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
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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
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7. graduated / Lina / has / just / university / from
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8. went / lecture / we / to / a / on / art / Italian
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9. is / she / wants / studying / medicine / and / she / to / be / a / doctor
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10. primary / my / daughter / and / at / is / seven / she / is / school
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11. she / principal / is / the / London / of / a / school
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12. is / a / professor / politics / of / he / at / a / UK / university
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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
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16. seminar / I / every / student / talked / a / lot / in / when / I / was / a
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17. had / a / pass / tutor / to / help / daughter / her / my / her / math / exams
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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.
