School and education - vocabulary
Teresa
27/02/2023
Learn vocabulary related to school and education
Infografía
Nouns
- admission
- architecture
- assignment
- business studies
- campus
- canteen
- certificate
- chemistry
- classmate
- college
- computing
- curriculum
- deadline
- degree
- device
- dissertation
- economics
- education
- essay
- faculty
- feedback
- graduate
- hall of residence
- headteacher
- humanities
- kindergarten
- laboratory
- lecture
- lecturer
- lesson
- literature
- marks
- mature student
- medicine
- nursery school
- open day
- physical education
- playground
- postgraduate
- presentation
- principal
- prospectus
- pupil
- qualifications
- school-leaver
- seminar
- slideshow
- student
- students’ union
- subject
- task
- teaching assistant
- term
- tutor
- tutorial
- undergraduate
- university
- vacation
Adjectives
- comprehensive
- compulsory
- practical
- primary/secondary/high school
- private
- secondary
- state
- stimulating
- streamed
- vocational
Phrases and collocations
- bear in mind
- change your mind
- continuous assessment
- do homework
- do/carry out/ conduct a research project
- do/enrol on/take a course
- do/study for/ take a degree
- enter for an exam
- fail an exam
- get/receive an education
- Give somebody a break
- give someone feedback
- hand in something
- have an idea
- have homework
- have/take a break
- make a point
- make a suggestion
- make sense / make sense out of something
- make up your mind
- pass an exam
- pay attention
- question an idea
- see somebody’s point (of view)
- send in something
- take an exam
- withdraw from a course
Verbs
- carry out (a research project)
- catch on
- cross out
- deal with
- drop out (of)
- get on with
- give in
- give up
- keep up
- learn
- read
- speak
- study
- talk
- teach
- think over
Idioms
- A drop in the ocean
- Actions speak louder than words
- Beat around the bush
- Bite off more than you can chew
- By the skin of your teeth
- Couldn’t care less
- Crunch time
- Get your head around something
- Hit the books
- Leave no stone unturned
- Make a long story short
- Piece of cake
- Where there’s a will there’s a way
- Your guess is as good as mine
Adapted from:
- Mann, M., & Knowles, S. T. (2014). Destination B2: Grammar&vocabulary with Answer Key. Thời đại.
- McCarthy, M., & O’Dell, F. (2017). English Idioms in Use Intermediate Book with Answers: Vocabulary Reference and Practice (2nd Revised ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- O’Dell, F., & McCarthy, M. (2017). English Collocations in Use Advanced Book with Answers: How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Thomas, B. (2015). Grammar and Vocabulary. For first and first for schools (1.a ed.). CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.