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