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Education (vocabulary)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

do an activity for the first time, to see if you like it

a)

ground to a halt

b)

serving an apprenticeship

c)

try sb's hand at

d)

get on in life

2.

to move slowly until it finally stops

a)

ground to a halt

b)

try sb's hand at

c)

get on in life

d)

overcome setbacks

3.

learn about a job by actually doing it

a)

get on in life

b)

overcome setbacks

c)

try sb's hand at

d)

serving an apprenticeship

4.

be successful

a)

try sb's hand at

b)

get on in life

c)

ground to a halt

d)

overcome setbacks

5.

to do smth or happen in a way that is not planned

a)

overcome setbacks

b)

end up

c)

stumble upon

d)

drift

6.

succeed in dealing with problems

a)

get on in life

b)

put smth on hold

c)

overcome setbacks

d)

stumble upon

7.

find by accident

a)

put smth on hold

b)

stumble upon

c)

enrol on

d)

give sb valuable insight into

8.

get a chance to understand smth or learn more about it

a)

stumble upon

b)

overcome setbacks

c)

follow in the footsteps

d)

give sb valuable insight into

9.

to succeed in achieving the result that you want, especially by persuading someone to let you do something that they do not usually let people do

a)

enrol on

b)

swing it

c)

stumble upon

d)

put smth on hold

10.

ambitious and willing to work hard/succeed

a)

accomplished

b)

find sb's feet

c)

has lots of aspirations and drive

d)

settle in

11.

an occasion when a teacher or expert and a group of people meet to study and discuss something

a)

assessement

b)

debate

c)

seminar

d)

assignment

12.

a piece of work given to someone, typically as part of their studies or job

a)

assessement

b)

assignment

c)

test

d)

seminar

13.

a short piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one done by students as part of the work for a course

a)

test

b)

essay

c)

project

d)

assignment

14.

turning in someone else's work as your own, copying words/ideas directly from the source without giving credit, not putting quote in quotations, giving an incorrect source, paraphrasing without giving credit

a)

copying

b)

testing

c)

cheating

d)

plagiarising

15.

course of study in a school or college

a)

prospectus

b)

excerpt

c)

curriculum

d)

syllabus

16.

a study of a particular subject done over a period of time, especially by students

a)

project

b)

syllabus

c)

lecture

d)

finals

17.

trying to memorize a lot of information in a very short period of time

a)

revising

b)

note-taking

c)

cramming

d)

highlighting

18.

a brief outline of the main points of a text or course of study

a)

curriculum

b)

syllabus

c)

prospectus

d)

excerpt

19.

spend the maximum time studying

a)

know the subject inside out

b)

bury yourself in your books

c)

acknowledge

d)

rote-learning

20.

everyone enters without exams and education is free, paid for by the government

a)

schooling

b)

comprehensive

c)

boarding

d)

compulsory