Vocabulary Exercises

Ex. 1. Make up nouns (существительные) from the given verbs (глаголы):

to enter - to admit - to graduate - to examine -

to prepare - to specialize - to expand - to educate -

Ex. 2. Cross-one-out

1. academic year semester course of studies student

2. thesis diploma report specialist

3. scholarship tuition fee grant students loan

4. management economist banking accounting

5. facilities lectures seminars laboratory classes

6. Bachelor Master Professor Doctor

7. tutor lecture teaching instructor teacher

Ex. 3. Match English words and phrases with their Russian equivalents:

1 to receive scholarship 1 добровольное образование

2 private institutions 2 закончить университет

3 voluntary education 3 абитуриент

4 part-time student 4 получить стипендию

5 to graduate 5 частные учебные заведения

6 applicant 6 ученая степень

7 academic degree 7 заочное обучение

8 distant studies 8 студент-заочник

9 thesis 9 диссертация

Ex. 4. Put the words in the box under the following headings:

higher educational establishments:

university facilities:

teaching staff:

research papers:

profession:

speciality:

academic degrees:

Bachelor economist lecture thesis library professor assistant diploma laboratory university professor journalist Master teaching instructor sociologist management tutor business law finance computer terminal lawyer Doctor college lecture hall

Ex. 5. What do you call:

1. the money some students receive if they get a place at university?

2. the qualification you get at the end of university?

3. the name we give students during this period at university?

4. teachers at university?

5. students when they have completed their first degree?

6. students studying for a second degree?

7. the study of one subject in great depth and detail, often to get new information?

8. the talks that students go to while they are at university?

Ex. 6. Replace the underlined verbs with other verbs that have the same meaning in the context:

1. Who is giving the lecture today?

2. Did she receive a grant for her course?

3. Is it more difficult to obtain a place at university?

4. You have to pass the exams before you can enter university.

5. He’s studying physics, I think.

6. I think they’re carrying out some research into the cause of asthma.

7. I didn’t take any notes in the lecture yesterday.

8. The course goes on for three years.

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