«Why go to school?»

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to get the theory of the subject

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must be done because it is the law

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to get some practical skills

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the subjects included in a course of study or taught at a particular school, college

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is a school where pupils live, eat and sleep

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is a person who has finished university and has a degree

II. Choose "study" or "learn".

Kate should ……..this poem by heart!

Choose "study" or "learn".

Marry……. to drive a car.

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They ……. medicine at college because they want to be good doctors.

Choose "study" or "learn".

Mike……..German 10 ears ago.

Choose "study" or "learn".

In USA less than 30 % of boys choose to ............ science at school.

III. Complete the sentences with the words given below.

In Britain parents can send their children to a 1) _______ school between the ages of about three or five, but it is optional. The children spend a few hours at nursery school each day. Between five and eleven, children go to 2)_____. When they are 11 years old, children go to 3)___ school and take their GCSE exams at the age of 16. They can 4)_____ when they are 16, but if they want to stay in education, they study for a further two years. Many people in Britain are against private schools and they stand for 5) _______ opportunities for secondary school children.