The key answer of exercise 2
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8 - A good system for the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning
Question
Work in pairs. Check you understand the words in bold. Then answer the questions.
Answer
- A good grade is usually an A or a B, or 8 out of 10, or 90%.
- People don’t normally pay fees (= money to pay for your education) at a state school because it is a government-funded school.
- A private school is a fee-paying school and not a state school. Parents might send their children because they think they will get a better education, be in a smaller class, meet nicer friends, get better opportunities later in life, etc.
- bad behaviour: bullying other children, running in the corridors, talking in class, not doing homework; good behaviour: listening to the teacher, being quiet, answering questions
- Yes, compulsory means you have to do it; the opposite is optional.
- a degree (e.g. BA, BSc, MA)
- Teachers or the school set tests, and students study for them.
- If you fail your exam, you might have to retake it, or you can’t go to college or university, or you stay in the same class for another year, or you leave school without qualifications. The opposite of fail is pass.
- books, computers, interactive whiteboards, any other supplies and equipment (e.g. for art, science, sport, etc.)
- A top university (e.g. Oxford and Cambridge in the UK, Harvard and Yale in the US) is one that requires either very high qualifications (very good grades) or require you to pass an entrance exam and have an interview.
- They might copy a text, a table or a graph.
- It generally involves a more teacher-centred approach, with the teacher writing on a blackboard, giving lectures and dictations; students might have to listen to the teacher, copy from the board, learn things by heart, do a lot of written exercises, etc. Discipline is likely to be more strict.