Schools and education

by Ian Stanton

1. Put your school subjects in order of preference.

2. What do these words mean?

Headmaster a degree to graduate

Primary school nursery school high school

Deputy head subjects pupils marks

Compulsory to pass to fail a swot

To cheat strict term uniform

3. Complete these phrases with have to, don’t have to, mustn’t, should or shouldn’t.

a) Italian pupils ------------- go to school on Saturday.

b) English pupils------------- go to school on Saturday.

c) Italian pupils ---------- do a lot of homework.

d) You-------- speak do Italian during the English lesson!

e) You--------- watch films in English if you want to improve.

f) You -------- smoke in school.

g) Italian pupils ----------------- to wear a uniform.
h) English pupils ----------- wear a uniform.

Do you agree or disagree?

Pupils should wear uniforms

There should be more sport at school

I would prefer to attend school from 9 to 4,30 and not go to school on Saturday.

The marks teachers give are too low

Latin is a waste of time

I'd like to study more languages at school

Boys and girls learn better in single sex schools.