Question Type 1: Basic Description Questions

Topic 12: School (that you went to when you were younger--NOT your current school)

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  Tell me about a school that you went to when you were younger.
  
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  What did you like about that school?
  
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  What subject did you like best at that school?
  
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  What would you like to change about that school?
  

Nouns

rules and regulations subject matter curriculum tutor

Verbs

cram (= remember a lot of information in a short time) clarify

punish reward assess

Adjectives

monotonous thought-provoking authoritarian easy-going

Idioms

off by heart (= remember l00%)

We had to learn all our lessons off by heart.

off the top of one's head (= without any help)

We had to recite famous stories off the top of our heads.

come down like a ton of bricks (= punish severely)

My maths teacher used to come down on us like a ton of bricks if we couldn't work out some problems.