4 VOCABULARY EXTRA

PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 4 4 Complete the sentences with school or

university subjects.
4.1 make and do 1 maths is where you learn to
add, subtract, multiply and divide.
1 Put the words and phrases in the box in the correct place in 2 science could be physics,
the table. chemistry or biology.
do make make 3
make history is the study of what
badly in an exam business a decision a meal for someone
make call a project
do make do happened in the past.
a phone a speech well in an exam
do
your homework 4 literature involves studying
books, plays and poems.
make do 5 geografy is about different
countries.
6 sport is where you play
different sports and get some
exercise.
2 Find and correct five mistakes with make and do in the
7 art
and drawing.
involves painting
conversation.
8 religion is where you learn
A: Have you ever made business in a foreign language? about different religions.
make
B: Yes, I have. I quite oen have to write emails and do phone calls 9 musick involves learning
in different languages. how to play instruments like the
A: How many languages do you speak? piano or violin.
B: Four. 10computer scienceis short for
A: Goodness, I bet you did well at school in your exams! information technology.
do 11 work involves making
B: Not really, I was quite lazy at school actually. I always made my
things from wood, metal and
homework on the way to school, or not at all.
plastic.
A: Really? 12 languages : in this subject you
did
B: Yes, but then I made a project about Japan and I realised that might learn English, French or
make
I was really interested in going to work there. So I did a Spanish.
decision to learn Japanese, and I found I was really good at
languages. 5 Complete the sentences with the
verbs in the box. You can use some
verbs more than once.
4.2 Education
give make play study
3 Put the stages of state education in the UK in the correct place take wear
in the diagram.
1 I don’t find it very easy to
College or University Infants Primary school make new friends.
FE College or Sixth form Secondary school Juniors 2 I have to study an exam
tomorrow and I’m quite nervous
1 college or university
about it.
3 Did you have to wear a
uniform at school?
2 secondary school 18+ 4 FE college or Sixth form
4 Do you think it’s easier to learn in a
classroom, or study online?
5 My parents are watching the show
16–18
5 juniors tonight, so I’m going to try and
3 primary school give a great performance.
11–18 years
11–16 6 Don’t worry, we all make
6 infants mistakes.
7–11 7 Do you play the piano?
8 What subject are you going to
4–11 years 4–7 study at university?

State Education in England

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4.3 Language learning Crossword

6 Match 1–7 with their meanings a)–g). 8 Use the clues to complete the crossword with words and
1 read the subtitles phrases from Unit 4. There is a phrase in the shaded squares.
2 memorise 1 be successful (2, 4)
3 go online 2 the study of books, poems and plays (10)
4 re-read 3 the study of numbers and quantity (5)
5 look up 4 the study of paintings, drawings, etc. (3)
6 chat 5 You an exam or a test. (4)
7 note down 6 get things wrong (4, 8)
7 the study of biology, chemistry, etc. (7)
3 a) use the internet 8 the study of matter and energy (7)
6 b) have a short conversation 9 Actors give a . (11)
2 c) learn and remember 10 the study of the past (7)
7 d) write on paper 11 You can see this at the theatre. (4)
5 e) find out information 12 You can study here when you are older than eighteen. (10)
1 f) look at a written translation of a film or 13 When you meet new people you might make . (7)
TV programme while you watch
14 A translation written at the bottom of a television or film
g)
4 read again screen. (9)
15 The two last years at school for students aged sixteen to
Other vocabulary eighteen. (5, 4)
16 educating children at home (4, 9)
7 Underline the odd word out in 17 read again (6)
each group. 18 Learn something so that you can remember it perfectly. (8)
1 innovative new traditional
1
2 method language mother tongue d o w e l l
3 clever alternative talented 2
l i t e r a t u r e
4 exams qualifications uniforms 3
m a t h s
5 switch practise repeat 4
6 get better improve copy a r t
5
m a k e
6
m a k e m i s t a k e s
7
s c i e n c e
8
p h y s i c s
9
p e r f o r m a n c e
10
h i s t o r y
11
p l a y
12
u n i v e r s i t y
13
f r i e n d s
14
s u b t i t l e s
15
s i x t h f o r m
16
h o m e s c h o o l i n g
17
r e r e a d
18
m e m o r i s e

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