Unit 15: At school and university

English Vocabulary in Use Elementary » Unit 15: At school and university

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Exercises

15.1 ‣ Match the subject on the left with what you study on the right.

maths
physics _____
history _____
geography _____
PE _____
English _____
chemistry _____
biology _____
ICT _____

a) animals and plants
b) sport
c) 25y + 32x = 51z
d) E = mc²
e) H₂O
f) the countries of the world
g) the 15th century
h) computers
i) spelling

15.2 ‣ Look at the picture for 30 seconds. Then cover it. How many of the ten objects can you remember? Write them down in English.

_____

15.3 ‣ Which of the things in B on the opposite page are in the room where you study English? Write them here.

In the room where I study English I can see

15.4 ‣ Choose a verb from C opposite to fill the gaps below. Put the verb in the correct form.

Ethan does well at school. He finds it easy to ⁽¹⁾ and he always ⁽²⁾_____ his homework. He usually ⁽³⁾_____ all his exams. He will ⁽⁴⁾_____ his final school exams soon. If he ⁽⁵⁾_____, he will ⁽⁶⁾_____ to university next year. If he ⁽⁷⁾_____, he will be very sad. Ethan really wants to ⁽⁸⁾_____ geography at university. He would also like to ⁽⁹⁾_____ a special geology course. His sister is already at university. Next year she will ⁽¹⁰⁾_____ her degree and then she will try to find a job.

15.5 ‣ Which are/were your three favourite subjects? Which subjects (if any) do / did you not like?

_____

Tip

Draw two columns on a piece of paper. In one column write five words from the opposite page which you want to learn. In the second column put a drawing (or a translation or a definition). Cover the first column and look at the second column. Can you remember the English words?

Answer Key

A ‣ Subjects

A ‣ Subjects

B ‣ Useful things

B ‣ Useful things

C ‣ Expressions

C ‣ Expressions

A maths teacher teaches maths. Her students study maths.

Children go to school and students go to university.

At school children learn to read and write.

Students can do an (English) course in many schools and universities. At the end of a course, you often take / do an exam. You hope to pass your exams. You don’t want to fail your exams.

If you pass your final exams at university, you get a degree.

Common mistakes

After school, students do homework [NOT ~~make homework~~ or ~~do homeworks~~]. (See Units 40 and 41 for more expressions with do and make.)

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