Microsoft Word Vocab education collocations doc

Exercise 3 
 
Finally, let’s look at some noun + noun collocations or compound nouns as they are 
sometimes called. 
 
The nouns we are going to focus on are ‘student’, ‘school’, ‘education’ and ‘university’. 
Choose the correct one from the drop-down menu to complete the following sentences. 
1. Young people these days rely on __________ loans to finance their university 
education.
2. My mother took an active part in our secondary education, as she was a __________ 
governor for 5 years.
3. The government’s latest __________ policy has been to raise levels of basic literacy 
and numeracy in primary schools.
4. Some TV advertisements, which specifically target __________children, are facing 
criticism from consumer watchdog groups.
5. While studying for my Masters degree I lived on the __________ campus.
6. I believe the __________ system in my country requires some radical reforms if 
standards are to improve.
7. Both my parents were __________teachers, which probably explains why I’ve always 
had a problem with authority.
8. I was the first person in my family to receive a __________ education.
9. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at university and was an active participant of the 
__________ union.
10. The __________ minister reported today that there has been a 20% rise in the number 
of pupils remaining in full-time education until the age of 18. 
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11. The __________ body at Bradford University is protesting against a lack of suitable 
accommodation. 
12. A record number of __________ graduates have obtained first class honours degrees 
in a number of subjects ranging from philosophy to physics. 
*Note: some noun + noun combinations are joined together to form a single word such as 
‘schoolboy’ or ‘schoolteacher’, whereas some are hyphenated such as ‘school-leaver’ 
and some are two separate words such as ‘school dinner’ or ‘school year’.