Vocabulary (Unit 11)

Vocabulary (Unit 11)

1. Elementary school

   • A school that children go to from the ages of five to about eleven.

2. High school

   • A school in the US, that children go to between the ages of 14 and 18.
   • Chess club
     • A school organization of intellectual students, meeting up to improve their playing skills with the chess' shaped pieces.
     • Table tennis
       • A game in which two or four people hit a small ball, over a low net and on a large table.
   • Choir
     • A group of people who sing together.
     • Orchestra
       • A large group of musicians who play different instruments together.
   • Soccer
     • A game in which two teams of eleven people each, kick a ball and try to score goals.
     • Sports team
       • A school organization of athletic students, who plays a specific type of sporting game.

3. Junior high

   • A school in the US or Canada, for children who are 12 to 15 years old.
   • Computer club
     • A school organization of intellectual students, meeting up to practice their skills with PC's stuff.
     • Act
       • To perform in a school play or film.
       • Play a musical instrument
         • To make music with an object that can produce harmonic sounds, just like a violin, a piano or a guitar does.

4. Kindergarten

   • In the US, a class in school for children aged five to six.
   • Have a pet
     • Being owner of an animal that is mostly kept in home.
     • Play a sport
       • To take part in any kind of healthy game.
       • Play hide and seek
         • To enjoy with a game in which a group of children try to cover themselves, when another child is trying to find them.
       • Play in the orchestra
         • To make music with a group of musicians and all different kinds of instruments together.
         • Play on a school team
           • To be part of a group of students who practice a sport or game together.
           • Play the violin
             • To make music with a wooden instrument that you hold against your neck, by moving a special stick across strings.
         • Play soccer
           • To take part in a game where two teams of eleven people each, kick a ball and try to score goals.

5. Language school

   • A school where people can study a foreign language. That means, another type of communication.
   • Summer school
     • An educational course that happens during the sunniest time, when regular school has finished.
     • Dance
       • To move your feet and body to the rhythm of music.
       • Drama club
         • A school organization dealing with the writing and production of all kind of plays.
       • Sing
         • To make musical sounds with your voice.
     • Belong to a club
       • Being part of some school organization for people who play a sport, or have a social activity together.
       • Win competitions
         • To get the most points in organized events, where all the teams try to reach a prize.
   • Collect something
     • To get and keep things of one specific type as a hobby, such as stamps or coins.

6. Middle school

   • A school in the US, for children usually between the ages of 11 and 14.
   • Hang out (at the mall)
     • To spend a lot of your time in a particular place, like the mall.
   • Hang out (with friends)
     • To spend a lot of your time with a particular group of people, like friends.
   • Wear a school uniform
     • To have a special set of student clothing on your body.

7. Nursery school

   • A school for very young children, under three years old.
   • Watch cartoons
     • To look at some TV shows made by using characters that are drawn and aren't real.

8. Preschool

   • A school for children who are younger than five years old.
   • Play table tennis
     • To take part in a game where two or four people hit a small ball, over a low net and a large table.
   • Play with dolls
     • To enjoy with toys that look like small people.

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