II. English Usage.

Exercise 3. British Schools. Choose the correct definition to the following words (in the

box).

1) This is a school which is run by the government and where education is free.

2) This is a school which is not supported by government money and where parents have to pay for their children's education.

3) This is the school a child attends from the age of 5 to the age of 11.

4) This is a school for children between 3 and 5 years of age. Most of them are run by local education authorities.

5) This is usually a private school where the pupils live during the term and only go home to their parents during the holidays

Primary school b)boarding school c) Polytechnic d) state school e) private school f) nursery school g) university h) College of further education

Exercise 4. Write the missing verb in the sentence below. Choose from the box.

6) Ann.....school at 16 to go and work in her cousin's shop.

7) The Head teacher.....the school football team for doing so well in the local Cup.

8) Children from the age of 5 to 11 usually.....a primary school.

9) None of the teachers could control the boy. When he finally tried to set fire to the school, the

Head teacher was forced to......him.

10) When he went to the Sixth-Form College he decided to.....in foreign languages.

11) Pete was very upset when he.......his exams, especially as he thought he had done so well.

12) She spends al least two hours every night........

13) Tatiana Viktorovna was a very strict teacher and always.....her pupils if they forgot to do

their homework or misbehaved in class.

14) The students of our gymnasium are going to.....the Cambridge First Certificate examination

at the end of the year.

15) To.....means to stay away from school without permission.

Play truant left doing her homework attend praised take punished failed expel specialized

Exercise 5. Choose the correct answer.

16) Our teacher is thinking.......to the conference next week.

A) to go B) of going

17) No one would have attended the lecture if you.....the truth about the guest speaker.

A) had told B) would have told

18)Hary seldom does his homework on time, and his sister doesn't.......

A) too B) either

19) They asked me what......at school on that day.

A) did happen B) happened

20) Fifty minutes.....enough time to finish this lest.

A) are B) is

21) Mathematics......my favourite subject.

A) is B) are

22) A lot of students........their test yet.

A) haven't done B) hasn't done

23) I enjoy.....different problems at our English lesson.

A) discussing B) to discuss

24) Please remember.......this textbook.

A) bringing B) lo bring

25) Someone must have taken my pencil-box. 1 clearly remember... it on my desk and now it has gone.

A) to leave B) leaving

26) When he told me that everybody had made fun of him, I could not help......sorry for him.

A) feeling B) to feel

27) Anna asked Nelly if she.......to the school party that night.

A) was coming B) is coming

28) Sandra asked Robin whether........his homework yet.

A) he finished B) he had finished

29) If you....., you'll miss your lesson.

A) won't hurry B) don't hurry

30) After she......the test, she felt very depressed.

A) failed B) had failed

Exercise 6. What would happen to the hoy after leaving school? Give your reasons using your own imagination. (Write a short essay- 200-250 words)

KEY: Ex.1-open exercise

Ex.2: 6)c 7)open 8)b 9)c 10)a Ex.3: 1)d 2)e 3)a 4)f 5)b

Ex.4: 6)left 7)praised 8)attend 9)expel 10) specialized 11)failed 12) doing her homework

13) punished 14) take 15) play truant

Ex.5: 16)b 17)a 18)b 19)b 20)b 21)a 22)a 23)a 24)b 25)b 26)a 27)a 28)b 29)b 30)b