Reading comprehension pg 50

2 Look at the Reading Review. Then read the text on page 50 again and write True or False for sentences 1-8.

1 Violence in schools is the only problema mentioned in the text. True
2 Students needed idntity cards when Kelly was a teacher. False
3 At Kelly’s old school, students must always leave quickly after their last class. True
4 Police were not sent to every school in New York. True
5 Since 1992, there has been less violence in schools. False
6 School violence is only a problem in big cities. False
7 Psychologists believe that security needs to be stricter. False
8 The writer thinks that it is too easy to obtain a gun. True

3 Match words 1-6 with definitions A-F.

1 Property possessions
2 weapons guns and knives
3 measures  actions, steps
4 expel ban from school permanently
5 confiscated taken away as a punishment
6 shot hurt or killed with a gun

4 Read the Steps to Reading and translate the example sentences in 1-3.

A guard asks for your identity card
Un guardia le pide su tarjeta de identidad.

This is the high school which Kelly used to teach in.
Este es el instituto en el cual Kelly solía dar clases.

At the door, a guard stops you.
En la puerta, un guardia te detiene.

5 Complete the text with the prepositions in the list.

When I was in school, I was really bad at maths. I never understood what the teacher was talking about, I just sat in the classroom and waited for the bell. At the end, I had prívate clases, which my parents paid for.