Educational Terms and Vocabulary

1. I want to know the answers to these questions, so I shall have to look at the ________ at the back of the book.

2. After speaking for two hours, the lecturer found he could scarcely talk, as he had become ________.

3. John hopes to ________ his examination in September.

4. He is ______ Linguistics at the University of Oxford.

5. Many people find it difficult to ________ the concept of quantum mechanics.

6. His letter was so confused that I could hardly make any ________ of it at all.

7. English will be very ______ for you in the future.

8. Jane’s school report last term was very ________.

9. Please ________ your hand if you want to ask the teacher a question.

10. Nursery schools can be enormously ________ to socially handicapped children.

11. Any candidate caught ______ in the examination will be disqualified.

12. He’s not ________ of learning German in six months.

13. As soon as the exams were over, the students all went their ________ ways.

14. TV, if properly used, can ________ a child’s imagination.

15. The artist studied in Paris for ________ of roughly five years.

16. He doubted if he would pass the examination as it was ________ whether he would even finish the paper.

17. Her ability to ________ with people from different backgrounds is impressive.

18. The students visited the museum and spent several hours with the ________, who was very helpful.