Focus 1 Unit 5.1 Vocabulary

1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

exam college mixed nursery secondary state

0 An important test is called an exam.

1 A           [nursery, state, secondary, mixed, college]school is a school for very young children.

2 In my country,           [secondary, college, nursery, mixed, state] schools are free but we have to pay a lot for private schools.

3 At the age of 11, you go to a           [mixed, secondary, state, nursery, college]school.

4 I go to a             [nursery, secondary, college, state, mixed] school. Both boys and girls can study there.

5 When Ann is 16, she wants to study Art at             [mixed, college, state, nursery, secondary]or train to be a hairdresser.

2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

exam state single-sex kindergarten university private

0 An important test is called an exam.

1 In my country,              [single-sex, private, state, kindergarten, university] schools are free but we have to pay a lot for private schools.

2 I go to a              [single-sex, private, state, kindergarten, university] school. My school is only for boys.

3 My cousin who lives in the USA is five years old. He goes to a              [state, single-sex, kindergarten, university, private].

4 You have to pay to go to a              [state, single-sex, kindergarten, university, private]school.

5 Sam is at              [state, single-sex, kindergarten, university, private]. He is studying to be a lawyer.

3 Complete the sentences with the missing verbs.

0 Mr Phillips is my Geography teacher.

1 I am happy when I     good marks for my homework.

2 In my country if you fail one final exam, you can always        it in September.

3 English is my favourite subject and I try not to       a class

4 Children in the UK        school at the age of five.

5 If you want to      this exam, you can’t watch films all day long!

6 Do all students in Britain       secondary school at the age of 16 or do some finish later?

7 When I    badly in a test, my parents are upset.

8 In most countries in Europe students don’t      entrance exams to get to college.

9 Are you sad when you     bad marks for your projects?

10 I think we     late for lessons. There aren't any people in the corridor

4 Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions.

0 School starts at 8 o'clock every morning.

1 I can’t go to a concert with you. I must revise     the history exam.

2 Robert is in hospital. He's not coming    classes this week.

3 I usually get nervous and do badly    exams.

4 I am always    time on Monday. My first lesson is PE!

5 If you are late     school, one of your teachers calls your parents

6 My friend would like to get      Cambridge University.

7 Students should come    their classes with their homework.

8 Thomas is the best student in my class. He always does well    tests.

9 If you want to revise well     an exam, don’t study at night.

10 My teacher says it's important to be    time.