How long is the school day in different countries?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. What time does your day start?
2. What time do you finish work or school?
3. Do you like your day?
4. What is your favourite lesson?
5. Do you always have lunch at the same time?
6. What do you never do on a weekday?

Read each word and the example. Then say one sentence with the word.

Choose the word that fits.

1. A class of about 45 minutes is a .
2. A child at school is a .
3. A shows what lessons you have and when.
4. In some schools, all pupils wear a .
5. Maths, English and Art are each a .
6. Pupils learn in a .
7. A rings when a lesson starts or finishes.
8. Children eat lunch in the school .

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. a lesson is a class of about
   45 minutes5 hours5 minutes
2. a pupil is a
   child at schoolparentteacher
3. a timetable shows
   lessons and timesrooms and bedsfood and drinks
4. a uniform is the
   clothes for sleepingclothes for sportsame clothes for everybody
5. a bell
   singssleepsrings
6. a canteen is a place to
   sleepeatread

Use these phrases to compare days and talk about school.

• School starts at...Школа починається о...School starts at eight.
• School finishes at...Школа закінчується о...School finishes at two.
• We have... lessons a day.У нас... уроків на день.We have six lessons a day.
• We always...Ми завжди...We always have a break at ten.
• We never...Ми ніколи не...We never wear a uniform.
• Pupils clean the classroom.Учні прибирають клас.Pupils clean the classroom in Japan.
• It is longer than...Це довше, ніж...The day is longer than in Finland.
• How long is the school day?Як довго триває шкільний день?How long is the school day?

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. The school day is about five to seven hours in many countries.
   TrueFalse
2. In Finland, pupils finish school at six o'clock.
   TrueFalse
3. In Japan, pupils often clean the classroom.
   TrueFalse
4. All pupils eat lunch at home.
   TrueFalse
5. In Ukraine, a bell rings at the start of a lesson.
   TrueFalse

1. Is a short school day better?
2. Is it good to clean the classroom?
3. What is your favourite subject?
4. Do you like homework?

Common mistakes: -s with he, she and it, don't / doesn't + base verb, do / does in questions and always / never before the verb. ✗ She start at eight → She starts at eight. ✗ He don't like maths → He doesn't like maths. ✗ Does he walks to school? → Does he walk to school?

1. School
   startstarts
   at eight.
2. She
   doesn'tdon't
   walk to school.
3. DoDoes
   you have a break at ten?
4. DoDoes
   he like maths?
5. We
   always havehave always
   a break at ten.
6. He
   often isis often
   late.
7. They never
   wearwears
   a uniform.
8. How oftenHow long
   do you do homework?

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. She start at eight. →
2. He don't like maths. →
3. Does he walks to school? →
4. We have always a break. →
5. Do she like English? →
6. They doesn't wear a uniform. →

Answer with full sentences. Use the grammar of Block 4.

1. What time does your day start?
2. What time does it finish?
3. How many lessons do you have a day?
4. Do you wear a uniform?
5. How often do you do homework?
6. What do you never do at school or at work?

Three pupils describe their school days. Compare them. Who starts the earliest? Who finishes the latest? What is your day like?

This is the final speaking task of Block 4. Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for two minutes.
2. Part 1: say what time your day starts and finishes.
3. Part 2: say what you always, usually and never do (adverbs).
4. Part 3: say what you do and don't like about your day and ask your teacher one question.

1. What time does your day start?
2. What time does it finish?
3. What do you usually do after work or school?
4. Do you walk or take a bus?
5. What do you always have for lunch?
6. How often do you do homework or study?
7. What don't you like?
8. Do you like your day?

1. Who gets up first in your family?
2. Who leaves home first?
3. Who starts work late?
4. Who often goes to bed late?
5. Who always cooks dinner?
6. Who never watches TV?

1. Is a long day good?
2. Is a short school day better?
3. Is homework useful?
4. Should pupils clean the classroom?
5. Is a uniform a good idea?