exam

«exam» in Mova's school dictionary: a test at school or college to see how much you know — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (exam, exams); short for examination

meaning for a pupil

1) An exam is a test at school or college to see how much you know. tree →

2) An exam (examination) is also a check by a doctor or dentist, like an eye exam. tree →

sense in the lessons

questions and marks on an exam; pupils who passed; time for an exam; in school: revise for exams, sit or take an exam, pass or fail; in health: an eye exam checks your sight; phrases: «take/sit an exam», «pass an exam», «exam results», «exam paper»

examples

• The exam has 40 questions. tree →
• She got 35 marks on the exam. tree →
• 28 pupils passed the exam. tree →
• The exam lasts 90 minutes. tree →
• We have a maths exam next week. tree →
• He revised every evening before his exams. tree →
• No talking during the exam. tree →
• She went for an eye exam and got new glasses. tree →
• Read every question carefully in the exam. tree →

note

Story word; the numbers are marks, questions or time. Wrong answers = all questions − right ones. Percent score = marks ÷ total marks × 100. «Take an exam» (US) / «sit an exam» (UK); «pass» means succeed, not «go past».

In the corpora

• Year 6 writing in England is assessed by the teacher from work across the year; there is no single writing exam.
• For centuries Chinese officials were chosen by hard written exams on classic books, not only by birth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «exam» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.