7. Unjumble some words from Students’ Vocabulary.

E.g.: iansodisms ficofe  admissions office

Ueadatrg		Geisrert
Rujion		rpogu oiortmn
Mrpoohoes		Emfansrh
Srnieo		dugaeruatednr
Nalaicptp		stop regadtau

8. Cross out one odd word in each line. The example was done for you.

E.g.: classroom attendance, research work, important document, register, group monitor;

1. dean’s office, rector’s office, office of the head of studies¹, students’ association²;

2. undergraduate, thesis, dissertation work, post-graduate;

3. graduate, honours degree, to work in the specialty, coursework;

4. diploma work, course work, laboratory work, sports competition;

5. to sit for an examination, to take an examination, to pass an examination, to prepare for an examination;

6. to enter the university, to attend lectures and seminars, to listen to lectures, to carry out laboratory work;

7. student, undergraduate, monitor, dean;

8. Philosophy, Sociology, the English language, Mathematics;

9. specialized courses, technical courses, general courses, main courses;

10. pupils, school-children, school-leavers, freshmen;

11. register, exercise-book, recording-book, journal-book;

12. term, academic year, complete university course, school-year.

R EADING ACTIVITY

9. Practice reading and pronouncing the following words.

admissions [əd'mɪʃnz], applicant ['æplɪkənt], specialized ['speʃ(ə)laɪzd], freshman ['freʃmən], sociology [ˌsəuʃɪ'ɔləʤɪ], rarely ['rɛəlɪ], sophomore ['sɒfəmɔː], technical ['teknɪk(ə)l], junior ['ʤuːnɪə], enterprise ['entəpraɪz], senior ['siːnɪə], undergraduate ['ʌndə 'grædjuət], graduate ['grædjuət], post-graduate [ˌpəust 'grædjuət], thesis ['θiːsɪs], group monitor ['gruːp 'mɒnɪtə], register ['reʤɪstə], important [ɪm'pɔːt(ə)nt], attendance [ə'tendən(t)s], examination [ɪgˌzæmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n], laboratory [lə'bɒrətrɪ], average ['æv(ə)rɪʤ], specialty ['speʃ(ə)ltɪ], attendance [ə'tendəns], monitor ['mɒnɪtə], honours ['ɔnəz], finals ['faɪnlz].

Now group these words into four columns, depending on the part of speech¹. Some of them may belong to two parts of speech at the same time. The example was done for you.

noun (іменник)	adjective (прикметник)	adverb (прислівник)
admissions,	specialized,	rarely,

WRITING ACTIVITIES

10. Complete Martin’s story about his brother, Luc, and his student life. Use Students’ Vocabulary and fill in the blanks. Use an article if necessary. One word is repeated twice, but not all of them are used in this text. The first one was done for you.

M y brother’s main ambition in life was to go to university. He was very hard-working and did well at school. The subjects he was especially good at were Mathematics and Physics. He applied to¹ Harvard University and became one of the successful ….applicants… (1), who scored² high and managed³ to take a place in this university and become ……………… (2). Besides, he was appointed⁴…………………… (3) and his duty was to keep the group’s ……………… (4). A year later when he was ………………………. (5), he started to major in⁵ Civil Engineering and made good progress in his studies. He did serious research work though he was only ………………… (6) student. All the professors noted his abilities⁶ and considered⁷ him a promising researcher⁸ in future. When he became ……………………….. (7) student, he began working for his first degree⁹. After he completed his university degree successfully, he had every chance to go on to ……………………………. (8) studies for his master’s degree. He is now……………………… (9) student and doing his research in the field of Metal and Wooden Constructions and working at his thesis. Our family is really proud of him.