exam

Examples

• All

• Many students feel nervous before their final exam.

• Once again, good luck with your exams and see you next time.

• You guys have an exam a week from today.

• No doubt it will be covered on the exam next Monday, OK.

• But she asked to take the exam a few days late, and I agreed.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I remember I studied hard for his final exam and I got an A on it.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Class, these are some of the questions that you're likely to be asked in the exam this week.

  Charlotte's Web (2006)

• Regretfully, I said no; I had a final exam that afternoon and needed to study before I took it.

  Academic text (2011)

• You submitted to the exam willingly, correct?

  North Country (2005)

• You passed the exam!

  Deadfall (2012)

Synonyms

T

test

vsexam

834 1.0

An exam with questions to check knowledge or skill

is a formal structured assessment focused on proficiency rather than any activity

E

examination

vsexam

24 2.3

A formal test that checks knowledge, usually with written questions

is the same formal assessment described without mentioning question format

Compounds

F

final exam

27 2.7

A test at the end of a school term that checks what you learned

B

bar exam

15 6.2

A test that checks if a person can work as a lawyer in a country or state

M

medical exam

12 2.8

A complete check of a person's body and health using tests

E

entrance exam

11 3.4

A test that students take to get into a school or university

O

oral exam

4 3.5

A test where students answer questions by speaking

M

midterm exam

• US

2 2.9

An exam in the middle of a school term to check students' progress

E

exam paper

1 2.3

A paper with written questions that students answer in a test

P

preliminary exam

• Specialized

1 4.9

An exam graduate students take to show they can continue their studies

How Formal

final exam

27 2.7

exam

351 1.0

test

834 1.0

quiz

170 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology