A school is a place where children go to be educated.

The idea

Count institutions with a school, two schools. Use a school near the station to describe location and a teacher at a school to describe a workplace.

Examples

  • The school is near the station.
  • Two schools are in this town.
  • The teacher works at a school.
  • The child walks to school.
  • We visited the school yesterday.
  • The new school has a library.

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Watch out

A school is an educational place or institution; a teacher is a person who teaches there. The words name different things.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the plural after two. Two ___ are in this town. (school / schools)

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    schools

    Schools is the plural form after two.

  2. Choose the educational place. Children go to a place for education: a ___. (school / station)

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    school

    A school is a place or institution for education.

  3. Choose the person who teaches. The person who teaches at a school is a ___. (teacher / student)

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    teacher

    A teacher teaches; a student learns.

Use it today

Describe a school and say where it is or who works there.