My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book

Breaking News English

HOME  |  HELP MY SITE  |  000s MORE FREE LESSONS
 
My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book
 
 

HOW TO PLAY:
Type in the missing prepositions in the spaces. The prepositions could be part of a phrasal verb, a prepositional phrase or a noun + preposition combination.
Click the button at the bottom to check your answers.
Press the "refresh" button on your browser to play again.
Click this link to listen (if you want).

Good Luck.
The British government is looking China to try to improve the standard maths in British schools. Students in the Chinese city Shanghai have the highest international test results according a global testing agency. There is a huge difference numeracy levels the UK and China. Britain's Times newspaper reports that: "The children cleaners in Shanghai outperform those of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths tests." To attempt to rectify this situation, the UK government will hire 60 Shanghai's best maths teachers. It is part a new initiative called the National Numeracy Challenge, which aims improving the mathematics ability of one million British students.

The UK government said it was shocked that Britain lagged far many countries maths. It warned that poor numeracy is costing the country's economy to $30 billion a year. Britain's education minister Elizabeth Truss, who recently returned a fact-finding mission in China, stated: "We have some brilliant maths teachers in this country but what I saw Shanghai and other Chinese cities has only strengthened my belief that we can learn them." She added: "They have a can-do attitude to maths and I want us to match that, and their performance." She said: "Good maths qualifications have the greatest earnings potential and provide the strongest protection unemployment.

 


 
 

 

Back to the lesson page



MORE ACTIVITIES:
QUIZZES MORE QUIZZES PRINT READING SEAN'S OTHER SITES

Missing Words

No letters

Gap-Fill

Word Order

Grammar Gap-Fill

Articles Gap-Fill

Consonants

Vowels

Missing Letters

Initals Only

Text Jumble - 15

Text Jumble - 24

No Spaces

Word Pairs

 

26-Page Handout

Two-Page Mini-Lesson

 

LISTEN

MP3

Discussion Questions

 

DICTATION

10 Sentences

Spelling (12 Words)

Speed Reading
Activities

 

650+ Discussions (13,000+ Qs)

One-Minute Listening Lessons

Famous People Lessons

Holiday & Anniversary Lessons

Sean Banville on Twitter

My Blog

Free ESL Materials

Business English Materials

Lessons On All American Presidents

Lessons On Movies - Classic & New



Copyright © 2004-2014 by Sean Banville | Links | About | Privacy Policy