1 Complete the sentences. The first letter is given.
1 Max is an undergraduate at the moment, studying at university.
2 My uncle went to b………………… s………………… . He came home in the holidays.
3 My sister is six years old. She goes to p………………… school.
4 My mother has a university d………………… in physics.
5 I know someone who doesn’t have any q…………………, but is very rich.
6 I went to s………………… school, and then I left when I was 16.
Answer
2 boarding school
3 primary
4 degree
5 qualifications
6 secondary
2 Match the sentence halves. There are two extra options.
1 My cousin is in Year …A…
2 I got 85% in the test, so I did
3 I was ill last week, so I didn’t attend
4 In a week, we break
5 I’ve got an important test tomorrow, and I don’t want to do
6 Governments should spend more money on
A 2 at school at the moment.
B up for the holidays.
C education.
D well.
E badly.
F boarding.
G school.
H degrees.
Answer
2 D 3 G 4 B 5 E 6 C
3 Complete each sentence or compound noun with one word.
1 Lunch ……time…… is at 12:30.
2 For home ………………., please do Exercise 4.
3 The teacher wrote the answer on the black ………………. .
4 Break ………………. is only 15 minutes long.
5 Which class ………………. are we in today?
6 You need special pens to write on the white ………………. .
7 I’m waiting at the bus ………………. outside my house.
Answer
2 For homework, please do Exercise 4
3 The teacher wrote the answer on the blackboard.
4 Break time is only 15 minutes long.
5 Which classroom are we in today?
6 You need special pens to write on the whiteboard.
7 I’m waiting at the bus stop outside my house.
4 Complete the sentences with words from the box, to make compound nouns.
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1 I helped clean the ……blackboard…… .
2 The …………………… wants to see you.
3 I take the ……………………, because I live too far away to walk.
4 Please turn to page 86 in your …………………… .
5 On my ……………………, it says that I have maths on Friday morning.
Answer
2 headteacher 3 school bus 4 textbook 5 timetable
5 Choose the correct options.
I did 1………………… at secondary school, at 2…………………, failing lots of exams. It’s because I didn’t work hard 3………………… . I never did my 4…………………, often didn’t 5………………… lessons, and sometimes, I had to see the 6………………… . But later, I changed. I decided that I wanted to be a scientist. I chose to study maths and chemistry, and I started to do really 7………………… . I went on to university and got a 8………………… . Then, I continued studying and got a higher 9………………… . At 10…………………, I’m working for a big company, and I’m really enjoying it. 11………………… is a lot easier to go through when you can study what you want!
1 A badly B well C good
2 A least B first C present
3 A very B too C enough
4 A education B homework C home
5 A attend B go C do
6 A blackboard B headteacher C school
7 A enough B badly C well
8 A primary B degree C secondary
9 A secondary B qualification C education
10 A more B risk C present
11 A Year B Education C Degree
Answer
2 B 3 C 4 B 5 A 6 B 7 C
8 B 9 B 10 C 11 B
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