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1 Schools, students, pupils

Look at the types of schools and match them to the people on the right.

1. secondary school a. a 20-year-old student, a professor

2. primary school b. a fifteen-year-old pupil, a maths teacher, a headmaster

3. nursery school c. a five-year-old pupil, a teacher

4. university d. a ten-year-old child

5. middle school e. a three-year-old child

Make sentences about your family like in the example:

My little cousin goes to primary school.

2 UK/US English

Match the British English words on the left to American English words on the right.

1. secondary school a. college

2. primary school b. day care

3. nursery school c. elementary school

4. university d. high school

5. middle school e. junior high school

Now make sentences about your family using American English:

My little cousin goes to elementary school.

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3 Good pupil vs. Bad pupil

Look at the sentences below. Which pupils are ‘good pupils’? Which are ‘bad pupils’?

1. Paul is never late and he always does his homework on time.

2. Lidia always pays attention in class.
3. Carlo often cheats in his exams. One day, he’ll be in trouble.
4. Kate doesn’t concentrate in class. She draws in her notebook instead.
5. Mark annoys the teacher because he can’t keep quiet during the lesson.
6. Susan studies very hard. I think she’ll pass all her exams.
7. Daniel annoys the teacher because he’s so noisy.
8. Alice never listens to the teacher. She prefers to talk to her friends.

4 School phrases

Match the words to make phrases from the sentences in exercise 3.

1. cheat a. attention

2. do b. for an exam

3. keep c. in your exams

4. study d. quiet during the lesson

5. annoy e. the teacher

6. pay f. your homework on time

Use the phrases to tell your partner if you were a good or bad pupil like in the example. Use adverbs
of frequency like ‘always’, ‘never’, ‘usually’, ‘sometimes’.
Example: "I never cheated in my exams."

5 Adjectives

Now look at the list of adjectives and say which ones are positive and which are negative.

1. hard-working 3. loud 5. polite 7. naughty

2. clever 4. lazy 6. creative

Now, describe the pupils in exercise 3 with these adjectives.

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6 Education phrases

Match the two halves of each sentence.

1. When you complete university education, you

2. At the end of secondary school, you
3. During university education, you
4. If you want to do well in your exams, you must
5. If you want to get a degree or diploma, you must
6. If you want to get a degree or diploma, you mustn’t

a. attend lectures.
b. fail your exams.
c. get a degree.
d. pass your exams.
e. revise for your exams.
f. take school-leaving exams.

Now make sentences about yourself using the phrases from this exercise.

7 Talking point

Discuss any of the questions below.

1. Describe the school you went to.

2. Describe the school system in your country.
3. Is education very important for getting a good job in your country?

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Key

1. Schools, students, pupils

For the first part, students can work individually and check in pairs.

1. b 2. c 3. e 4. a 5. d

2. UK/US English

For the first part, students can work individually and check in pairs. The term ‘middle school’ (junior high school)
refers to a school attended by pupils between the ages of about 10-14. In countries which have a two-tier system
(primary and secondary schools), for example the UK, they are not common. In the UK, a secondary school would
typically accept pupils from the age of about 13 and a primary school below that age.

1. d 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. e

3. Good pupil vs. Bad pupil

For the first part, students can work individually and check in pairs.

1. good pupil 2. good pupil 3. bad pupil 4. bad pupil

5. bad pupil 6. good pupil 7. bad pupil 8. bad pupil

4. School phrases

1. c 2. f 3. d 4. b 5. e 6. a

5. Adjectives

1. positive 2. positive 3. negative 4. negative

5. positive 6. positive 7. negative
Possible answers: Paul is hardworking, Daniel is naughty, etc.

6. Education phrases

For the first part, students can work individually and check in pairs. Have the students make sentences about
themselves using the phrases, e.g. ‘I took my school-leaving exams 10 years ago.’

1. c 2. f 3. a 4. e 5. d 6. b

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