Ex:1 "Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below."
serve
budgets
fired
recently
enough
hard
land
cut
Times are (1) ___ for schools in England because they have so little money to spend.
They have to ( 2) ___________ back on many things. There is austerity in the UK so the
government has cut school (3) ____. One head teacher at a school in London does not
have (4) ____________ money to pay for cleaners or canteen staff. This means she has to help to clean the toilets and (5) students in the school cafeteria.Ms Siobhan Lowe is head of Tolworth Girls' School in south London. She (6) _______ told reporters that she was embarrassed because her school did not have enough money to support her students.Ms Lowe said she has sold school (7) ______ , cut subjects and a (8)________her deputy-head teacher to keep her school open.
Ex:2"Comprehension questions"
1. What did the article say about times for schools in England?
2.What did the article say schools have to cut back on?
3.Where does the head teacher have to serve food?
4.How did the teacher feel about not being able to support her students?
5.What did a head teacher sell to keep her school open?
6.What is the south London school typical of?
7. How many parents did head teachers write to?
8. What kind of paper did schools ask parents to provide?
9. Who did head teachers want to meet?
10. What did the Education Department say was a government priority?
serve
budgets
fired
recently
enough
hard
land
cut
Times are (1) ___ for schools in England because they have so little money to spend.
They have to ( 2) ___________ back on many things. There is austerity in the UK so the
government has cut school (3) ____. One head teacher at a school in London does not
have (4) ____________ money to pay for cleaners or canteen staff. This means she has to help to clean the toilets and (5) students in the school cafeteria.Ms Siobhan Lowe is head of Tolworth Girls' School in south London. She (6) _______ told reporters that she was embarrassed because her school did not have enough money to support her students.Ms Lowe said she has sold school (7) ______ , cut subjects and a (8)________her deputy-head teacher to keep her school open.
Ex:2"Comprehension questions"
1. What did the article say about times for schools in England?
2.What did the article say schools have to cut back on?
3.Where does the head teacher have to serve food?
4.How did the teacher feel about not being able to support her students?
5.What did a head teacher sell to keep her school open?
6.What is the south London school typical of?
7. How many parents did head teachers write to?
8. What kind of paper did schools ask parents to provide?
9. Who did head teachers want to meet?
10. What did the Education Department say was a government priority?
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Times are (1) hard for schools in England because they have so little money to spend.
They have to ( 2) cut back on many things. There is austerity in the UK so the
government has cut school (3) budgets. One head teacher at a school in London does not
have (4) enough money to pay for cleaners or canteen staff. This means she has to help to clean the toilets and (5) serve students in the school cafeteria.Ms Siobhan Lowe is head of Tolworth Girls' School in south London. She (6) recently told reporters that she was embarrassed because her school did not have enough money to support her students.Ms Lowe said she has sold school (7) land , cut subjects and (8) fired her deputy-head teacher to keep her school open.
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