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Language Quiz 3

A revision quiz combining the Education vocabulary, past perfect grammar, and the functions of purpose.

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Exercise 1 — Vocabulary

Fill in with: foreign · boarding · rural · dropouts · graduate
  1. My brother is a university graduate. He has just got his degree in Physics.
  2. We should encourage dropouts to return to school.
  3. Learning foreign languages has become a necessity today.
  4. In Marrakech there aren't many boarding schools.
  5. Illiteracy rates are usually higher in rural areas.
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Exercise 2 — Word formation

Correct form of the word in brackets
  1. A lot of people in the countryside aren't (awareness) aware of the importance of schooling.
  2. Parents have a big (responsible) responsibility towards their children.
  3. Adults who have never been to school may join (literate) literacy classes.
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Exercise 3 — Collocations

Match to make collocations
  • have → access (to education)
  • formal → education
  • sensitisation → campaign
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Exercise 4 — Purpose

Join the sentences using the given linker
  1. Samira checks her facebook every day. She wants to see if there is anything new. (so as to) → Samira checks her facebook every day so as to see if there is anything new.
  2. Some students tend to have part-time jobs. They want to cover their education expenses themselves. (so that) → Some students tend to have part-time jobs so that they can cover their education expenses themselves.
  3. The government distributes a million school-bags every year. They want to encourage poor families to send their children to school. (for) → The government distributes a million school-bags every year for encouraging poor families to send their children to school.
  4. They wanted to reduce road accidents. They introduced the new traffic code. (for the purpose) → They introduced the new traffic code for the purpose of reducing road accidents.
  5. Some women wear high-heels. They don't want to look too short. (in order not to) → Some women wear high-heels in order not to look too short.
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Exercise 5 — Past Perfect

Put the verb in the correct tense
  1. The teacher cleaned the board after the students (finish) had finished copying the lesson.
  2. Anas had dropped out of school before he (be) was 10 years old.
  3. The plane already (leave) had left when I arrived at the airport yesterday.
  4. After he (do) had done his homework last night, Ali (see) saw a movie.

❖ Revision pointers ❖

Vocabulary weak?

Review the Vocabulary page — focus on word families (aware/awareness, literate/illiteracy).

Grammar weak?

Re-read the Past Perfect — remember: "earlier action = had + V3".

Functions weak?

Go back to Purpose — memorise the three structures.

❖ Unit 3 — Education — Language Quiz ❖