Task 2 Complete the sentences with the right preposition: off, on, out, up.
8 I don't know why he hangs …….. with James; they've got nothing in common.
9 The fire alarm went ….… today at school.
10 Let me speak to Melanie before you hang …….. .
11 Can you hang …… for a moment? I need to ask you something.
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I Am A Teenager. My name is . I’m a typical teenager. I study at the *th form of a secondary school and my favourite subjects are Biology and Chemistry. In the future I want to become a professional doctor. At the moment I’m working hard to pass the end of year exams. After that, I can choose either to continue studying at high school, or to enter a medical college. I prefer the latter, because that way I will be able to learn the basics of medicine earlier. Apart from the choice of future career, teenagers have many other problems, for example, first love. Last year I met a guy that I liked. I thought he was my first love, but he actually chose to date my best friend Inna. It was a real shock for me and I felt frustrated. As time passed, I stopped worrying about it, but it still feels awkward seeing them together. Another problem is the attitude of my parents towards my personal life. They want to know everything about me, my life, my friends, etc. From the one hand, I can understand their concern. After all I’m their only child. From the other hand, it’s depressing. It seems that I can’t even turn on my computer without their permission. They think that there is lots of harmful information online, so I need to be careful while surfing the net. I’m also not allowed to stay outside with my friends when it gets dark. I need to be home sharp at 10 pm. Perhaps they know better than me about life. Another typical teenage problem that I couldn’t avoid is large amount of homework. This year I‘ve studied almost without weekends to get good marks in main subjects. So, I think being a teenager is not easy, but it is an obligatory life stage for everyone.

There are two types of schools in Russia- STATE schools and PRIVATE schools.
State schools provide FREE education.
Parents have to pay for their children's education if they want to ATTEND a private school.
Only 1% of schools in Russia  are PRIVATE.
Education in Russia is compulsory between the ages of 6 and 15. COMPULSORY education takes 9 years, it includes 4 years of PRIMARY school and 5 years of SECONDARY school.
At PRIMARY school pupils learn reading, writing, arithmetic, art and sport.
At SECONDARY school the number of subjects grows.
Besides schools of general education in Russia there are LYCEUMS and GYMNASIUMS.
At the end of the 9-year course pupils take a final EXAM.(a number of ex-ms)Pre-school education is OPTIONAL.
It is provided by KINDERGARTENS and NURSERY CLASSES in schools.