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VOCABÜLARY

CHECK THE BASICS School and university

Match 1-6 with A-F to complete the common collocations.

1 learn — A an exam

2 take — good at something

3 w o r k ^ C about a subject

4 be — students a subject

5 get y< something right

6 teach — ^ F hard

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Study habits 2 Complete the text. Use the correct form of the words and

phrases in the list.

cram get stuck hand in mess- around not bother pass with flying colours play truant scrape through sírong point

My twin sister is a terrible student. She's disruptive

in class, and she mes&esaround when she should be

working. She skips lessons and she regularly

(1) £¡alf.ltMt¡L from school. When she

(2) &ete.My.f.L with her homework, she

uses the internet to cheat! Even then, she still

(3) .Mcíífeí!? most of her assignments late.

Being shouted at by the teacher (4)

her at al!.

Unfortunately, my sister is also a genius in exams. Staying

calm under pressure is her (5) -

she's brilliant! For our last test, I revised for weeks, but

I still only managed (6) fá$fff!PQ$?,$?fMfa with a low

pass mark. My sister carried on being lazy, as usual, and

simply (7) wammed_ a|| her studies the night

before. But she (8) and even

carne top of the class! It isn't fair!

3 Complete the crossword. Write words to match the definitions.

1 someone who teaches at university at a high level

2 a qualification you can get at university

3 a school student

4 ask someone to leave school (usually for bad behaviour)

5 leave university with the qualification in question 2

6 the time when you have to hand in an assignment

7 students tive at a . . . school

8 do (an exam) again

4 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of some of the words in the list.

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1 We listened to a long, boring on

psychology.

2 They have to pay to attend this school.

3 Some older boys hÉlúl him at school, and he started to hate going.

4 They are studying for their first degree.

5 We had a very lively discussion in the

6 She's got into trouble so many times that the school

had no choice but to .SííRSl her.

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Idioms and expressions: headanú heart 5 Complete the sentences with headox heart. Look at

the bold words to help you decide.

1 My sank when I saw l'd faiied my music exam.

2 l'd set my on going to university.

3 The lesson was really difficult. It went right over my

4 I wrote the essay, but my wasn't in it. The topic was so boring!

5 This homework is easy! I can answer these

questions standing on my

6 Complete the sentences with suitable idioms.

1 The exam was so easy, he could do it all

2 I really want to pass this exam. Tve

3 This science book is too hard for me! It's going

4 When I realized that l'd have to retake the exam,

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5 l'm studying maths, but LinA l'd rather study art!

Collocations with prepositions (nouns) 7 Complete the table with the prepositions in the list.

atetrt in of on(x2) outof

letter about

in charge; a lack

influence; lesson

*L .. tears; two minds

edge; purpose

breath; the championship

Complete the sentences. Use collocations from exercise 7.

1 l'm .£y¡..c; because I had to run to caten the school bus. I don't think l'm very fit!

2 When she saw that she had failed, she was

MUSgfé, She couldn't stop crying.

3 Due to .ÍSlíñS¡Í3t. funds, the school sports centre had to c i ó s e .

4 We had a really interesting 10.

physics at school.

5 I didn't spill coffee on your homework

..<?.?.0íí¿;... ! It was an accident.

9 Complete the sentences. Use one word or phrase from list A and one word from list B.

A: decrease in on out of suggestion two

B; of for in minds order trouble

1 l'm in about whether I should tell my teacher that my best friend cheated in the test. Do you think I should?

2 That soft drinks machine is You'll have to go to the canteen instead.

3 There's been a .;.t:í-.'!í.;.i-::¿.!i: the number of students. There used to be 30, now there're only 25.

4 Someone saw me copying my fnend's homework and

ncw l'm ....'.I........:. w.th tr,e teacher. She's furious!

5 Tve got a brilliant ¿tiM&S&dBL the next class: we should have í h e lesson outside!

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10 Choose the correct alternatives.

When I first started teaching at York University, I was really nervous. I was (1) in / out of / on edge about my first seminar. What if I said something stupid? But I think I scraped (2) on / through / with, because no one laughed. Some of the students got (3) stuck / difficult / bothered with one of the probiems, and I was able to help them, which made me feel good. But then, as I was concentrating (4) in / on / out of my way to my first lecture, I took a wrong turn and I nearly got lost! I was (5) of /,out of / out breath by the time I arrived, and the students were messing (6) around / up / with and talking. My (7) heart / head / mind sank when I saw what was happening. I wished l'd never applied (8) for / from / with the Job of professor!

11 Complete the sentences with suitable words.

1 He played J;™M£.. from school and went to the c a f é instead.

2 l'm in two about the course. On the one hand, it would help me get a good Job. On the other hand, it looks really boring!

3 Most British students attend......... I'..'..1 school between the ages of eleven and sixteen.

4 I wrote a letter the school vandalism to the local paper, but itwas never published.

5 He's really his heart on becoming a professor of neuroscience one day!

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