noun / verb · academic
grade
/ɡreɪd/GRADE
Band 6-7task2task1
a mark indicating quality of work or a category/classification; to evaluate and give a mark
Examples
“The paper received a high grade for its methodological rigour.”
“Researchers graded responses according to a predefined rubric.”
“Reading at grade level is a common benchmark for primary education.”
Band 8 sentence
“To ensure comparability between institutions, the study converted national grading systems into a unified grade scale.”
Collocations
- receive a grade
- grade point average
- grade level
Word family
grade noun / verbgrading noun / verbgraded adjective / verbgraduate verb / noun
Common mistakes
He got good grade→He got a good grade
many grade→many grades
Say it for a higher band
5mark→6score→7+grade
Synonyms
mark
score
Easily confused
mark
“She received a high mark on the midterm exam.”
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