Get 200 Book 1 School

Read two texts to do with home schooling. For each question choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Text 1.

It was almost half past eight. Time for the lesson, I thought and quickly finished my coffee. I walked into the living room. Suzy was already there, sitting at the table. As I came up, she stood up and greeted me with a ‘Good morning, sir’. She tried to look serious, although her smiling eyes gave her away. I smiled and greeted her, too. The times when we both found our homeschooling routine awkward and somewhat embarrassing were long gone. Now it seemed as if we had been doing it for years.

But in fact, it all began several months ago after Suzy had started at primary school. She stubbornly refused to follow the teacher’s instructions to sound out individual letters (she was a fluent reader already, which the teacher had failed to notice). The teacher went as far as to imply that Suzy’s academic ability was too low for a normal school. A friend of mine, who knew I was working part-time from home, recommended we try homeschooling. To my surprise, the head teacher did not object to the idea. I was thoroughly informed about the formalities and requirements (in the UK parents do not need to have any formal qualifications to teach their children at home) and thus our homeschooling began.

Today our timetable started with a maths lesson. I checked Suzy’s homework (it was perfect as usual) and we went on to do some arithmetic. After the usual short break at 10.30, we switched to English. I always made a point of sticking to a fixed timetable for our classes and maintaining a minimal level of formality, which Suzy was quick to adjust to. Our lessons continued until lunch at 1.30 pm and in the afternoon, my daughter was encouraged to work on her own.

1. In the first paragraph, we find out that the writer and his daughter

Read two texts to do with home schooling. For each question choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Text 1.

It was almost half past eight. Time for the lesson, I thought and quickly finished my coffee. I walked into the living room. Suzy was already there, sitting at the table. As I came up, she stood up and greeted me with a ‘Good morning, sir’. She tried to look serious, although her smiling eyes gave her away. I smiled and greeted her, too. The times when we both found our homeschooling routine awkward and somewhat embarrassing were long gone. Now it seemed as if we had been doing it for years.

But in fact, it all began several months ago after Suzy had started at primary school. She stubbornly refused to follow the teacher’s instructions to sound out individual letters (she was a fluent reader already, which the teacher had failed to notice). The teacher went as far as to imply that Suzy’s academic ability was too low for a normal school. A friend of mine, who knew I was working part-time from home, recommended we try homeschooling. To my surprise, the head teacher did not object to the idea. I was thoroughly informed about the formalities and requirements (in the UK parents do not need to have any formal qualifications to teach their children at home) and thus our homeschooling began.

Today our timetable started with a maths lesson. I checked Suzy’s homework (it was perfect as usual) and we went on to do some arithmetic. After the usual short break at 10.30, we switched to English. I always made a point of sticking to a fixed timetable for our classes and maintaining a minimal level of formality, which Suzy was quick to adjust to. Our lessons continued until lunch at 1.30 pm and in the afternoon, my daughter was encouraged to work on her own.

2 The main reason why the writer had decided on homeschooling for Suzy was that

Read two texts to do with home schooling. For each question choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Text 1.

It was almost half past eight. Time for the lesson, I thought and quickly finished my coffee. I walked into the living room. Suzy was already there, sitting at the table. As I came up, she stood up and greeted me with a ‘Good morning, sir’. She tried to look serious, although her smiling eyes gave her away. I smiled and greeted her, too. The times when we both found our homeschooling routine awkward and somewhat embarrassing were long gone. Now it seemed as if we had been doing it for years.

But in fact, it all began several months ago after Suzy had started at primary school. She stubbornly refused to follow the teacher’s instructions to sound out individual letters (she was a fluent reader already, which the teacher had failed to notice). The teacher went as far as to imply that Suzy’s academic ability was too low for a normal school. A friend of mine, who knew I was working part-time from home, recommended we try homeschooling. To my surprise, the head teacher did not object to the idea. I was thoroughly informed about the formalities and requirements (in the UK parents do not need to have any formal qualifications to teach their children at home) and thus our homeschooling began.

Today our timetable started with a maths lesson. I checked Suzy’s homework (it was perfect as usual) and we went on to do some arithmetic. After the usual short break at 10.30, we switched to English. I always made a point of sticking to a fixed timetable for our classes and maintaining a minimal level of formality, which Suzy was quick to adjust to. Our lessons continued until lunch at 1.30 pm and in the afternoon, my daughter was encouraged to work on her own.

3 Which of the following is true about the father and daughter’s homeschooling routine?

4 Complete the sentences with the correct words.

This weekend I’m planning to prepare __ my history test next week.

Is there a good reason __ your poor grades this month.

He’s decided to __ up Italian – he’s doing an online course.

The exam will __ place on 27th May.

How do you __ about your new school?

I always __ disappointed when I get a low grade.

All right, let’s __ the date of our next test. How about 20th March?

I’ll divide you into groups of four and I’ll __ a different task for each group.

There is a medical __ in this text which I can’t understand.

We’re going to take a test at the end of the winter __.

Translate the words in brackets from Ukrainian into English.

(Я вважаю, що дане рішення було б найкращим) _________________________ because I could learn a lot.

Translate the words in brackets from Ukrainian into English.

(Я вважаю, що дане рішення було б найкращим) _________________________ because I could learn a lot.

Write sentences using the ideas below.

Скажіть, що Ви б не вибрали такий варіант, тому що вартість приватних уроків висока.

Write sentences using the ideas below.

Скажіть, що Вам подобається ідея навчання на дому.

Write sentences using the ideas below.

Скажіть, що це була б хороша ідея, тому що Вам подобається користуватися інтернетом.