B) Which of the people above: work: shifts? from 9 to 5? part/full-time? with a
computer? under pressure? long hours? indoors?
• get: paid well? low/high wages?
Choose three jobs and write about them, as in the
example.
A security guard works shifts. He works under pressure and
gets low wages
1. Does the typical American student spend six hours a day in school?
2. May students attend either public schools or private schools?
3. Has the quality of education in the United States often been debated in the course of American history?
4. Did the business community offer jobs and scholarships to students graduating school in Boston?
5. Are students writing computer programs and creating charts, art and music on computers?
b) special
1. How many hours a day does the typical American student spend in school?
2. What schools may the students attend?
3. Where has the quality of education often been debated in the course of history?
4. Whom did the business community offer jobs and scholarships in Boston?
5. What are students writing and creating on computers?
c) tag-question
1. The typical American student spends six hours a day in school, doesn't he?
2. Students may attend either public schools or private schools, may they not?
3. The quality of education in the United States has often been debated in the course of American history, hasn't it?
4. In Boston the business community offered jobs and scholarships to students graduating school, didn't it?
5. Students are writing computer programs and creating charts, art and music on computers, aren't they?
d) alternative
1. Does the typical American student spend six or eight hours a day in school?
2. May students attend public or private schools?
3. Has the quality of education in the United States often or seldom been debated in the course of American history?
4. Did the business community offer jobs and scholarships to students graduating school in Boston or in Washington?
5. Are students writing computer programs or creating charts, art and music on computers?
2. The minimum age for leaving school is 17. But in some states … is 18. (it)
3. The business community helped students. … offered … jobs and scholarships. (it, them)
4. Many parents are involved in working for better quality education. … help … children keep schools in good repair. (they, their)
5. The student studies four or five major subjects per year. If … fails a course, … repeats only that course. (He, he)
6. … was necessary to improve the system of education. (it)
7. Public schools are free. … are supported by the government. (They)
8. In the USA there are many universities. The most famous of … are Harvard, Princeton and Yale. (them)
9. The state colleges charge a free for tuition. … fee is higher for … who come outside the state. (This, those)
10. Corporations give grants to universities. … money must improve teacher education. (this)
11. Students can take advanced courses. … courses prepare students for university study. (these)
12. The major aim of … or … method of teaching is to improve education in general. (This, that)