Tra từ exam - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

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 right qualifications.
※ more on qualifications EDUCATION
- university exams and qualifications UNIVERSITY

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 sth; to do this for sb else: enter sb for sth
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 sth that you have learnt before, especially when preparing for an exam: revise (sth); noun (U): 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 sth
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 (sth); noun: pass
I've passed! ◎ to get a good pass
- not to achieve a successful result in an exam: fail (sth); 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 sb knows or can do: examine sb in/on sth, test sb on sth
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 sb 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 sth
to mark an exam paper ◎ to mark sth 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 pass-mark is 55 per cent.
- (used about an examiner, etc) to decide that sb has passed an exam: pass sb; opposite: fail sb
The examiners passed most of the candidates. ◎ I think we'll have to fail her.