Re: Examinations -- give,take,sit,write,...


dontbother wrote:
"shreevatsa" <shreevatsa.public@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


In American classrooms, teachers give the exams and students take them,
not the other way around.


And that's the way it is in Australia too. Sometimes students "sit for
an exam" or "do an exam".

OTOH, when they have finished the exams, they
give them to the teacher, and the teacher takes them and then grades
them.


or marks them or assesses them.

When examinees are successful on an exam,

in an exam (AusE)

they generally "pass the exam",

yes ...

which might qualify them to do something like take a higher-level or be
interviewed for a job.

What about competitive exams, where "pass" does not apply: "Students
who [insert phrase here] the exam are selected to [...]" ? Would
"qualify past the exam" be fine? "Qualify from the exam"?

No. "Students who pass the exam {will / are eligible to} be selected {to
/ for} [whatever the exam is for]" is okay in American English.

Or if there is a benchmark above the pass level, it might be "students
who achieve a grade/mark of at least []" will be eleigible to/for ...

TOF

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