CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR FCE
44. Education
Task 1. VERBS
Look at the sentences below and fill in
the gaps using the appropriate word or expression from A, B or C.
|
1
|
He got a good grade in his maths, but
________ his English exam.
|
|||||
A
|
passed
|
B
|
lost
|
C
|
failed
|
|
2
|
She had to ________ her First
Certificate exam three times.
|
|||||
A
|
study
|
B
|
take
|
C
|
make
|
|
3
|
She ________ her driving test first
time!
|
|||||
A
|
passed
|
B
|
succeeded
|
C
|
won
|
|
4
|
He is ________ medicine because he
wants to become a doctor.
|
|||||
A
|
studying
|
B
|
learning
|
C
|
acquiring
|
|
5
|
He's ________ to speak French at
college.
|
|||||
A
|
studying
|
B
|
learning
|
C
|
teaching
|
|
6
|
She's ________ herself to speak
Japanese.
|
|||||
A
|
learning
|
B
|
studying
|
C
|
teaching
|
|
7
|
She ________ from Edinburgh University
last year.
|
|||||
A
|
left
|
B
|
graduated
|
C
|
passed
|
|
8
|
We need to ________ young people about
the dangers of alcohol.
|
|||||
A
|
educate
|
B
|
bring up
|
C
|
raise
|
|
9
|
I'm ________ for my history test
tomorrow.
|
|||||
A
|
learning
|
B
|
revising
|
C
|
remembering
|
|
10
|
School ________ next week; I can't wait
for the holidays to begin!
|
|||||
A
|
breaks into
|
B
|
breaks up
|
C
|
breaks down
|
|
11
|
In my country, it is ________ to go to
school between the ages of 5 and 16.
|
|||||
A
|
legal
|
B
|
required
|
C
|
compulsory
|
|
12
|
My favourite ________ at school was
always History.
|
|||||
A
|
topic
|
B
|
subject
|
C
|
object
|
Task 2. NOUNS
A. Look at the definitions below, and
write the words they define in the grid on the next page. The first letter of
each word has been given to you. If you do it correctly, you will find the
name we give to a student at university in the shaded vertical strip. Use
your dictionary to help you.
|
1.
A child at school. (e.g., The piano teacher thinks she is her best p_ _ _ _ )
2.
A person who is studying at a college or university. (e.g., She's a brilliant
s _ _ _ _ _ _ )
3.
A diploma from a university. (e.g., She has a d _ _ _ _ _ in mathematics from
Oxford University)
4.
A meeting of a small group of university students to discuss a subject with a
teacher. (e.g. The French s_ _ _ _ _ _ is being held in the conference room)
5.
A talk given to a class of students, usually at a university or college (e.g.,
We are going to a l _ _ _ _ _ _ on pollution).
6.
A sum of money to help (e.g., Not many students get a full g _ _ _ _ )
7.
A teaching session between a tutor and one or more students. (e.g., We had a
t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ on Russian history)
8.
All the people who work in a company, school, college or other organization
(e.g., Three members of s_ _ _ _ are away sick)
9.
A person with a degree from a university. (e.g., He's a g_ _ _ _ _ _ _ of
London University)
10.
An area of knowledge that you are studying. (e.g., Maths is his weakest s_ _
_ _ _ _)
11.
The points given to a student for a test or a piece of work. (e.g., She got
top m_ _ _ _ in English)
12.
A school that is funded by the state. (e.g., He went to a s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_)
13.
A school for little children. (e.g., We send our youngest son to the local k_
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
p
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
s
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
d
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
s
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
l
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
g
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
t
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
s
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
g
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
s
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
m
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
s
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
k
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. What's the difference? Use your
dictionary to help you find the difference between the following pairs of
words.
|
1. a teacher and a professor
2. a primary school and a secondary
school
3. a fee and a grant
4. a term and a semester
5. a graduate in Britain and a graduate in the USA
6. a state school and a public
school
|
Task 3. IDIOMS, COLLOQUIALISMS AND
OTHER EXPRESSIONS
Look at these sentences and decide
which of the idioms and colloquialisms in bold is correct. In each sentence,
there are two expressions which we do not use in English.
|
1.
He gets up early to go to college, and comes home late. I keep telling him he
shouldn't buy a dog with two tails
/ burn the candle at both ends / try to wear two pairs of trousers.
2.
Sally always does her homework on time and buys the teacher little presents.
The other children hate her. She's such a teacher's toy / teacher's jewel / teacher's pet.
3.
He'll have to pull his socks up /
polish his head / empty his washing basket and work harder or he'll fail
his exams.
4.
She didn't work hard enough and flunked
/ splodged / squidged her exams.
5.
They didn't go to school, but chased
the tiger / emptied their heads / played truant and went fishing
instead.
6.
He never comes to his English lessons. He's always smirking / skiving / shrinkin
|
ANSWER KEY
|
No comments:
Post a Comment
thank you for visiting my blog and for your nice comments