Exam Practice: Use of English

Do you remember how at school certain subjects seemed be impossible?

According to a method that called NLP (don't worry what the letters stand for now), people fall into groups depending on how they do learn best through sight, sound or feeling.

A study by the National Foundation for Educational Research of 3 400 seven-year-old pupils shows an (1) maths and English which is simply (2) of basic.

• Educational

• Research

The results also show that a (4) of the children in this age group cannot count up to 100 and do not know what (5) such as half and a quarter, refer to.

• loaf

• confide

Finally, only one in seven could say what the cost of three 50p (8) is.

Which is the adjactive of the word education

• Educational

• Educatival

• Educations

• Educators