1. I can talk about my school

Study the following items:




Chemistry, physics, biology, etc, are school subjects

ICT = information communication technology
PE = physical education
RE = religious education

Spotlight be good at something
If you are good at something, you do it well.
If you are terrible at it, you do it very badly.
I'm (quite) good at languages.
I'm terrible at maths.

Study the following items:




start school go to a new school for the first time
state school a school where education is free opposite = private school
stay at school go to school for a period of time (also continue at school)
until up to that time ('I was there until 3.O0,' means `after 3.00, I went away.')
college place where you can study after you leave school
leave school stop going to school
get a job find a job
uniform special clothes that children wear in a school
Children go to school at 5 (or at the age of 5), = Children go to primary school when they are five (years old).
Some pupils (= schoolchildren up to the age of 16) wear a uniform.

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