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Bobby's parents decided to send him to 1) playschool when he was three. They wanted him to 2) learn to play with other children. In Britain children must, by law, 3) start school at the age of five. Education is 4) compulsory from then. Bobby's first real school was a 5) primary school. There are three 6) terms a year and holidays at Christmas, Easter and in summer. The 7) pupils are boys and girls together, so it is a 8) mixed school. The teachers of the 9) staff are young and friendly. Bobby likes the school.
Sally has just started her new school at the age of 11. There are different kinds of school from this age, but the general term for them is 10) secondary school. Sally's school is a government school, usually called a 11) state school. Some parents pay to send their children to a 12) private school. At first Sally will take a lot of different 13) subjects (History, English, Chemistry etc), but, after a few years, she'll begin to 14) specialise in things she is good at and interested in. Then she'll 15) take some exams. If she can 16) pass a number of exams with good 17) marks (A, B, C), it will help her to get a good job. Of course she hopes she doesn't fail.
