Word Study

Ex.!: Complete the sentences, using the correct word or phrase from those you have seen above. To help you, the first letter of each word is given.

1. He wants to be a doctor so he is doing three sciences at GCSE, b_____, с_____, and p_____.

2. When he has got his d_____ at university, he wants to do a postgraduate с_____ in Germany.

3. I'll give you back your e_____ papers when I've made a note of the m_____s you obtained. It was a difficult t_____, so you did quite well.

4. The little children at the k_____ were playing games in the p_

5. He went to a school where the children wore blue and yellow u_____, and the boys had gold b_____s on their с_____.

6. If you don't pay a_____ to what I'm saying, I'll put you in d_____ and you'll have to do some e_____ work.

7. Where were you in first p_____ this morning? I've marked you as a_____ in the r_____.

8. I enjoyed his 1_____ at the Shakespeare Conference in Stratford.

9. He's one of the best 1_____s at the university. I expect he'll become the p_____one day.

10. He wanted his son to study at university but he couldn't afford to pay the f_____s so he was delighted when the boy won a s_____, which covered the cost.

11. Terminology is different at university from what we said at school. At school we said 'holidays', but here they say 'v_____s'; the t_____ here is like the form teacher at school; there they told us to write compositions, here they ask us to write e_____s; and there they talked about homework, but here it's an a_____.

Ex.2: Using a dictionary, decide which of the words in the box can go in which sections of the chart. You can put one word in more than one column.

kindergarten high school college classroom playgroup nursery school comprehensive public school sixth form polytechnic pupil reception class evening classes university master deputy-head preparatory school tutor teacher lecturer professor head teacher headmaster headmistress student post-graduate lecture theatre technical college graduate doctorate playground

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PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION (0 - 5)

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PRIMARY EDUCATION (5 - 11)

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SECONDARY EDUCATION (11 - 16+)

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FURTHER EDUCAON

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HIGHER EDUCATION

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ADULT EDUCATION

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Ex.3: Discuss, which of these words and phrases have similar meaning, or are used in similar situations. Find one word in each list, which seems to be the odd one out and which is not connected with education or training.

Model: award, grant, loan, prize, reward, scholarship, trophy.

(AWARD - GRANT - SCHOLARSHIP; GRANT - LOAN; TROPHY - PRIZE - AWARD; a word "reward" isn't connected with education).

1. certificate, degree, diploma, doctorate, license, recommendation, reference;

2. article, assignment, composition, dissertation, essay, paper, report, thesis;

3. law school, medical school, private school, public school, state school, Sunday school.