2B Irish schools

USED TO EDUCATION

1 Make sentences about Green Lane School with used to 2 Complete the questions with words from the box.
using the verbs in brackets.
single sex minimum leaving age compulsory
results system corporal punishment

1 Is it LOrrvpv-^S OZy to send your child to school

in the UK? "
Green Lane School
5 0 years ago 2 Do boys get better exam _ than
5 0 pupils girls in UK secondary schools?
Walk to school in UK schools?
Study from 9 . 0 0 to 2 . 0 0
4 Do pupils do better if they go to ^/V^S?
Most pupils leave at 14
schools?
Most girls leave without certificates
Religion a compulsory subject 5 How many UK pupils leave school at 16, the

6 Is the education in England

more successful than in Scotland?

3 Match the questions 1 - 6 in exercise 2 to the

Green Lane answers a - f .
School now SI a Yes, but some people want to bring back corporal
5 0 0 pupils punishment.
Take the bus CD b No. 50,000 UK families educate children at home.
Study from 8 . 3 0 to 3 . 3 0 2 J c About 25%
Most pupils leave at 18 of UK children leave school at 16.
More girls go to university than boys @ d No, it isn't. Scottish pupils get better results.
Religion not a compulsory subject H e No. Girls get better exam results in all subjects.
HI f It seems that girls do better at science when there
are no boys.
1 Green Lane School used to have {have) 50 pupils, ® DICTATION
but now it has 500 pupils.
4 ®I08 Write the sentences that you hear.
2 The pupils uJeJ to [walk) to school,
but now they take the bus. WAJKA A j e e U d j J yy?^. ullfc

3 The pupils. -to [study] from t£X otyt

9.00 to 2.00, but now they study from 8.30 to 3.30. 2 Oil CA,
4 Pupils used bo [leave] school at 14, but
now most pupils leave school at 18.
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5 Most girls ^ct^i- US,/> (not /mntmue) their
education after secondary school, but now more girls
go to university than boys. 4 V.VC -FC/?^ WOSVI- 2/7.
6 Religion [be] a compulsory ?
subject, but now students can choose not to study it.

FLTJ R E A D & L I S T E N
5 <§ 09 Read and listen to the reading text The
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COMPUTER ACTIONS GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
1 Complete the sentences with computer words. 3 Write clear instructions using verbs and otherwords
from the box.

1 Hi, Carol. The document replace/battery take/battery wrap/towel

you asked for place/bowl of rice wait/24 hours turn on/mobile

is .

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document for me?
I need to sign it.

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some words in yellow
I don't know how
to translate.

What to do if your mobile phone gets wet:

4 You don't need to write
1 First of all,
the address again.
2 Then,
Just it from there
and it here. 3 Next,

4 Then,
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5 Finally, and
me the phone number
again? I've
it, I'm afraid. 4 Correct one mistake in each sentence.

1 First of all, to click on 'Insert'.

6 You've got too many 2 Next, finds 'Picture'.
windows . Why don't 3 Then, choosing 'File'.
you the 4 Don't pressed that button!
documents you're not using? 5 Next, you're find the picture you want to insert.
6 Finally, double-clicks on the picture.

2 Complete the sentences with words from the box.

^DICTATION
5 39 Write the sentences that you hear.

1
1 To highlight a word, first you move the on
to the word and then you double-click.
2 You should your work every five minutes.
3 To paste, the object you want to paste,
move the cursor to where you want to paste it, then ...
4 Check the spelling before you your email!
5 I forgot to the document before I pressed
'send'. She'll think I'm an idiot!
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FILMS 3 Complete the article with the verbs in brackets in the
active or passive.
1 Complete the sentences 1 - 6 with the phrases a - f .

ADVERTISING IN FILM
A B
1 Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, a was filmed in Malta
and Reservoir Dogs were and Mexico.
Companies are increasing sales of products that
2 The Matrix uses computer b became best-selling appear in Hollywood films. Here's how ...
image technology to music albums.
After Reese's Pieces sweets (1) were used (use) by
3 The actor Tom Cruise c produce amazing Spielberg in ET, sales of Reese's products increased by
special effects. 60%.
4 The soundtracks of
In the 2003 film Cat
Trainspotting and d designed by
in the Hat, every
Pulp Fiction Ngila Dickson.
family (2)
(own) a Ford Focus
5 The incredible costumes e starred in Mission
car.
for Lord of the Rings Impossible and
were Vanilla Sky. Apple products
(3) (use)
6 Troy was set in ancient f directed by in an enormous
Greece, but it Quentin Tarantino. number of films and
TV shows, including Wall-E, Toy Story 3, and Sex and
the City.
PASSIVE WITH AGENT
Other famous 'product placements' include:
2 Make questions in the passive using the prompts below. Star Trek (2009) - Kirk uses a Nokia smartphone and the
Nokia ringtone (4) (hear) just before his car
1 Who / The Godfather / direct? crashes.
Who was The Godfather directed by? Tomb Raider - Lara Croft's car (5)
It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. (make) by Chrysler. The company (6)
(design) it specially for the film and sold thousands
2 Where / The Lord of the Rings / film?
afterwards.
Die Another Day (7) (advertise) so many
It was filmed in New Zealand.
products that it (8) (call) Buy Another
3 Who / costumes / Titanic / design / by? Day by people in the advertising industry!

The costumes in Titanic were designed by Deborah

Lynn Scott. ® DICTATION
4 When / Moulin Rouge / make? 4 ® 4 3 Write the sentences that you hear.

1 ?
Moulin Rouge was made in 2001.

5 How many / extras / use / in / The Lord of the Rings?

3 ?

20,602 extras were used in The Lord of the Rings.

® D READ & LISTEN

5 § 44 Read and listen to the reading text Oscars®
night on page 90 of the Student's Book.

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