Education and Learning 1

Underline the most suitable w o r d or phrase.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
2
Jack decided to take a course/lesson in hotel management.

Sheila always got good marks/points in algebra.
After leaving school, Ann studied/trained as a teacher.
Peter decided not to go in/enter for the examination.
My sister learned/taught me how to draw.
I can't come to the cinema. I have to read/study for a test.
In history we had to learn a lot of dates by hand/heart.
I hope your work will improve by the end of course/term.
Martin failed/missed his maths exam and had to sit it again.
If you have any questions, raise/rise your hand.
Complete each sentence with a w o r d from the box. Use each w o r d once only.
a) Our teachers used to
punish
us by making us stay behind after
school.
b) If you
twenty-seven by nine, the answer is three.
c) Try to
the most important rules.
d) It is difficult to
attention in a noisy classroom.
e) Pauline tried her best to
the end of year examinations.
f) Your work is the same as Harry's. Did you

g) Your mind is wandering! You must
more!
h) Helen decided to
all her work at the end of every week.
i) It's a good idea to
important parts of the book in red.
j) The teacher saw Jerry trying to
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his work?
in the exam.
VOCABULARY 18
EDUCATION AND LEARNING
Match the words in the box w i t h a suitable definition (a-j). Use each w o r d once
only.
a) Someone who teaches at a university lecture

b) Someone who has a college degree
c) The head of a school
d) Someone who studies at primary or secondary school
e) The most important teacher in a university department
f) Someone who teaches one student or a very small class
g) Someone in the same class as yourself
h) Someone who trains a sports team
i) Someone who writes the question papers of an examination
j) Someone who drives but has not yet passed a driving test
4
Complete each sentence (a-j) with a suitable ending (1-10). Use each ending once.
a) Joe was absent most of the time
.4
b) Sue wanted to do the experiment for herself

c) James was a very gifted pupil
d) Lucy couldn't find a duster to clean the board
e) Dave could pick up languages very easily
f) Brenda wanted to leave space for corrections
g) Tony didn't pay attention in class
h) Helen was educated at home by her parents
i) Brian attended evening classes in photography
j) Cathy wanted to get into university
1 so he didn't have any problems passing his exams.
2 so he started talking in French after only a few days.
3 so she had to study for the entrance examinations.
4 so his name was removed from the register.
5 so he didn't go out with his friends much during the week.
6 so she wrote her answers in the corner.
7 so she didn't have many friends of her own age.
8 so she wrote everything on alternate lines.
9 so she went to the science laboratory.
10
so he could never remember what the teacher had said.

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FIRST C E R T I F I C A T E L A N G U A G E P R A C T I C E
Choose the most suitable w o r d or phrase to complete each sentence.
a) Helen's parents were very pleased when they read her school
A) report
B) papers
C) diploma
D) account
b) Martin has quite a good

A) result
B) pass
of physics.
C) understanding
c) In Britain, children start

A) kindergarten
D) head
school at the age of five.
B) secondary
d) Edward has a
C) nursery
D) primary
in French from Leeds University.
A) certificate
B) degree
C) mark
e) My favourite
A) topic
A.
D) paper
at school was history.
B) class
C) theme
D) subject
f) It's time for a break. The bell has

A) gone off
B) struck
C) rung
g) Our English teacher

A) set
B) put
D) sounded
us some difficult exercises for homework.
C) obliged
D) made
h) Before you begin the exam paper, always read the

A) orders
B) instructions
C) rules
carefully.
D) answers
i) If you want to pass the examination, you must study

A) hard
B) enough
C) thoroughly
D) rather
j) Most students have quite a good sense of their own

A) grasp
B) ability
C) idea
D) information
6 Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in
the space in the same line.
School report
Margaret started English Literature this term, and I
am afraid that her (1)
introduction
entirely (2)
to the subject has not been
She has not shown much enthusiasm,
and does not always pay (3)

are often (4)
in class. Her assignments
, because she is so untidy, and because
of her (5)
to check her work thoroughly. She failed
to do any (6)
before the end of term test, and had
poor results. She seems to have the (7)
idea that
INTRODUCE
SUCCESS
ATTEND
READ
FAIL
REVISE
MISTAKE
she can succeed without studying. She has also had many
(8)
and has frequently arrived late for class. This
has resulted in several (9)

Margaret is a (10)
has not had a satisfactory term.
Although
student in some respects, she
ABSENT
PUNISH
GIFT
VOCABULARY 18
EDUCATION AND LEARNING
Complete each sentence with a form of do, make or take.
a) Have you
done
exercise 3 yet?
b) I can't come this afternoon. I'm

c) Jack has
an English exam.
very well this term.
d) I'm afraid that you haven't
any progress.
e) Sue didn't know the answer, so she

f) You all look tired. Let's
a guess.
a break.
g) This is a good composition, but you have

h) I think you should
yourself more seriously.
i) The teacher gave a lecture, and the class

j) Paul finds maths difficult, but he
8
a lot of errors.
notes.
his best.
Complete each sentence with a w o r d beginning as shown. Each space represents

one letter.
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Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
Learning how to learn

There is usually one important (1)
(2)
missing from most school
Very few students are (3)
learning, and how to (4)
how to organize their
the best use of their time. Let's take some
simple (5)
Do you know how to (6)
up words in a
dictionary, and do you understand all the (7)

contains? Can you (8)
them (9)
(10)
the dictionary
notes quickly, and can you understand

? For some reason, many schools give learners no
with these matters. Teachers ask students to (11)
pages from books, or tell them to write ten pages, but don't explain
(12)
to do it. Learning by (13)
important to have a genuine (14)

(15)
can be useful, but it is

of a subject. You can
a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding
anything about the subject!

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
13)
14)
15)
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A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
theme
agendas
taught
take
sentences
find
information
do
after
teaching
concentrate
how
the way
information
pass
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
book
timetables
learnt
give
results
look
advise
send
afterwards
ability
remind
what
heart
success
waste
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
subject
terms
educated
get
rules
research
subjects
make
lastly
instruction
forget
why
now
understanding
tell
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
mark
organizations
graduated
make
examples
get
themes
revise
at last
help
memorize
it
law
attention
use

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Underline the most suitable w o r d or phrase.

Jack decided to take a course/lesson in hotel management.

a) Our teachers used to

us by making us stay behind after

twenty-seven by nine, the answer is three.

the most important rules.

attention in a noisy classroom.

e) Pauline tried her best to

the end of year examinations.

f) Your work is the same as Harry's. Did you

all her work at the end of every week.

i) It's a good idea to

important parts of the book in red.

j) The teacher saw Jerry trying to

EDUCATION AND LEARNING

a) Someone who teaches at a university lecture

a) Joe was absent most of the time

b) Sue wanted to do the experiment for herself

so he could never remember what the teacher had said.

Choose the most suitable w o r d or phrase to complete each sentence.

b) Martin has quite a good

c) In Britain, children start

in French from Leeds University.

at school was history.

f) It's time for a break. The bell has

g) Our English teacher

h) Before you begin the exam paper, always read the

i) If you want to pass the examination, you must study

j) Most students have quite a good sense of their own

to the subject has not been

She has not shown much enthusiasm,

and does not always pay (3)

in class. Her assignments

, because she is so untidy, and because

to check her work thoroughly. She failed

before the end of term test, and had

poor results. She seems to have the (7)

and has frequently arrived late for class. This

has resulted in several (9)

EDUCATION AND LEARNING

Complete each sentence with a form of do, make or take.

b) I can't come this afternoon. I'm

very well this term.

d) I'm afraid that you haven't

e) Sue didn't know the answer, so she

g) This is a good composition, but you have

yourself more seriously.

i) The teacher gave a lecture, and the class

Complete each sentence with a w o r d beginning as shown. Each space represents

Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

Learning how to learn

missing from most school

Very few students are (3)

learning, and how to (4)

how to organize their

the best use of their time. Let's take some

Do you know how to (6)

dictionary, and do you understand all the (7)

notes quickly, and can you understand