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1.Work with a dictionary and find the meaning of the following idioms with “learn”. Rewrite the sentences below using the expressions.

• learn off by heart • learn by rote

• learn the ropes • learn (one’s) lesson

• a quick learner

1) Starting a new job is difficult because you have to learn all the basic things that you don’t yet know.

2) He was able to pick up everything about the sport in no time at all.

3) We had to remember all the words of the song before the concert.

4) The child, who ran in the school corridor, fell over and banged his head.

He now knows never to do that again.

5) When my grandfather was at school he had to memorise all the facts that the teacher told him.

2. Which verb does not collocate in each sentence?

1) I must work hard, because next Tuesday I have to ………. an exam.

a) make b) sit c) take d) pass e) do

2) I’m planning to ……….. a course in Computing.

a) take b) do c) enroll on d) make e) begin

3) The teacher ………. us a really difficult test on phrasal verbs.

a) gave b) set c) made

4) At the end of term students have to spend hours ………. what they have learnt.

a) revising b) going over c) taking up d) studying

5) Schools ………. for the summer holidays in July.

a) break up b) end up c) close d) shut

3. Complete the sentences with a form of do, make or take.

1) Have you ………. exercise 3 yet?

2) I can’t come this afternoon. I’m ………. an English exam.

3) Jack has ………. very well this term.

4) I’m afraid that you haven’t ………. any progress.

5) She didn’t know the answer, so she ………. a guess.

6) You all look tired. Let’s ………. a break.

7) This is a good composition, but you have ………. a lot of errors.

8) I think you should ………. yourself more seriously.

9) The teacher gave a lecture, and the class ………. notes.

10) Paul finds maths difficult, but he ………. his best.

4. Both options make sense. Chose the one which forms a common collocation.

1) In my country we have to do nine basic / core subjects and then we can choose several others.

2) At this school we put a strong emphasis on academic / scholarly achievement.

3) In my country bodily / corporal punishment was abolished 40 years ago.

4) In my class we had a helper / support teacher who assisted pupils with learning difficulties.

5) On Friday afternoons we had lessons with the trainee / apprentice teacher.

6) In my country we have some end of year tests but most of our marks come from progressive / continuous assessment.

7) At 16 we have the choice of doing more vocation / employment oriented courses, such as business studies and accounting.

8) When I was 15, I had a 2-week work position / placement with a local factory.

9) There were a number of teenage / child mothers in my class.

10) I was expelled from school for playing / going truant too many times.

5. Complete the spaces by finding one word which fits in all three sentences.

1) When we had finished acting, the teacher gave us all a ………. out of ten.

Elka has only been in the office for three months, but already she has really made her ………. .

The teacher told Jeremy off for making a ……….. on Emma’s notebook.

2) We are very pleased with Susan’s effort – she ………. herself very well to the task in hand.

Incidentally, the comment I have just made to Smith ………. equally to everybody in this room.

I really hope my sister ………. for that new job; she’d be so good at it.

3) I’ve virtually ………. any ambition I ever had of becoming a teacher.

I ………. out of college after one term and went traveling around the world instead.

On police advice, Mr Bortello has ………. the charges he brought against his neighbours.

4) Mr Ross, or old history teacher ………. his classes with a rod of iron!

The judge ………. that Newton had acted in self-defence, and instructed the jury to find him “not guilty”.

Police have not ………. out the possibility of murder in this case.

5) The entire workforce at Holman Avionics downed tools today, in ………. of two sacked colleagues.

I’ll come along to your speech, if you like, and give you some moral ………. .

If you need help, put your hand up and I or Mrs Kent, the ………. teacher will come to you.

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