A. Learn the collocations and do the exercises suggested.

Verb + education

-get an education

-give you an education

-invest in education

-return to education

-pay for your education

Adjective + education

-a good education

-higher education

-nursery education

-private education

–religious education

-secondary education

-sex education

-liberal education

Noun + preposition +education

access to education

-the aim of education

-standard of education

-the right to education

 

B. Verb + education Complete the sentences with the correct form of the above verbs:

1. My parents.......... me the best education that money could buy.

2. Parents must make sure that their children............ a proper education.

3. A growing number of adults are............. to full-time education.

4. We put some money aside every month to............. for our daughter's education.

5. The Prime Minister said that his government will continue to........................... in education. An extra £100 million will be spent next year on school buildings.

C. Adjective + education Complete the sentences below with the above adjectives:

1. There will be free............ education for all three-year-olds within five years.

2. Some people think that........... education is unfair and that we should all have

the same educational opportunities.

3. The number of students in............ education has doubled in the last 10 years.

The government is now thinking of building several new universities.

I'm against education in schools. I think it should be done at home.

5. In the UK, most young people receive................... education in primary school.

They learn the facts of life early.

6. Like most parents, I just want my children to have a............... education.

7. The government wants to make............ education compulsory up to the age of 18.

8. I am hopeless at exact sciences so my aim is to get a............... education.

D. Noun + preposition + education Complete the sentences with the above nouns:

1. The cuts in funding will have an effect on the............... of education in schools.

2. By law all children in the country have the.............. to a free education.

3. One.......... of education must be to teach children to think for themselves.

4 to higher education has improved, with more students now at university.

Lesson 34.

Preschool and school education

in Ukraine

VOCABULARY

SCHOOL SUBJECTS

Order the letters and label the pictures

1. SHAMT	3. SCUIMITH-HCOYOLEGTN	5. YOEHGRGPA	7. HIEGNSL	9. HSCLAPIY
2. MAARD	4. CSCNIEE-UDEAOITNC	6. IYHTSOR	8. IROANFMO

2.
SUBJECTS

Match the following school subjects with their definitions:

a. history	f. chemistry
b. music	g. biology
c. maths	h. IT (information technology)
d. economics	i. geography
e. physics	j. art

 

1. The study of plant, animal and human life.

2. The study of the world’s physical features, climate, population etc.

3. The study of the past.

4. The study of painting and drawing.

5. How to use computers.

6. The study of heat, sound, electricity etc.

7. Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus etc.

8. The study of elements and how they combine and react.

9. The study of financial systems.

10. Playing instruments and singing.

Exams

Cross out the verb which does not collocate:

do/

make/

take/

sit/

pass/

fail

an exam

Complete the dialogue with the correct form of these verbs:

re-sit

pass

fail

revise

A: Hi Tara, I’m so happy. I (1) …. all my exams. I even got a grade A in English!

B: I didn’t do too badly, but I (2) … biology. That means I’ll have to (3) … it next term.

A: Oh no, I’m so sorry. You spent ages on biology, didn’t you? What happened?

B: Well, I guess I just didn’t (4) … hard enough. Perhaps I’ll get it next time.

YOUR SCHOOL CAREER.

Use these verbs:

passed

sat

doing

graduated

got

applied

and these other words to complete the text:

primary

secondary

university

nursery

college

degree

When I was very young I went to a playgroup and then a (1) ….. school. When I was five, I started at the local (2) …… school. School is compulsory in Britain for everybody between five and sixteen years old, but in lots of other countries children don’t start until they are seven.

My primary school was mixed, but when I was eleven, I went to an al-boys (3) ……. school. My favourite subjects were maths and English. After five years at secondary school, I decided to go to sixth form (4) ………...

In my last year in the sixth form I (5) ……… exams in four subjects – maths, physics, chemistry, and geography. I (6) …… them all and (7)…………. A grades in maths and physics.

I (8) ……….. for a place at (9)……………… to study astronomy. It was a three-year (10) ………. course. I (11) …….. with first class honours. I thought about (12) …… a postgraduate degree, but decided it was time to get a job and earn some money.

THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

Match the different places with their definitions:

1. classroom

2. hall

3. playground

4. gym

5. playing fields

6. staff room

7. chemistry/physics lab

8. library

a. where you play football and other sports

b. the teachers’ room

c. where students go during breaks

d. a quiet place to read or look things up

e. where you have most of your lessons

f. a special room where you can do experiments

g. a big room where the whole school can meet for assembly

h. where you do PE