A) There are many types of schools in the world. There are also a wide range of school subjects at different schools. b) At a school in the Annapurna mountains in Nepal, classes don't start until 10 am. In Japan, it isn't unusual for students to spend two hours or more getting to school on public transport. c) The average school day in the UK and the US is 6.5 hours for high school students. After school students in Korea and Greece attend extra classes in private schools. d) All schools have rules. In Japan, everyone has to participate in 'o soji', or the cleaning of the school, before they go home, whereas at Summerhill School in England, it's the students who make the rules! e) We shouldn't forget that 300 million children in the world don't have any schools to go to. So even if you'd like to change some things about your school, you really are one of the lucky ones!
Complete the sentences with the correct form of these words.
adolescent concentrate describe different excite improve independent inform
1 She usually gets 50% or 60% in her exams but in this exam she got 90%. That's a big improvement.
2 Rön, can you give me a description of your sister? I don't know who she is in this photo.
3 Good food helps your concentration at school.
4 There's a lot of excitement about the famous actor's visit to the school.
5 There are two or three differences between the present simple and the present continuous.
6 She wants to be a secondary school teacher because she likes working with adolescents.
7 A dictionary gives you information about new words.
8 He's very independent - he doesn't need anybody to help him.
b) At a school in the Annapurna mountains in Nepal, classes don't start until 10 am. In Japan, it isn't unusual for students to spend two hours or more getting to school on public transport.
c) The average school day in the UK and the US is 6.5 hours for high school students. After school students in Korea and Greece attend extra classes in private schools.
d) All schools have rules. In Japan, everyone has to participate in 'o soji', or the cleaning of the school, before they go home, whereas at Summerhill School in England, it's the students who make the rules!
e) We shouldn't forget that 300 million children in the world don't have any schools to go to. So even if you'd like to change some things about your school, you really are one of the lucky ones!