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

 For homework, please do Exercise 4

 The teacher wrote the answer on the blackboard.

 Break time is only 15 minutes long.

 Which classroom are we in today?

 You need special pens to write on the whiteboard.

 I’m waiting at the bus stop outside my house.

4  Complete the sentences with words from the box, to make compound nouns.

black     board     book     bus     head     school

table     teacher     text     time

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

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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