All public schools in Britain are free. Education is compulsory from 5 till 16 years. Children start primary schools at 5 and continue until they are 11. Then most pupils go to secondary schools called "public schools".
At 16 pupils take a national exam and after that they can leave school. Some 16-year-olds continue their studies at high schools. They prepare pupils for a national exam called comprehensives at 18. You need "A" level to enter a university.
7% of British schoolchildren go to private schools called independent schools. Parents pay for these schools. The most famous schools are called "A" level and they have a long history and traditions. Eton is the best known of these schools.
1. Who are you waiting for?
2.
Her car broke down yesterday while she was driving to work.
3.When and where did it happen?
4.. Yesterday I was working at my English from five to seven.
5. She always wears nice clothes for work. Today she is wearing a nice blouse and a dark skirt.
6. What was you doing at five o'clock yesterday? — I was working in the library. — I was there, too, but I didn't see you.
7. What is she watching at the moment?
8. I saw my friend in the street yesterday, but he was running for a bus and he didn't have time to speak to me.
9. What is your son doing? — He is studying computer science.
10. What did you do at seven o'clock yesterday? - - I was having supper.
11. What did you do at this weekend?
12. When she opened the door, a man was standing on the doorstep. It was her uncle, but she didn't recognize him because he was wearing dark glasses.
