Education Vocabulary

A school for the first four to eight years of a child's formal education.

• Elementary school

• Highschool

• Kindergarten

• General school

An institution of higher learning.

• University

• College

• Dorm

• Highschool

The science of life and of living organisms, including origin, evolution etc. It has numerous fields such as botany, zoology etc.

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Psychology

• Biology

A range of activities organized outside of the regular school day, curriculum or course intended to meet learners' interests.

• Extra curricular activities

• Study group

• Afternoon lessons

• School project

A system of what is taught in a given course or subject.

• Lesson

• Plan

• Curriculum

• Program

At school you study ______ like maths, science and languages.

• subjects

• degrees

• qualifications

Exams are very difficult in this school, so students have to study hard to ______.

• fail

• pass

• approve

For many jobs you need to have a university ______.

• career

• qualification

• degree

You need to _____ a level test before you join the course.

• make / take

• do / take

• write / take

My sister didn't go to university. She did a __________ course in office management.

• nursery school

• vocational

• primary