Write the words below in your own language. You can use a dictionary. 1. wheels ……………………
3. health ……………………
2. poor ……………………
4. chance ……………………
Read about a special school and complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present ontinuous. !hen tick "✓# the sentences true "!#$ %alse "&# or don't know "()# according to the te*t. School on Wheels
It’s a hot sunny afternoon in the city of Hyderabad, India. A school school bus is stopping in a poor area of the city. o!e children are running towards the bus. "hey want to loo# inside. "hey’re happy and e$cited. "he bus is a classroo!, and for !any of India’s India’s poor children, it is their only hope for an education. %any children in India’s India’s poor areas ha&en’t got got schools to go to. o!e of the! wor# to help their their fa!ilies. 'thers stand on the streets and as# people for !oney. "his special bus brings school to the!. It’s clean inside the bus. "here are pictures on the walls and cupboards with te$tboo#s and noteboo#s. "here are pencils, pens, glue and a "(. "(. "here is a teacher, too. "he children learn to read and a nd do !aths. "hey also get a hot !eal. A doctor so!eti!es co!es to the bus to chec# t he children’s children’s health. )ight now, about 4* children are sitting on the bus. "hey are listening to the t he teacher and writing in their noteboo#s. "en+year+old "en+year+old e&i is i s learning on the bus today. today. After she finishes wor# with her father, she co!es to the bus to study. study. e&i wants to be a teacher one day. %an-ula is studying on the bus today, too. he hopes to beco!e a doctor. "he school on a bus is the idea i dea of a !an called ". . )eddy. )eddy. He wants the children to en-oy school. /"his is the only chance they get to be #ids, e&en if it is only for two hours,0 he says. T
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1. At the beginning beginning of the te$t, te$t, the school school bus bus …………………… …………………… dri&e dri&e in the the rain rain..
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2. "he childr children en …………………… …………………… wear wear sandal sandalss and shorts shorts today today..
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3. oor oor child children ren in India India so!eti so!eti!es !es …………………… …………………… help help their their fa!ilie fa!ilies. s. ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 4. "he bus …………………… …………………… not not ta#e ta#e the childr children en to school school..
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. "he childr children en so!eti so!eti!es !es …………………… …………………… see see a doctor doctor on the bus. bus.
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5. At the !o!ent !o!ent,, e&i e&i …………………… …………………… ha&e ha&e a hot !eal. !eal.
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6. "he childr children en …………………… …………………… not not study study !aths !aths today today..
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omplete the sentences according to the te*t. Use one word in each space. 1. "he children feel …………………… to see the school bus. 2. In India, …………………… children ha&en’t always got a school to learn at. 3. "here are te$tboo#s in …………………… on the bus. 4. %an-ula wants to be a …………………… one day. . chool on ;heels is )eddy’s …………………… .
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Write a paragraph about one o% your classrooms. -*plain what you study in the classroom and describe the school items there.
