Learn and practise education vocabulary with puzzles, quizzes and exercises.
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Education Exercises
Education Exercises focuses on the basic vocabulary and structures needed for social interaction and everyday experiences. There are puzzles and quizzes to reinforce your learning so you feel confident using different texts about education.
⏱️ About 15–20 minutes.
💡 Strengthening new vocabulary.
📶 Developing stages of learning English.
Find as many education words as you can hiding in the grid. Words can run across, down, or diagonally — and some may be backwards!
👀 Scan one row or column at a time so you don’t miss any words.
⏱️ Try to find at least 10 words before you check the Key Vocabulary tab for help.
✏️ Not sure what a word means once you find it? Look it up in Key Vocabulary.
New to these words? Check the Key Vocabulary tab first.
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pass / fail — pass = to succeed in a test · fail = to not succeed in a test — opposites
mark — the grade or score you get on a test (British English)
rubber — a small object used to remove pencil marks (British English word for an eraser)
coach — can mean a person who trains a sports team, or a long-distance bus
college / university — both are places to study after school — college is often for practical courses or younger students, university offers full degree courses
Useful Language
School subjects: biology · chemistry · physics · geography · history · art · music
Classroom objects: dictionary · ruler · textbook
Vocabulary Tip
Group education words by type to help you remember them — subjects you study, classroom objects, places (library, college, university), and result words (pass, fail, mark, test). Remember that maths is short for mathematics — both are correct, but maths is more common in everyday speech.
Can You…?
✅ Name 3 school subjects?
✅ Explain the difference between pass and fail?
✅ Name two meanings of the word coach?
✅ Use rubber in a sentence?
🗣️ Speaking practice
Talk about school and studying.
📚 What is your favourite subject at school? Why do you like it?
👥 Describe one of your classmates. What are they like?
📝 Talk about a mistake you learned something from.
✍️ Writing practice
Write a short description (25 words or more) of your school timetable.
📝 Use at least four education words from this page.
📖 Say which subjects you study and when.
🔎 Vocabulary challenge
These words are not explained on this page — look them up, then write your own sentence for each one.
👥 classmate
📝 homework
🗓️ timetable
📋 instructions
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Extra Education Exercises
Practise what you have learned with these exercises.
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A2 Key Vocabulary
Practise topic-based vocabulary to support every part of the A2 Key exam.
Explore free English vocabulary exercises by topic, ideal for building the words and phrases needed at A2 Key (KET) level and beyond.
Cambridge English exams are designed for learners at all levels, from the elementary level Cambridge English: Key (KET) to the very advanced level Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE). These exams give candidates proof of their ability to use English in a wide variety of contexts, relevant to work, study and leisure activities.
