Word Family Worksheets

● GENERAL

➡ To take/sit/write/have an exam/test 

I have my driving test tomorrow. 

All students will be sitting their exams at the end of May

(Russian speakers, note...you CAN'T say: I will pass my exams next week... unless you have bribed the examiner and already know your results. 

➡ To pass/fail an exam 

I passed my exam because I rubbed a dog's nose in a Moscow metro station. 

I failed my exam because I didn't study :((( 

● RESULTS

➡ To pass with flying colours 

Meaning - to pass a test easily with no effort

➡ To cream the test 

Meaning - to pass a test easily with no effort.

➡ To fluke an exam/test (a fluke) - slang!!! 

Meaning - to pass luckily

I only studied one topic out of 50 and by luck, the exam asked about that one topic. What a fluke!

● POSITIVE

➡ To blag it - slang!!! 

Meaning - to pass by sheer luck with no preparation

- How did you pass?

- I just blagged it to be honest!"

(you can blag a job interview = you didn't prepare but you managed to do well)

➡ To scrape through 

Meaning - to just pass

The pass mark was 50% and I got 51%. So I just scrapped through. 

➡ To barely pass 

Meaning - to just pass 

- Well done on your test! 

- What, but I got 51%. I barely passed. But I suppose it's still a pass!

➡ To get through 

Meaning - to just pass

I managed to get through the exam, just!

➡ A borderline pass 

Meaning - a pass but close to failing

Many students at university get a borderline pass because they're lazy bastards.

● NEGATIVE

➡ To resit/retake an exam 

Meaning - to do it again because you failed 

➡ To miss the mark 

Meaning - to just fail

The pass mark was 50% and I got 49. Oh, I just missed the mark. Facepalm 😩

➡ To fail miserably 

Meaning - to fail really badly

I failed my driving test miserably because I parked the car in the window of a shop.

➡ To mess up - slang!!! 

Meaning - to perform really badly

I messed up my driving test because I didn't know how to use the brakes.