SCHOOL WORDS
COMPOUND NOUNS
DO WELL OR DO BADLY?
SCHOOL LIFE EXPRESSIONS
FILL THE GAP
100

Complete the sentence: "You can get _______ by completing courses at school, college, or university."

A) degrees  B) qualifications  C) education

B) qualifications

100

What compound noun means "somewhere students can learn"?

A) bus stop  B) classroom  C) lunchtime

B) classroom

100

Complete the sentence: "I got 85% in the test, so I did..."

A) badly  B) enough  C) well

C) well

100

Complete the sentence: "I was very happy when school _______ up for the summer holidays."

A) done  B) broke  C) attended

B) broke

100

Complete the sentence: "I never did my _______."

A) education  B) homework  C) home

B) homework

200

Complete the sentence: "Those students are all _______ – they've just started at university."

A) undergraduates  B) secondary  C) qualifications

A) undergraduates

200

What compound noun means "exercises the teacher gives students to do at home"?

A) textbook  B) timetable  C) homework

C) homework

200

Complete the sentence: "My sister has _______ very well in her exams this year."

A) done  B) broke  C) attended

A) done

200

Complete the sentence: "I was ill last week, so I didn't attend..."

A) education  B) boarding  C) school

C) school

200

Complete the sentence: "I often didn't _______ lessons."

A) attend  B) go  C) do

A) attend

300

Complete the sentence: "My _______ school was a lot bigger than the school I went to from the age of five to eleven."

A) primary  B) boarding  C) secondary

C) secondary

300

What compound noun means "someone who runs a school"?

A) headteacher  B) blackboard  C) whiteboard

A) headteacher

300

Complete the sentence: "I've got an important test tomorrow, and I don't want to do..."

A) well  B) badly  C) enough

B) badly

300

Complete the sentence: "In a week, we break..."

A) badly  B) up for the holidays  C) school

B) up for the holidays

300

Complete the sentence: "Sometimes, I had to see the _______."

A) blackboard  B) headteacher  C) school

B) headteacher

400

Complete the sentence: "My cousins both want to go to university and study for _______ in Maths."

A) qualifications  B) education  C) degrees

C) degrees

400

What compound noun means "a list of classes and what time they are every week"?

A) breaktime  B) timetable  C) lunchtime

B) timetable

400

Complete the sentence: "I did _______ at secondary school, at first, failing lots of exams."

A) badly  B) well  C) good

A) badly

400

Complete the sentence: "Governments should spend more money on..."

A) degrees  B) education  C) qualifications

B) education

400

Complete the sentence: "I went on to university and got a _______."

A) primary  B) degree  C) secondary

B) degree

500

Complete the sentence: "I _______ a music course last year and learnt to play the piano and write songs."

A) attended  B) broke  C) done

A) attended

500

What compound noun means "a book with information you need for a school subject"?

A) homework  B) blackboard  C) textbook

C) textbook

500

Complete the sentence: "It's because I didn't work hard _______."

A) very  B) too  C) enough

C) enough

500

Complete the sentence: "My cousin is in Year..."

A) 2 at school at the moment  B) up for the holidays  C) education

A) 2 at school at the moment

500

Complete the sentence: "_______ is a lot easier to go through when you can study what you want!"

A) Year  B) Education  C) Degree

B) Education