School Subjects My name is Sandy. I’m thirteen years old. I study in the sixth grade. We study lots of subjects at school, such as Maths, Biology, Geography and many others. I think all these subjects are interesting and useful. At our Maths classes we learn many interesting things: square roots, arithmetical progression. After we do revision, our teacher explains a new topic, then we begin practical training of the new material; we do sums, simple equations and make drafts. In History lessons we learn about important events of the past. To remember them better we make tables and write articles for the newspaper of the past. In Ukrainian language lessons we learn parts of speech and rules of spelling, write dictations, paraphrases and essays. My favourite subject is English because it is the most popular language in the world and it’s the international language. Secondly, it is a very melodic language. Our English lessons are always varied and exciting. I enjoy dramatizing texts and dialogues, learning new words and grammar, setting up role plays or just communicating in English. We sometimes learn English proverbs, songs and poetry. Now I’m able to speak about my family, holidays, writers and their books, about weather and nature, about my friends and many other things. Sometimes we play language games and it’s indeed a lot of fun. I’m very thankful to our teachers. They’re kind and clever and give all their knowledge and love to the pupils. I hope my school education will form a basis for my future occupation. VOCABUARY square root - / skweə ruːt / - квадратний корінь arithmetical progression - /ˌærɪθˈmetɪkəl prəˈɡreʃ(ə)n / арифметична пргресія revision - / rɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n / - повторення do sums - / duː sʌmz / - розв’язувати задачі make drafts - / meɪk drɑːft / - креслити графіки equation - / ɪˈkweɪʒ(ə)n / - рівняння paraphrase - /ˈpærəfreɪz / - переказ essay - /ˈeseɪ / - ессе varied - /ˈveərɪd / - різноманітний exciting - / ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ / - цікавий, захоплюючий dramatize texts - /ˈdræmətæɪz teksts / - інсценувати,розігрувати сценку set up role plays - /ˈsetʌp rəʊl pleɪ / - ставити п’єсу,читати по ролям proverb - /ˈprɒvɜːb / - прислів’я indeed – / ɪnˈdiːd / - дійсно, насправді TRUE or FALSE. 1. We don’t study lots of subjects at school. ______ 2. At our Maths classes we write dictations and essays. ______ 3. We do practical training of the new material at Maths lessons. ______ 4. In history lessons we learn about important events of the future. ______ 5. To remember information better we make tables and write articles. ______ 6. In Ukrainian language lessons we learn parts of speech and rules of spelling. ____ 7. Sandy’s favourite subject is Biology. ______ 8. English is the most popular language in the world. ______ 9. Sandy doesn’t like dramatizing texts and dialogues. ______ 10. We sometimes learn English proverbs, songs and poetry. 11. Sandy can’t speak English. ______ ______ 12. We never play language games at English lessons. ______ MAKE UP WORD COMBINATIONS 1. square a) drafts 2. arithmetical b) games 3. make c) roots 4. write d) play 5. dramatizing e) up 6. set f) texts 7. role g) essay 8. learn h) proverbs 9. language i) progression