School Life
This is the person who teaches a class of students.
What is a teacher?
This is the degree you get after finishing university, usually a 3-4 year program.
What is a Bachelor's degree?
This is the score or mark a student receives for their work.
What is a grade?
This idiom means to study very hard, often before an exam.
What is to "hit the books?"
This word means the amount of money you pay to attend a school or university.
What is tuition?
Students do this kind of work at home, after school.
What is homework?
This word describes a student who studies at university but hasn't graduated yet.
What is an undergraduate?
If a student doesn't pass an exam, we say they did this.
What is to fail?
This idiom means to pay close attention and concentrate on what you're doing.
What is to "put your thinking cap on?"
This word describes a student who repeats a school year because they didn't pass.
What does "to repeat a grade" mean?
This word means "to be absent from school without permission."
What is to skip / play truant?
Students often take out one of these to help pay for tuition.
What is a (student) loan?
This word describes copying someone else's answers during a test.
What is cheating?
This idiom means to learn something so well you know it perfectly.
What is to "know something like the back of your hand?"
This word describes the process of officially registering for a course or school.
What is enrollment/enrolling?
This document, given at the end of a term, shows a student's grades.
What is a report card?
This is money awarded to a student based on merit or need, which doesn't need to be paid back.
What is a scholarship?
This is a formal document proving you completed a course or program.
What is a certificate/diploma?
This idiom means to study a subject intensively in a short period, usually before a test.
What does "cram" mean?
This word describes a break within the school day, usually 10-15 minutes long, between classes.
What is a break/recess?
This is the period between school years when students don't attend classes.
What is summer/school vacation or holiday?
This is the formal ceremony where students receive their diplomas.
What is graduation / commencement?
This English test, often required for university abroad, measures listening, reading, writing, and speaking.
What is IELTS/TOEFL?
This idiom means to learn from your mistakes.
What is "learn the hard way?"
This word describes leaving school before completing your studies.
What is dropping out?