Ex. 5. Study the following definitions and give the corresponding words.

1) a way of judging a student by looking at the work they do during the year instead of or in addition to looking at their examination results;

2) to read and learn information that you have studied in order to prepare for an examination;

3) difficult to deal with;

4) to avoid doing something too quickly or doing too much at one time, so that you have enough energy left to complete an activity;

5) to prepare yourself for an exam;

6) too confident and relaxed because you think you can deal with something easily, even though this may not be true;

7) a measurement of how good or popular someone or something is;

8) not good enough to definitely pass an examination;

9) a mock test or exam is one that you do in order to practice for a real one;

10)the permanent exclusion of a student from a school.

Ex. 6. Cross out any of the words in italics that do not form common collocations.

1. He got full / maximum / top marks in the listening test.

2. We have to do / make / write a vocabulary test every Friday.

3. She’s busy reviewing / revising / studying for her exam.

4. How many students have enrolled on / signed up for / undertaken the course?

5. She was always losing / missing out / skipping lessons – no wonder she crashed / failed / flunked the exam.

6. He suffers badly from exam nerves / stress / worries, which affect his concentration length / span / time.

7. The teacher made up / set / wrote a difficult exam but checked / corrected / marked it leniently.

8. We were supposed to do / compose/ write the essay by Friday but I delivered / it / gave it in / handed it in late.