Task    Fill in the gaps with the words below.
assignment form play truant sit/take an exam course lecture revise fail staff-room      enrol mark      scholarship      study pass
seminar     tutorial vacation
1. My daughter is in the fifth.................................of the local comprehensive
school.
2. The teacher gave him a very high...........................for her essay.
3. If you get a....................................to a school or university, your studies are
paid for by the school or some other organization.
4. When he was a student at university he used to work during the summer ...........................as a waiter.
5. A...............................is a prepared talk to a group of students given by a
teacher at a university or college.
6. You don't usually talk about homework at university. You use the word .................................instead.
7. The.......................is where teachers in a school relax and prepare their lessons.
8. A........................is a lesson in which a teacher at a university or college
discusses a subject with a group of students.
9. She went on a........................................to learn about word-processing.
10. A..............................is an individual lesson given by a teacher to one or more
students.
11.1 can't come out tonight, I'm afraid. I've got to.............................for a test.
12. This course is very popular. If you want a place on it you'd better.........................
today.
13. She went to university to............................................mathematics.
14. He was very upset when he.....................................his exams, especially as he
thought he had done so well.
15. We are going to........................................the Cambridge First Certificate
examination at the end of the month.
16. To.........................................means to stay away from school without
permission. ^
17. She was extremely intelligent and found it very easy to...............................all
her exams.
STUDYING AT UNIVERSITY Vocabulary extension
Academic year
semesters (autumn, spring), terms
exam periods
holiday
Students
undergraduate postgraduate
full-time part-time
Lessons
lectures
seminars
practicals
consultations (CZ), tutorials (UK)
Staff
teachers technicians demonstrators librarians
network administrators
Studying
attend lessons
write assignments (laboratory reports, exercises, essays) work in a laboratory (do experiments, make observations)
Assesment
oral exams « tests ■ projects
thesis/dissertation
essays