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B) Read and think, then brainstorm your ideas in class.
Sometimes we are robbed of our time , for example , by telephone calls. Who or what else is robbing us of time? What are the most common time thieves'?
@ Work in groups. Read the situation and prepare a five-minute talk on
how to do well in school exams. Use the 'Useful Tips' below.
• Some classmates of yours keep complaining about their grades. They claim that they spend hours preparing for the exams, but results are disastrous. Your results , on the other hand, are
impressive. You have decided to help your classmates.
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Short Talk
• plan your talk , but DO NOT read it
• include all important information
• present your points in a simple, clear and direct way
• use informal language
• use relevanr transitional words/phrases
USE YO R ENGLISH
(!) Complete the text with the correct words from the box.
achievement , adjustment , admit , attitude , average , colleges , common , failure, grade, letter, marking, method , minimum , occasionally , pass, percentage, perfect, progress, record , reports , school , teacher
GRADING
Grading is a (1) ... used in schools to (2) ... students ' achievements .
Almost every (3) ... keeps a record of each student's (4) ... in order to
have some basis for measuring his (5) ... . The record supplies information for (6) ... to parents. Universities and (7) ... often use this information to help determine whether they should (8) ... a student.
For a long time , the most (9) ... method of recording achievement was
by (10) ..., with a mark or (11) ..., of 100 per cent representing (12) ... achievement. The (13) ... mark for a (14) ... was usually 70 per cent, and for (15) ... work, about 80 per cent. Today, the letters A , B, C, D, E and
(16) ... F, are much more commonly used. The mark A stands for exceptional achievement , and E or F means (17) ....
A few schools use no (18) ... system at all. Instead,
each (19) ... writes a detailed (20) ... to the parents . Such letters report the student's progress , (21) ... activities and social (22) ... .
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(take)? Viktor: FCE. First
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Journalist: Do you
think you ...
(pass)? Viktor: I think so.
I'm quite optimistic . I think I ... (do)
the exam quite well.
Journalist: When . .. you ... (get) your result?
Viktor: Tomorrow morning. I study at a language school and when I ... (go)
to class tomorrow the grades will be on the notice board. My name
... (be) the first on the list because my surname begins with 'A'.
Journalist: How ... you ... (celebrate) if you ... (pass)?
Viktor: I ... (go) to a cafe with the other students in my class . Well, with the students who have passed .
Journalist : And what will you do if you ... (pass)? ... you ... (carry) on studying English?
Viktor: Yes , I'd like ... (take) the CAE' exam next year.
Journalist: And if you ... (not, pass)? Viktor: I ... (take) the exam again in June .
a) Think and answer. Who does better in each of the following subjects in Ukrainian schools- boys or girls?
• Chemistry •Literature
• History • Physics
• English • Geography
eMaths e PT
• Biology
'CAE = Certificate in Advanced English
USE YOUR ENGLISH
b) 
Look at the information in the bar chart and complete the sentences with the words 'boys' or 'girls'.
General Certificate of Secondary Education results
of male and female school leavers in the UK Girls
English 55%
40%
Mathematics 35%
40%
Physics 11%
25%
Geography 17%
22%
Chemistry 15%
20%
History 18%
15%
Biology 22%
13%
French 25%
15%
1 ... are more interested in languages than boys.
2 ... are better in Physics and Mathematics .
3 ... are better in the Humanities (English, French or History).
4 ... are better in most Science subjects (Maths, Physics, Geography or Chemistry).
5 ... are more interested in Biology.
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