What time do you start school in the morning? What's your favourite subject?
Children go to school from Monday to Friday. They start
school at the age of four or fiveandtheyleaveat16or
18. When they are 11, they go to a secondary school.
Lessons start at about 9 am and finishatabout3.30pm.
Schools
The UK
Pupils eat lunch in the canteen or take their own 'packed
lunch'
. When school finishes,somechildr en go to clubs,
for example, music or computer clubs.
Kazakhstan/
In Kazakhstan children start primary school at the age
six or seven. They usually go to morning lessons or
afternoon lessonst When they are 11 or 12 years old,
they move to lower secondary school, and later to
general secondary school or special training schools! A
secondary school day has five or six 40-minute lessons.
There are breaks of 10 minutes between lessons, and
one 20-minute break for a snack! There is often a lot of
homework, and some students have extra lessons too.
The USA
Children start elementary school at six. When they
are 12, they go to a Junior High School. At 15, pupils
change to a Senior High School where they can choose
what they want to study. They usually stay there for
three years. At the end of their finalyear, they have a
big party. It's called 'the senior prom'.
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Extra reading
1 Mark the sentences true (T) or false (F). Correct
the false ones.
1 Children in the UK can leave school at 16.
2 Pupils in the UK have their lunch at home.
3 Children in Kazakhstan leave primary school when
they are 11 or 12
4 Secondary school students in Kazakhstan don't study
after school.
5 American children start school when they're four.
6 American students go to the senior prom when
they're 15.
ПРАВДА ИЛИ НЕТ
1. true
2.false
3true
4.false
5.false
6.false