School life

Vocabulary

1. Do you like school? Tick the answer that is true for you.

1) School is... ☐ boring. ☐ important. ☐ fun. 2) I go to school... ☐ to meet my friends. ☐ to study. ☐ to go out. 3) I like most about school is ... ☐ teachers. ☐ breaks. ☐ holidays. 4) I hate most about school is ... ☐ homework. ☐ exams. ☐ food. 5) How do you feel about school? ☐ unhappy. ☐ excited. ☐ nervous.

2. Сomplete the table with the words from the word cloud. Check out their meanings.

School type Subjects People Activities

rEading

3. Read the blog posts about some schools abroad. Are these schools special? Why?

Mark I am from a small town in the Australian Outback. My teacher is 500km away, in Alice Springs, so I study at home. I watch my lessons online and send my homework to my teacher by email.

Christina I go to an International School in Mexico City, there are 1200 students, from about 50 countries. We study our subjects in English, but a lot of my classmates are Mexican, so we often chat in Spanish during breaks.

Andrew My sister Jane and I go to Millview Academy, near Bristol. It’s a good place for sports. I love football and I’m in my school team, so after school we go to practise on the football field. Jane and her friends enjoy playing basketball in the gym.

Anna Hi! I am at school now, in my English class. I am a student of a boarding school, so we study in the School house and live in the Main house here. I share a nice bedroom with my two classmate girls. We return home only on holidays, at the end of the term.

Alice My school is modern and comfortable. It’s a school for girls and we make friends easily. Students wear a uniform. Teachers are nice and understanding, but we must study hard to have good marks. There’re a lot of different clubs, too. I’m a member of the newspaper club and spend much time in our library.

4. Who says that? Read the sentences and write the names of children from the text.

1) I study in a school for girls. I am in a newspaper club and often go to the library. 2) I and my sister go to the same school. We do sports at school. 3) I speak two languages: English and Spanish. 4) I have online lessons and write my homework in the email. 5) I study and live at my school. I don't go back home every day.

5. Match the words to the definitions.

1) timetable 2) uniform 3) break 4) exam 5) homework 6) mark 7) term 8) club a) your points for schoolwork b) a part of the school year c) your school plan d) an after-school sport or activity e) your task to do at home f) a school dress code g) a time of rest between lessons h) a test of what you know

6. Complete the questions with the words from ex. 5.

1) How much ___ have you got today? 2) Are there any ___ at your school? 3) How many subjects are there in your ___? 4) What is the last ___ you have got in English? 5) Have you got a school ___? 6) What time is your lunch ___? 7) How many ___ does your school year have? 8) Are there many after-school ___ in your school?

graMMar plurals

7. Study the table. Then write the plurals.

Rule!

Regular nouns

Noun + -s: club – clubs For nouns ending -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o, we add -es: bus – buses, class – classes, brush – brushes, watch – watches, box – boxes, potato – potatoes For nouns ending constant + y, we delete -y and add -ies: library – libraries. BUT: boy – boys For nouns ending -f/-fe, we delete -f/-fe and add -ves: leaf – leaves, life – lives. BUT: cafе – cafes.

Irregular nouns

child – children man – men woman – women foot – feet mouse – mice person – people

1) a baby 2) a man 3) a person 4) a glass 5) a toy 6) a party 7) a fox 8) a computer 9) a country 10) a knife 11) a student 12) an orange 13) a pencil 14) a mouse 15) a tomato

listEning

8. Look and write activities, places or things in the pictures. Listen and check your answers. Who says that? Tick (✓) the correct name.

9. Match the adjectives with the nouns. Listen again and check. Talk about your school life using these phrases.

1)_________________ 2)_________________ 3)_________________

4)_________________ 5)_________________ 6)_________________

Mark☐ Alice☐ Tom☐ Mark☐ Alice☐ Tom☐ Mark☐ Alice☐ Tom☐

Mark☐ Alice☐ Tom☐ Mark☐ Alice☐ Tom☐ Mark☐ Alice☐ Tom☐

1) interesting 2) boring 3) nice 4) strict or helpful 5) easy 6) useful 7) difficult 8) horrible a) homework b) classmates c) teachers d) school meals e) subject f) things g) lessons h) school

spEaking

10. Work in pairs. Discuss your school life. Use the questions from ex.6. Take turns to ask and answer questions. Use the phrases from ex.9.