I. Underlined the stressed syllables in each of the italics.

My favorite subjects at school were science, especially chemistry and biology. I’ve always been good with numbers, so I was good at mathematics. I didn’t really like social science subjects like sociology and history, and that’s strange because when I went to university I did geography. I didn’t like foreign languages and literature, but they are core subjects, which are compulsory in the national school-leaving examinations.

II. Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box.

Compulsory fee-paying tearaways academic curriculum parallel parallel tuition optional core secondary

1. The year at Oxford University runs from October to June.

2. They all have to study French because it’s on the .

3. Primary education is for all children from 6 to 11 years old.

4. school is for young people between the ages of 11 and. 16 or 18.

5. Many parents believe that schools provide a better standard of education.

6. His car was wrecked by a couple of young .

7. In geometry, lines are lines in a plane which do not meet.

8. University of Washington would increase by 16 percent a year for the next two years.

9. With a wide range of activities on offer, you can try a different activity every day!

10. A subject is a compulsory subject that must be completed.

III. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. You have to do well to get into medical school, (academic)

2. We found this TV program It give people useful knowledge, (educate)

3. Jane is a girl. She always do things in a careful and logical way. (method).

4. She has the to pass the exam first time round providing she works hard, (able)

5. When he became a teenager he wanted to be more from his parents, (depend)