UNIT 7 FURTHER EDUCATION - SYNONYMS/ ANTONYMS

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.

Education is compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 16.

• mandatory

• alternative

• optional

• selective

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Students also have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of optional courses in the university.

• required

• free

• limited

• selective

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Tom did miserably on the final test, which caused a shock to everyone in the class.

• took

• failed

• sat for

• passed

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If the examiner can't make sense of what your essay is about, you'll get the low mark.

• declare

• estimate

• communicate

• understand

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Higher education students need to have analytical skills so that they can analyse a problem scientifically.

• Tertiary education

• Vocational education

• Secondary education

• Skill education

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When you sit for the exam tomorrow, try to stay calm and relaxed.

• answer

•  take

• make   

• write

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My application for the scholarship has been turned down because the transcript of marks is not satisfactory enough.

• cancelled

• postponed

• reduced

•  rejected

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Most of the students in our country are interested in pursuing higher education to get bachelor's degrees.

•  following

• giving up            

• trying

• interrupting

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The first year provides students with a sound theoretical basis for later study.

• practical

• academic

• analytical

• logical

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Online and distance course allow you to work and study simultaneously.

• concurrently

• differently

• respectively

• subsequently