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| موضوع: English studying vocabulary الجمعة يونيو 24, 2011 9:38 pm | |
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How do you prepare for an exam? Do you study regularly, or leave it all to the last minute? Here are some common words and phrases to talk about studying and taking exams.
Exams
take an exam / sit an exam = do an exam pass an exam = get a good enough mark to succeed fail an exam = not pass :((
Studying take extra lessons / have private tuition / private coaching = pay for a personal teacher to help you with the subject
Before the exam
revise = go over everything you've studied swot up = an informal synonym for "revise" cram = try and force as much information into your head as possible learn by heart / memorise = try to remember facts etc, without necessarily understanding them test yourself = try to test your knowledge of something so that you really know it, rather than just learning it by heart
During the exam cheat / copy / use a crib sheet = use dishonest methods to try and pass the exam, such as copying someone else, or hiding notes so you can read them during the exam get a good / high mark = do well in the exam get a bad / low mark = do badly in the exam pass with flying colours = pass with high marks scrape a pass = only just pass
What sort of student are you? stellar = a star performer hard-working = someone who tries straight A = a student who always gets top marks plodder = someone who works consistently, but isn't particularly brilliant mediocre = not bad, average abysmal = terrible
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