LEARN OR STUDY?. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

LEARN OR STUDY?

The words learn and study are closely related to each other. Learn means "to gain knowledge or skill by studying" and study means "to read, memorize facts, attend school, etc."

When you study something, you have not learned it yet. When you are studying something, you are reading books or articles about something you do not know a lot about yet, or using flash cards to memorize facts, or listening to a teacher in a classroom, or watching videos about something so that you can know something or do something well.

When you learn something, you make it part of the things you know. When you know a lot about a subject, or are very skillful or knowledgeable about something, you have learned it.

Learning is gaining knowledge by studying, and studying is done to learn things. Below are some examples showing how these two words are used.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1. He ……………………. about computers by reading a book.

2. He ……………………. computer science in college.

3. He is ……………………. a lot about patient care in his nursing classes.

4. She spent an hour every night ……………………. her new vocabulary words.

5. ……………………. the definitions of these words to learn them.

6. She ……………………. how to do her job very quickly.

7. Some people ……..….…. best by reading books and others ……….……. best by listening to lectures in class.

8. Students who spend some time each day ……………………. will do well on tests.

9. The children ……………………. several facts about cows in class this week.

10. I'm going to try to ……………………. 12 new words each week.

11. Our children attend the group twice a week to ……………………. about Sikhism.

12. As an actor, she always had trouble ……………………. her lines.

13. On this course, you will ……………………. how to deal with communication problems.

14. If you ……………………. hard, you'll be able to get into a good university.

15. How long did it take you to ……………………. how to do this?

16. Dad taught us a Sanskrit prayer, and we had to ……………. it off by heart and say it every day.

17. I've been trying to ……………………. my lines, but I haven't gotten very far.

18. ………… of dolphins have shown that they are able to communicate information to each other.

19. He felt that his son needed to ……………………. some hard lessons about life.

20. I had …………………. that as a woman, if your talents are ignored at work, you must be assertive.

21. I soon ……………………. that it was best to keep quiet.

22. Never lend money to your friends - that's something I ……………………. the hard way.

23. I doubt if we will ever ……………………. the truth.

24. If you have a good memory you can ……………. things by rote, but can you apply it in practice?

25. A team of scientists has been …………………. the effects of acid rain over a twenty-year period.

26. Do you think you can ……………………. this tune for Friday's performance?

27. By sharing their problems, sufferers of the disease ……………………. to cope with the symptoms.

28. His daughter's ……………………. to drive.

29. Gradually, I ……………………. to trust her.

30. We're doing a ……………………. into how much time people spend watching television each day.

31. A series of ……………………. was made to discover the relationship between diet and behavior.

32. How long have you been ……………………. German?

33. Paleontology is the ……………………. of ancient life.

34. He ……………………. for the bar exam all year, and he still didn't pass.

35. NASA has used the space shuttle to ……………………. how materials perform in a weightless environment.

36. My parents first met when dad was ……………………. in England.

37. Less than 10% of girls choose to ……………………. Science at school.

38. Before you sail, you need to ……………………. about basic boat controls.

39. Have you ……………………. anything from the experience?

40. She spent several years ……………………. the behaviour of gorillas in Africa.

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