ADJ
- difficult, stiff
- The stiff entrance examination removes 60 per cent of prospective students
- easy
- important
- entrance, matriculation, selection
- end of term/year, final
- He has just completed his final examinations at London University
- professional, school
- formal
- competitive
- external, public
- One of the teacher's principal duties is to prepare students for external examinations
- A level, GCSE, etc.
- mock
- multiple choice, oral, practical, written, viva voce
VERB + EXAMINATION
- prepare for, revise for, study for
- enter for
- Students may enter for both examinations
- do, sit, take
- She will take her professional examinations later this year
- resit, retake
- do well in, pass
- do badly in, fail
- set
- The examinations are set by individual teachers
- administer, invigilate
- mark
EXAMINATION + NOUN
- paper, question
- syllabus
- candidate
- grades, marks, results
- certificate
- hall, room
- fee
- technique
- success
PREP
- ~ in
- He failed his examination in history
- ~ on
- an examination on human anatomy
ADJ
- careful, close, detailed, full, lengthy, rigorous, thorough
- Each of the proposals deserves careful examination
- brief, cursory, superficial
- initial, preliminary
- critical
- The school curriculum has undergone critical examination in recent years
- clinical, forensic, medical, physical, post-mortem, psychiatric, scientific
VERB + EXAMINATION
- carry out, conduct, do, make, perform
- He carried out a post-mortem examination. We will make a more thorough examination of the area later
- come under, have, be subject/subjected to, undergo
- I was advised to have a full eyesight examination
- stand up to
- His ideas about social change do not stand up to close examination
EXAMINATION + VERB
- reveal sth, show sth
- A medical examination showed no signs of hypertension
EXAMINATION + NOUN
- couch
- She lay on the examination couch and waited for the doctor to return
PREP
- on ~
- On closer examination the wood was found to be rotten
- under ~
- Several items of clothing are still under examination
- ~ by
- The school's controversial methods have come under examination by the local authority