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🎓 School & university

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  • subjectsomething you study at school, like maths
  • mathsthe school subject about numbers and sums
  • historythe subject about things that happened long ago
  • geographythe subject about countries, rivers and maps
  • biologythe subject about living things
  • chemistrythe subject about what things are made of
  • physicsthe subject about energy, light and forces
  • sciencebiology, chemistry and physics together
  • PEsport lessons at school
  • ITthe school subject about computers
  • literaturebooks, poems and plays studied as a subject
  • foreign languagehow people speak in another country
  • campusthe buildings and land of a university
  • lecturea long talk to students at university
  • university degreewhat you get after your studies
  • marka number or letter for your work
  • timetablea list of your lessons and their times
  • breaka short free time between lessons
  • essaya short piece of writing on one topic
  • classroomthe room where a class has lessons
  • headteacherthe person in charge of a school
  • pupila child who goes to school
  • primary schoolwhere children learn from about 6 to 10
  • secondary schoolwhere children learn from about 11 to 18
  • semesterone half of the university year
  • termone part of the school year
  • scholarshipmoney given to a good student to study
  • boardyou write on it at the front of the class
  • school bagwhat you carry your books in for class
  • testa short exam in class
  • to passto be successful in an exam
  • to reviseto study again before an exam
  • to cheatto copy answers secretly in an exam
  • professoran important teacher at a university
  • coursea set of lessons on one subject
  • school reporta paper with all your marks
  • canteena place at school where you eat lunch
  • school uniformthe same clothes all pupils must wear
  • to graduateto finish university with a degree