Learn the Top 10 Phrases for Surviving Back to School in English

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Hi, everyone, and welcome to Top Words.

Today’s subject is 10 phrases for surviving
back to school.

backpack

Put your backpack under your desk for the test.

A backpack is a pack that goes on your back,
you see all kids wearing it to school, it

zips open, you put your books inside and you
wear it on your back.

It’s a backpack.

classmate

He’s been my classmate since kindergarten.

A classmate is someone that you are in class
with.

So your friend who sits next to you, that’s
your classmate, Timmy who sits all the way

down there, that’s your classmate.

A classmate is just someone who’s literally
in class with you, who you go to school with.

homework

Do we have homework due tomorrow?

Homework is work you do at home, so at the
end of a class the teacher will say, tonight

for homework I want you to do 50 math problems,
which sounds like a lot.

Fifty math problems for homework and you turn
it in tomorrow.

So homework is work that you take home with
you to do at night when you’re at home.

exam

If you start studying for the exam now,
you’ll thank yourself later.

An exam is a test.

Once you learn some sort of topic in class,
your teacher might want to give you an exam

to test your knowledge.

So your teacher is going to hand out the tests
and you’re going to sit there and fill it

out, and that’s an exam.

An exam is also known as a test, they’re the
same thing.

An exam is just putting to the test what you
know, it’s making you recall the information

that you’ve learned in class.

You take an exam.

summer break

This summer break I’m not going to do anything at all!

Summer break is a vacation that you have after
class ends and it takes place during the summer.

Some people call it summer vacation, summer
break; it usually lasts a few months and you

can do whatever you want during that time
because you don’t have class, you don’t have school.

It usually comes at the end of a semester,
at the end of the year.

So if you’re in high school and you have freshman
year, at the end of freshman year you’re going

to have summer vacation, summer break.

school

What school do you go to?

I love my school.

School is great.

I learn so much in school.

School is where you go to learn.

So you wake up in the morning and do your
hair, and you get ready for school, then you

get on the school bus, or you get driven to
school or you walk to school; and in school

is where you have class, where you see your
classmates, where you take exams.

study

To study means to go over everything you’ve

learned to prepare for a test.

Just to prepare for class in general, to make
sure you understand the topic, it’s to study.

Some people like to study at libraries, some
people like me like to study just at home

in bed because then I can fall asleep easily.

Studying is what you need to do to prepare
for an exam, to prepare for a hard day of

class coming up, it’s just to make sure that
you understand the topics that you’re learning

in school.

It’s the first day of class.

I have so much work and it’s only the first
day of class!

The first day of class, you might feel nervous
or worried or scared, especially if it’s a

new school and it’s the first day of class,
and that’s when you’re going to meet all of

your classmates for the first time.

Some people over summer break like to buy
new clothes and new wardrobe in preparation

for the first day of class.

We’re in the same class!

We’re in the same class for the third time
in a row!

I’m talking to an imaginary friend here.

Being in the same class means that that other
person is your classmate, it means you go

to class to learn together.

So for example, you might be in the same history
class as your friend Jonathan, or you might

be in the same English class as your friend
Susie.

Being in the same class is fun because then
you and your classmate can do homework together,

can prepare for exams together, etc.

What classes are you taking?

What classes are you taking?

Oh, I’m taking Social Studies, English, Math,
and theater.

What classes are you taking is a question
that a lot of people ask each other on the

first day of school, because when you are
in high school, let’s say, or maybe even younger,

you’re able to choose some classes, those
are called electives.

So, for example, my friend Susie is taking
Advanced European history, that might be different

from what I’m taking because when I chose
my classes for a semester or for a school

year, I chose something else; maybe I chose
Advanced American history.

So what classes are you taking, you’re going
to hear a lot on the first day of school so

that friends can find out what classes they
might share.

That brings us to the end of today’s lesson

• 10 phrases for surviving back to school.

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