Spotlight - 11.2019

THE BASICS 57

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11/2019 Spotlight

Exercise 2

Choose the right word(s) to fill each gap.

any course | anyone | any time | anywhere

A. You can study art, biology, economics...

You can do.

B. You can study in the evenings, at weekends...

You can study.

C. You can study at home, in a cafe...

You can study.

D. The courses are for all sorts of people.

can study.

Answers

Exercise 1

Write the names of the following courses

under the picture that represents each one.

art | biology | chemistry | economics | engineering |

geography | history | law | physics

Word fun

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Exercise 3

How carefully have you read page 56? Test yourself here

by deciding whether the sentences below are true (T) or

false (F).

T F

A. Homeschooling is allowed in the UK.

B. Freya and her sister have lessons at home

every day.

C. The Open University offers hundreds of

courses.

D. The OU was started in 1969.

Reading

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1. A.
   chemistry
   B.^

geography

C.^

history

D.^

economics

E.^

law

F.^

engineering

G.^

physics

H.

biology

I.^

art

2.A.

an

y course

B.^

an

y time

C.^

anywhere

D.^

Anyone

3.A.

true

B.^

false

C.^

true

D.^

true

Grammar

Now, take another look at a fact about The Open University.

⋅ You can study at any age.

This means you can study at 20, at 30 or at 100. The word “any”

shows that it’s completely open. Use “any” + noun, or combined

words such as “anything”, “anyone” or “anywhere”.

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