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Vocabulary: study and academic work

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is Steve. Read what he has to say and check all of the answers that apply to him. Note: you can click on the picture to zoom it in.

a)

cramming for the exam

b)

using mnemonics

c)

looking at past papers

d)

rote-learning

e)

learning by heart

2.

This is Connor. Read what he has to say and check all of the answers that apply to him. Note: you can click on the picture to zoom it in.

a)

looking at past papers

b)

using mnemonics

c)

revising for the exam

d)

burying himself in his books

e)

knowing the subjects inside out

3.

When we are writing an essay, we can lay our ideas out using a ____. Before writing up our final version, we should have at least one rough version, called the ___ ___. We need to be careful about quoting to avoid ____. Most professors ask us to ____ our work by a certain date, so we have to be careful not to miss the ____. In the end, they will ____ our essays and give us some positive or negative ____.


* write just the missing word(s), separated by commas *

(a)  

4.

Which of these things should university academics do? There is more than one correct answer.

a)

write compositions

b)

drop out of college

c)

read academic journals

d)

bury themselves in books

e)

carry out research

5.

What is an inter-library loan?

a)

a system where libraries borrow money from one another

b)

a system where libraries exhange books/journals with one another

c)

a special type of loan libraries get from banks

d)

federal funding support for libraries

6.

A long (10-15 000 words), research based work for a degree or diploma is called...

a)

a thesis

b)

a portfolio

c)

a dissertation

d)

a composition

7.

A very long (80-100 000 words), original, research-based work, for a higher degree (e.g. PhD) is called...

a)

an essay

b)

an SMS

c)

a love letter

d)

a thesis

8.

Which one are you?

a)

right

b)

right