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Education for All: Overcoming Barriers with 'Too... To' and 'Unless'

Idée directrice

Many children in disadvantaged areas are denied their basic right to education due to extreme poverty. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) like UNICEF and the World Food Program (WFP) work to provide nutritious meals and raise funds. Grammatically, we express cause and effect using too + adjective + to + infinitive, and conditional limits using unless (which means if... not).

Signature de reconnaissance — l'énoncé se trahit ainsi

too + adjective + to

Unless

nutritious meals

drop out

registration fees

Sujet principal

Grammar Transformation: too…to / unless

5 questionsCorrigé masqué

Rewrite each sentence as instructed. Keep the same meaning.

  1. The fees are so high that many families cannot register. → Use too + adjective + to.
  2. Children will stay hungry if the NGO does not provide meals. → Begin with Unless.
  3. She is so young that she cannot drop out alone. → Use too…to.
  4. We will miss the target if we do not raise funds. → Use unless.
  5. The journey is so long that pupils cannot walk to school. → Use too…to.
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Answers: 1. The fees are too high to register / for many families to register. · 2. Unless the NGO provides meals, children will stay hungry. · 3. She is too young to drop out alone. · 4. Unless we raise funds, we will miss the target. · 5. The journey is too long for pupils to walk to school.

Traps: Never write Unless we don't… — unless already means if not.

Exercices d'entraînement — une nuance à la fois

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Education for all: guided structures

2 questionsCorrigé masqué

Language. Complete the short text with ONE word from the box for blanks (1)–(4). There is one extra word. Then rewrite the two sentences.

`donate · drop · nutritious · compulsory · deprived`

In many regions, education is free and (1) __________ from the age of six, yet (2) __________ children still cannot afford books or transport. NGOs ask people to (3) __________ money so that schools can serve free (4) __________ meals. Without that help, too many pupils drop out before secondary school.

Rewrite (keep the same meaning):

  1. The classroom is so crowded that new pupils cannot enrol. → Use too + adjective + to.
  2. Girls will miss school if villages do not build safe roads. → Begin with Unless.
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Gap-fill: (1) compulsory · (2) deprived · (3) donate · (4) nutritious · (extra: drop — the paragraph already uses drop out in full at the end)

Rewrites:
1. The classroom is too crowded for new pupils to enrol. (Also acceptable: too crowded to allow new pupils to enrol.)
2. Unless villages build safe roads, girls will miss school.

How to work: Read for collocation: compulsory education, deprived children, donate money, nutritious meals. For rewrites, too + adjective + to packages cause and result; unless already means if not, so keep a positive verb after it — never Unless villages don’t build….

Trap: Do not double the negative with unless. The structure itself carries the if not meaning.

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Reading: school meals and equal access

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Reading comprehension. Read the passage, then answer the questions.

Across several rural districts, thousands of children still cannot enjoy a proper education. Their parents are often too poor to buy uniforms or pay small registration costs, so boys and girls drop out before secondary school. International organisations such as UNICEF collect funds and ask donors to support the most vulnerable families. The World Food Program has, for decades, provided nutritious meals at school. When a hot lunch is served, child hunger falls and school attendance rises: parents know that a day in class also means a meal.

Local teachers report another effect. Girls who once stayed at home to work now sit for exams because the journey is safer when the community organises shared transport. Education for all remains a goal rather than a finished project, yet each donation, each meal, and each safe road reduces the gap between a child’s right and a child’s daily life.

1. True or false? Write T or F and justify with a short quotation.

  1. Poverty is presented as one reason why children leave school early.
  2. School meals are described only as a health measure, with no link to attendance.
  3. Shared transport helps some girls continue studying.

2. Answer the questions.

  1. What two actions of international organisations are mentioned in paragraph 1?
  2. According to the last sentence, what three concrete actions narrow the gap?

3. Reference / vocabulary.

  1. What does the most vulnerable families refer to in context? (one short answer)
  2. Find a verb in the text that means leave school before finishing.
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1. True / false
1. T — “Their parents are often too poor to buy uniforms or pay small registration costs, so boys and girls drop out…”
2. F — Meals also boost presence: “child hunger falls and school attendance rises” / “a day in class also means a meal.”
3. T — “Girls who once stayed at home… now sit for exams because the journey is safer when the community organises shared transport.”

2. Comprehension
1. UNICEF (and similar NGOs) collect / raise funds and ask donors to support vulnerable families; the WFP provides nutritious meals at school. (Any two clear actions.)
2. Each donation, each meal, and each safe road.

3. Reference / vocabulary
1. Families that are poor / disadvantaged and cannot cover school costs (those of the rural children described).
2. drop out

Method: Quote only the words that prove the claim. For reference questions, answer with meaning, not a single pronoun copied without explanation.

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Writing: a call for school support

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Writing — one paragraph (10–12 lines).

Your school magazine is collecting ideas for a local campaign called Keep Every Child in Class. Write a short contribution addressed to readers: describe why some pupils drop out in your region (poverty, distance, fees…), suggest two practical actions (meals, donations, transport, free books…), and end with a strong call to act. Use formal or semi-formal English and at least two linkers (Firstly, In addition, As a result, In conclusion…).

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Model paragraph

In many villages around us, children still drop out of school before they finish basic education. Firstly, some parents are too poor to cover transport and registration costs, so the journey itself becomes a barrier. In addition, when no meal is available at midday, hungry pupils leave early to work or to help at home. As a result, education for all remains a slogan rather than a daily fact. Our campaign should therefore serve free nutritious snacks at school and organise a shared minibus for remote hamlets. Readers who can donate books or money will help the most vulnerable stay enrolled. Let us act together: every child kept in class is a stronger future for the whole community.

What the examiner rewards
- Task achievement: cause(s) of dropout + two concrete actions + a clear call (not only emotion).
- Cohesion: ordered linkers that guide the reader from problem to solution.
- Lexical range: drop out, registration, nutritious, vulnerable, enrolled, education for all.
- Accuracy and tone: campaign text stays polite and purposeful; avoid slang and empty slogans without measures.

Trap: A list of NGOs’ names without local actions does not answer the prompt. Stay on your region and on what readers can do.

Méthode / Automatismes

Follow these transformation rules:

Pièges classiques

Avoid double negatives when using unless. Writing 'Unless we don't donate...' is incorrect because unless already contains the negative meaning (if not). The correct form is 'Unless we donate...'.