Exam

1) different kinds of exam
2) doing an exam
3) giving an exam


1) different kinds of exam

- a written, spoken or practical test of what you know or can do: exam, (formal) examination
A maths exam
I’ve got three exams tomorrow.
An oral (=spoken, not written) exam

- a kind of exam that is usually fairly short and not very formal: test
A spelling test

- an exam which you take in order to enter a school, university, etc: entrance exam / examination

- an exam that you have passed or a course of study that you have successfully completed: qualification
A postgraduate qualification in accounting
They’re looking for somebody with the light qualifications.


2) doing an exam

- to do an exam: take an exam
How many A levels (= advanced exams in British schools) are you taking this year?

- to put your name on a list for an exam: enter for something; to do this for somebody else: enter somebody for something
My teacher entered me for GCSE Maths.

- a person who is taking an exam: candidate
All candidates should remember that there must be no talking during the exam.

- to read and study something that you have learnt before, especially when preparing for an exam: revise (something); noun (uncountable): revision
I can’t come out- I’m revising for my exams.
We’ve got three weeks for revision.

- a set of exam questions on a particular subject: paper
The physics paper was very difficult.
Have you got a copy of last year’s paper?

- something that is asked in an exam: question
an exam question
How many questions did you answer?

- what you write or say in a test or exam: answer; verb: answer something
Write the answers on the paper provided.
Only answer three questions.


■ the result of an exam
- to achieve a successful result in an exam: pass (something); noun
I’ve passed!
To get a good pass

- not to achieve a successful result in an exam: fail (something); noun: fail
to fail an exam
She passed history and maths but failed German.

- the final mark given in an exam: result
What were your results like?
He got a good result.

- (used about exam marks) to be announced: come out
When do the results come out?

- an official piece of paper that says that you have passed an exam: certificate

- to be in a particular position (among a group of people) depending on the number of marks you get for an exam: come first, second, etc
George came second in the chemistry exam.

- to have the highest number of marks in a class or group of people sitting the same exam: come top; opposite: come bottom
Alice came top in English.

- the highest mark in a class or a group of people sitting the same exam: top mark

- the highest possible marks: top marks, full marks
She got top marks in her physics exam.


3) giving an exam

- to test what somebody knows or can do: examine somebody in/on something, test somebody on something
You will be examined on this at the end of the year.
We were tested on our spelling.

- to prepare questions for an exam: set an exam/ examination

- a person who tests somebody in an exam: examiner

- to look at an exam answer, show where there are mistakes and give it a number or a letter to show how good it is: mark something
to mark an exam paper
to mark something right/wrong

- a number or letter given for exams to show how good it is: mark, grade
What mark did you get?
a high mark
He got a grade A in maths.

- the mark that you have to get in order to pass an exam: pass-mark
The past-mark is 55 per cent.

- (used about an examiner, etc) to decide that somebody has passed an exam: pass somebody; opposite: fail somebody
The examiners passed most of the candidates.
I think we’ll have to fail her.


Reference:
Oxford Learner’s Wordfinder Dictionary