Answer these questions. 1) When do English children begin schooling?
2) How many years do they spend in primary school?
3) Most children begin their secondary education at the age of 12, don’t they?
4) Are state schools free or do parents pay for their children?
5) How many lessons do pupils usually have a week?
6) They don’t go to school on Saturdays and Sundays, do they?
7) When do they have a twenty minute break?
8) They have a long break for lunch, don’t they?
9) At what time are pupils usually free and can go home?
10) How many terms a year do British pupils have?
11) Which are the longest holidays: Easter, Christmas or summer?
12) When does the school year begin and end in England and Wales?
1) English children begin schooling when they are 5.
2) They spend 7 years in primary school.
3) Yes, they do. Most children begin their secondary education at the age of 12.
4) State schools are free in England and Wales.
5) Pupils usually have five lessons a day. They go to school five days a week.
6) No, they don’t. They don’t go to school on Saturdays and Sundays.
7) They have a twenty minute break after the first lesson.
8) Yes, they do. They have a long break for lunch.
9) Pupils usually are free and can go home at 2 or 3 o’clock.
10) British pupils have three terms a year.
11) Summer holidays are the longest.
12) The school year in England and Wales begins in September and ends in July.