B) Read the article. Answer the questions 2-4 from ex. 1 about Britain.

B) Complete the following sentences.

1. If I have excellent marks, ...

2. If I know English well, ...

3. If we finish early today, ...

4. The school will have to close if ...

5. I'll eat my hat if ...

6. If we get too much homework, ...

7. If you don't run, ...

A) Read the sentences and say which of the two sentences in each pair is more realistic, and which is less realistic. Explain why you think so.

1. If I see him, I will give him a book.

If I saw him, I would give him a book.

2. If we find her address, we will send her a birthday card.

If we found her address, we would send her a birthday card.

b) Which of the sentences mean:

I will do it - there is still hope that I will do it - there is no/ very little hope that I will do it

c) One of these sentences is Conditional I, the other is Conditional II. Make tables similar to ex. 3a for Conditional II. Check your understanding and study the rule on pages 279-281.

A) Compare Conditional I and Conditional II.

1. If I were you, I would drive more carefully in the rain. I am not you - this is unreal.

2. Paula would be sad if Jan left.

Jan will not leave - that's not going to happen.

3. If dogs had wings, they would be able to fly. Bogs don't have wings - that's impossible.

b) Complete the Conditional sentences (Conditional II) by put­ting the verbs into the correct form and say what is unreal in this sentence.

1. If we (have) had a day off, we (go) would go to Belovezhska- ya Pushcha.

2. If he (have) more time, he (learn) astronomy.

3. If they (tell) their father, he (be) very angry.

4. If she (go) to England, she (speak) English easily.

5. We (help) you if we (know) how.

6. If I (feel) better, I (go) to the cinema with you.

7. If I (come) home earlier, I (prepare) dinner.

c) Make these sentences true about you. Change them to Con­ditional I.

A) Match both parts of the quotations.

1. Jerry Adler: "If everyone on earth just stopped breathing for an hour, ...

2. Charles Dickens: "If there were no bad people, ...

3. Malesherbes, French Statesman: "We would accomplish many more things, ...

4. Bible: If the blind lead the blind, ...

5. Albert Einstein: "If we knew what it was we were doing, ...

6. Eleanor Rooseevelt: "If life were predictable, ...

a) ... there would be no good lawyers."

b) ... it would not be called research, would it?"

c) ... if we did not think of them as impossible."

d) ... the greenhouse effect would no longer be a problem."

e) ... both would fall into the ditch."

f) ... it would cease to be life, and be without flavour."

B) Write down the quotations and say which part is unreal and why it is impossible or not going to happen.

LESSON 3. PRIMARY AT 5, SECONDARY AT 11 ...

Communicative area: writing about primary and secondary edu­cation in Belarus

Active vocabulary: fee-paying, comprehensive, selective, non­selective, private, public, mixed sex schools, to be located

A) Answer the questions.

At what age do the children study at a primary school in Be­larus?

At what age do the children study at a primary school in Great Britain?

When do they move to secondary school?

What subjects do they study there?

When do they have exams?

b) Read the article. Answer the questions 2-4 from ex. 1 about Britain.

Private school

State (comprehensive) school

Primary school classroom

Secondary school classroom

Children's education in England is normally divided into two separate stages. They begin with primary education at the age of five and this usually lasts until they are eleven. Then they move to secondary school, where they stay until they reach sixteen, seventeen or eighteen years of age.

The main categories of school are:

• state schools, free to all children between the ages of 5-16;

• independent schools (private / public schools); parents pay for their children's education.

State Schools

In the UK 93% of the children in England and Wales go to state schools. State schools are non fee-paving, funded from taxes and most are organised by Local Authorities (LA).

Parents are expected to make sure that their child has a pen, pencil, ruler, etc. but the costs of other more specialised equip­ment, books, examination fees, etc. are covered by the school.

Parents are, however, expected to pay for their child's school uniform and items of sports wear. Sometimes parents pay for music lessons. Schools may ask for voluntary contribu­tions for school time activities - but no pupil may be left out of an activity if their parents cannot or do not pay.

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