1) ace a test 2) bone up on 3) hit the books 4) knuckle down 5) pass with flying colours 6) study animal 7) teacher’s pet 8) school of hard knocks 9) cram for an exam 10) pull an all-nighter Complete the sentences using the idioms from the previous exercise. 1) If you studied during the school term, you would not have to _________. 2) At the end of the school year every party animal turns into a _________. 3) I have an exam tomorrow, I need to _________tonight. 4) He’s gone back to driving school in an effort to _________. 5) I have to _________ civil law for a test next week. 6) I didn’t go to college, but I went to the _________. I learned everything by experience. 7) If you _________, you will be tired and more prone to making careless mistakes on the test. 8) Mark is a _________ because he always gives our teacher presents. 9) I just want to let you know that if you want to pass the class, you really need to _________. 10)If he doesn’t _________ soon, he’ll never get through those exams.
1) cram for an exam 2) study animal 3) pull an all-nighter 4) bone up on 5) hit the books 6) school of hard knocks 7) pull an all-nighter 8) teacher’s pet 9) knuckle down 10) knuckle down
1) cram for an exam
2) study animal
3) pull an all-nighter
4) bone up on
5) hit the books
6) school of hard knocks
7) pull an all-nighter
8) teacher’s pet
9) knuckle down
10) knuckle down