Harrow School on the Hill

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Harrow School on the Hill
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Make sure you know the words

• Self-confidence-the feeling that you can do
  things well and that people respect you
• Be aware-to know about a situation or a fact
• Dormitory-a large room where a lot of people
  sleep, for example in a school
• Bullying-behaviour that frightens or hurts
  someone smaller and weaker
• Experience-knowledge and skill got through time
• Charity-an organization to which you give money
  to help people who are poor or ill, or who need
  support
• Pathway-a way from one place to another that
  people can walk along

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Listen to the first part of the story and answer
the questions

• What do the words boarding school make people
  think about?
• Why is coming to Harrow school a good experience
  for boys?

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Fill in the missing words

• Charity school for the poor was founded ___ years
  ago.
• The education for boys costs ___.
• Not few than ___ Prime Ministers have been taught
  in Harrow School.
• School has to survive in ___ century.
• James will live with ___ other boys in Harrow
  School on the Hill.
• The school is one of ___ public schools which
  remain exclusively all boys and all boarding.

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Check your answers

• Charity school for the poor was founded 400 years
  ago.
• The education for boys costs 16800.
• Not few than 7 Prime Ministers have been taught
  in Harrow School.
• School has to survive in 21 century.
• James will live with 60 other boys in Harrow
  School on the Hill.
• The school is one of 3 public schools which
  remain exclusively all boys and all boarding.