Educational Terms and Vocabulary

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. John hopes to ________ his examination in September.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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