Unit 2: Schools
1. Watch and listen to the episode. Fill in the missing words.
1. The others usually study three subjects for two more _____ , and then take ‘A’ levels … or Advanced level _________
2. They usually leave ____ and go to a __________ in a different town or ____.
3. On average there are about twenty-two students in a _________ school class and about twenty-seven are in a ________school class.
4. British students have a ____ choice of ________.
5. Many British school ________ only learn a _______ language from the age of eleven.
6. Most students study ______.
7. ________is very popular but so are other games like netball, _____ and _________.
8. The students don’t live at home ______ term time … they ____ at the school.
And some of these schools have very traditional ________.
9. After school some students do other __________ like _____.
10. _____ boys are from Eton — a very ______ ___________ school near Windsor.
2. Watch and listen to the episode again. Fill in the numbers.
1. Most children start primary school at the age of _____
2. Then at ______ they go to secondary school.
3. All children stay at secondary school to the age of _______.
4. And at _______ in England they take GCSE examinations … that is the General Certificate of Secondary Education.
5. After these exams about ______ percent of students leave school.
6. About ______ percent of ________-year-olds go to university.
7. Another ______ percent go on to other kinds of education and training.
8. Hurry up, it's nearly ____ o’clock!
9. There are classes in the afternoon, and school finishes at about ____ o’clock.
10. __________ percent of British schools are state schools.
11. ______ percent of schools are independent.
3. What subjects do British students love more?
