School Talk - Learn Idioms

What are the similarities and differences between your school system and the American one?  What kind of student are you?  Are you brainy (very smart) or a low achiever (a poor performer)?  Do you sometimes ditch your classes (not attend your classes)?  Or, are you the teacher's pet (the teacher's favorite student)? 

Take this quiz to see how good you are at recognizing some common American expressions for talking about school performance. 

This lesson was created by Evelyn Ono Vineberg, EC San Diego

Link: Idioms for difficult situations

• 1. John did really well on the last exam. In fact, he ___.
  
  raised it
  highlighted it
  aced it
  erased it
  
  
• 2. I hardly ever see Jolanda outside of class because she's always studying. This semester she's really keeping ___.
  
  her head in the book
  her nose to the grindstone
  hard studies
  eyes on the ball
  
  
• 3. On a beautiful summer day in San Diego, the temptation is great to ___ your classes and go to the beach.
  
  block
  pull
  cut
  chop
  
  
• 4. Tomo ___ an all-nighter studying for the test, so this morning he was exhausted in class.
  
  drew
  ran
  pulled
  pushed
  
  
• 5. Marisa didn't want to talk to anyone about her low grade in history. Unfortunately, she ___ the test on Friday.
  
  bombed
  crashed
  popped
  dropped
  
  
• 6. Jose plans to ___ the books this quarter because he wants to raise his G.P.A. (grade point average).
  
  hit
  turn
  cram
  fight
  
  
• 7. Mr. Wilson has the reputation of giving ___ quizzes. Most of his students really dislike those kinds of unannounced little tests.
  
  fire
  pop
  trial
  bomb
  
  
• 8. Christian is a ___ encyclopedia. He seems to know something about everything.
  
  standing
  walking
  racing
  jumping