Teaching Science

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Cambridge Advanced (CAE) Use of English Practice

This exercise gives you practice in the cloze exercises where you have to modify words
to complete the text. Complete the gaps using the correct form of the word given in bold.

Britain’s (1) ____ could be threatened by a lack of practical science

teaching, according to a recent report that says experiments inspire

young (2) ____. The survey science teachers found that most lacked

time for experiments, while many said (3) ____ rules had put them

off. A previous survey had found that fears about some pupil’s poor

(4) ____ was the main reason why many schools cancelled science

experiments.

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The vast majority of school science teachers surveyed said learning

with more experiments and (5) ____ inquiry would have a significant

impact on performance. More than half of heads of science said they

had cancelled (6) ____ experiments because of the danger of

(7) ____.

In a (8) ____ developed society, the ability of learners to analyse is

(9) ____ important. Scientific (10) ____ now needs to take its place

as a major part of the school curriculum.

More (11) ____ approaches in science teaching could make it more

(12) ____ for students, the report says. Too much science teaching

fails to convey the excitement of exploring the (13) ____.

1) Compete

2) Science

3) Safe

4) Behave

(5) Science

(6) Practice

(7) Injure

(8) Technology

(9) Increase

(10) Literate

(11) Innovate

(12) Enjoy

(13) Know