Page 27 - Journeys B1 (Workbook)

Rules at School 3

Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss with a partner.
1. If you could change one thing about your
school, what would it be?
2. In your opinion, what would make school more
attractive to teenagers?

3. Is there such a thing as an ideal school?
Why/Why not?

B. Match the words with their definitions.
1. canteen

2. compulsory
3. assignment
4. punishment
5. detention
6. state school

7. private school
8. resources

a. a task or piece of work that someone has to do

b. a school that is free for everyone
c. things that people use. In a school, this includes
coursebooks, dictionaries, computers, paper, etc.
d. when students have to stay longer at school,
usually because they did something bad
e. something you must do as a consequence of
bad behaviour
f. a place in a school or office where people can
buy and eat food
g. something that we have to do because it’s a rule
or a law
h. a school where you have to pay money to attend

C. Work in pairs.

Then swap roles.

Student A Student B Student A

Close your book. Describe three of the words from exercise B. Guess the words.

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