IELTS Essay: Harder to Study at School

Vocabulary Answers

For extra practice, write down an antonym (opposite word) for each of the new words below:

concentrating focusing

new academic life university

considerably greatly

challenging difficult

past schooling high school, primary, secondary school

typically normally

due to because of

altered structure different way

prepare get ready

support help

transition change

primary cause main reason

lack of concentration can’t focus

adjustment change

novel ways new methods

fall into a set pattern become set in their ways

greatly depending on a lot in the case where

pedagogical techniques ways of teaching

in question relevant now

meet once or twice a week have class a couple times in a week

workload outside the classroom work to do at home

therefore thus

self-discipline willpower

rigorous difficult

used to acclimated to

involve has to do woth

moving on going to

higher education university

roughly simulate approximate

rigor difficulty

AP courses honors classes

on offer available

additionally also

play a key role have an important part

particularly especially

freshman year first year of university

patient not in a rush

strict severe

ensuring making sure

entail consists of

awareness raising informing about

manage their time effectively not wasting time

clear illustrations good orders

standards required what they must do

academic comprehension understanding the class

output what they produce

adapt deal with

aided helped

empathetic caring, understanding

obstacle hurdle

part of the importance of one key element of

independently on their own

overcome beat, triumph over