Education

Question 1

School

• go to/ attend school
• Children start primary school when they’re 4 or 5 years old.
• You can leave school at 16, but many students stay on until they are 18.
• I missed a lot of school through illness last year. I might have to repeat the year.
• change school
• His parents sent him to a private school.
• be expelled from school
• play truant from school
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• your school days are the happiest days of your life
• Most children are tired at the end of the school day.
• The parents’ evening on June 26th will be held in the school hall.
• school report
• school rules
• a school trip
• incorporate road safety education in
• the school curriculum
• the school board
• school uniform
• I’ve fallen behind with my school work again.
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• Both my children are still at school. The eldest is 17.
• be late for school
• be absent from school
• I had to stay behind after school. My guidance teacher wanted to speak to me about why I’d been late four days this week.
• She got A grades all the way through high school.
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• He went back to his old school (=the school someone went to when they were young) to give a talk to the children.
• a local school (=a school near where someone lives)
• a boarding/day school
• a nursery school (=for children under 5)
• a primary/elementary school
• a secondary/high school

Question 2

Teacher

• the teacher corrects our grammar and spelling in class
• the teacher returned our exam papers, and went over the answers
• teacher punish students
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• an enthusiastic teacher is full of ideas
• Mo went back to her old school to visit some of her former teachers.
• a strict teacher

Question 3

Student

• Our students are taught through lectures, seminars and individual tutorials.
• About 90% of our students graduate from university with degrees. Unfortunately, the other 10% drop out (of college) after their first year.
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• Hundreds of angry students held demonstrations in the university square to protest about the cuts in education.
• a bright/brilliant student
• a hard-working student
• a lazy student
• He is popular with his fellow students.
• I retired from teaching many years ago, but I still get card from my former students.
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• Some students have difficulty adapting to college/university life away from home.
• students find accommodation
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• The college library has facilities for disable students.
  The university has a large number of overseas students.
  There are a number of **mature students* living on campus. Some have children

Question 4

Class

• teach a class
• attend a class
• miss a class
• be in the same class as (her) at school
• pay attention in class
• She was always top/bottom of the class