt their studies and go on a ___________________ year

abroad.

6. In America, 11 or 12-year-old pupils enter ____________________ high schools.

7. Many schools offer ______________________ activities, in which students can

take part in interesting subjects after school.

8. In Great Britain ______________________ students prepare for their A-levels and

do not have to wear uniforms anymore.

9. In some subjects students have to take ______________________ exams if they

want to study at the university.

10. When you ______________________ from school you can do extra training or find
a job.

11. In England private schools are also called independent or ___________________

schools.

12. Pupils spend their first four to six years of education in _____________________
schools.

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 13. The ______________________ is in charge of all administrative functions at
school.

14. In many countries, families send their children to a _______________ school or

kindergarten before primary education starts.

15. Some schools offer at least three ______________________ languages to choose

from.

II. Rearrange the words to make complete sentences.

1. the / for / is / known / academic / school / excellence
________________________________________________________________________
2. is / accommodation / there / for / campus / students / five / hundred / on
________________________________________________________________________
3. an / Maths / is / important / curriculum / school / part / of / the
________________________________________________________________________
4. she / of / degree / has / a / in / physics / University / from / the / Edinburgh
________________________________________________________________________
5. studying / I / am / and / economics / work / I / want / to / bank / in / a
________________________________________________________________________
6. Richard / University / studied / engineering / at / electrical / Manchester
________________________________________________________________________
7. graduated / Lina / has / just / university / from
________________________________________________________________________
8. went / lecture / we / to / a / on / art / Italian
________________________________________________________________________
9. is / she / wants / studying / medicine / and / she / to / be / a / doctor
________________________________________________________________________
10. primary / my / daughter / and / at / is / seven / she / is / school
________________________________________________________________________
11. she / principal / is / the / London / of / a / school
________________________________________________________________________
12. is / a / professor / politics / of / he / at / a / UK / university
________________________________________________________________________
13. I / to / revise / tomorrow / because / I / have / exam / have / an
________________________________________________________________________

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14. children / studying / started / our / science / they / were / when / young
________________________________________________________________________
15. son / my / is / fifteen / school / secondary / and / he / is / at / now
________________________________________________________________________
16. seminar / I / every / student / talked / a / lot / in / when / I / was / a
________________________________________________________________________
17. had / a / pass / tutor / to / help / daughter / her / my / her / math / exams
________________________________________________________________________
18. my / school / daughter / close / attends / to / our / home
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III. Find vocabulary related to education in the wordsearch below to complete the
sentences in activity IV.

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IV. Complete the sentences with the vocabulary found in the wordsearch.
Changes to the verb forms can be done if necessary.

1. The school is known for __________________ excellence.

2. There is accommodation for five hundred students on __________________.

3. Maths is an important part of the school __________________.

4. She has a __________________ in physics from the University of Edinburgh.

5. I am studying __________________ and I want to work in a bank.

6. Richard studied electrical __________________ at Manchester University.

7. Lina has just __________________ from university.

8. We went to a __________________ on Italian art.

9. She is studying __________________ and she wants to be a doctor.

10. My daughter is seven and she is at __________________ school.

11. She is the __________________ of a London school.

12. He is a __________________ of politics at a UK university.

13. I have to __________________ because I have an exam tomorrow.

14. He started studying __________________ when he was young. He enjoyed doing

experiments.

15. My son is fifteen and he is at __________________ school now.

16. I talked a lot in every __________________ when I was a student.

17. My daughter had a __________________ to help her pass her maths exams.

18. My daughter __________________ school close to our home.