6. Join suitable parts.

1. Compulsory education in GB starts

   a) at the age of 5;

   b) at the age of 6;

   c) at the age of 7.

2. At the age of 5 a child goes to

   a) an infant school;

   b) a junior school

   c) a comprehensive school.

3. Secondary education starts

   a) at the age of 7

   b) at the age of 11;

   c) at the age of 14.

4. Over 82% of pupils go to

   a) private schools;

   b) comprehensive schools;

   c) colleges.

5. At the age of 16 pupils

1. take entrance exams to universities;

b) take the public exam at school;

c) leave school without any exams.

6. One can enter a University

1. after taking the public exam;

2. after two more years at school and another exam at an advanced level.

3. after passing entrance exams to a university.

6. Students get a Bachelor’s degree after

   a) 3 years of study;

   b) 4 years of study;

   c) 5 years of study;

7. One can get the degree of Doctor

1. after 3 years of study at a university;

2. after the degree of Bachelor;

3. after the degree of Master.

6. True or false?

1. The British system of education comprises three stages.

2. Primary education is the second stage.

3. Primary education is given in infant and junior schools.

4. In junior schools children are taught only reading and arithmetic.

5. Comprehensive schools are for talented children.

6. Comprehensive schools give a certificate of secondary education.

7. Private schools are for pupils with money.

8. Each university consists of faculties.

9. Colleges and polytechnics give secondary education.

8. Notes:

1. староанглийский способ образования множественного числа:

a child – children, a man – men, a woman – women

2. неисчисляемые существительные (нельзя пересчитать): абстрактные понятия, напр. education, information, knowledge, research.

3. go to school = ходить в школу (получать школьное образование), go to an infant school = учиться в одной из школ для малолетних детей.

4. work = работа (труд), a work = письменная работа, произведение.

5. study = учеба a study = кабинет (ученого), научное исследование.

6. art = искусство, arts = гуманитарные науки.

7. Форма глагола BE после there определяется первым из последующих существительных. There is a book, three notebooks and a pen on the table.

A(n)	Означает «один», поэтому не употребляется перед неисчисляемыми существительными, напр. education. A number of, a range of…, a lot of … There is a + исчисляемое существительное ед. ч. There is a junior school in my street.
The	1. Когда говорим о частном случае, о чем-то конкретном. Напр. The cars in that garage belong to the girls who live next door. (Те машины, которые в том гараже, принадлежат тем девушкам, которые живут по соседству.) 2. Неисчисляемое существительное + of: the music of (та музыка, которая была в) the eighteenth century, the poverty of some families in Britain, the education of infants.
Нет артикля	Когда говорим о чем-то вообще. При этом употребляют существительное множественного числа или неисчисляемое существительное.

Напр. He likes cars, girls, food and drink (машины, девушки, еда и выпивка вообще). 2. Прилагательное + неисчисляемое существительное: Welsh music, compulsory education. go to school (college, university) be at home (work) leave leave for be at stay at stay at go home / to work