idiom (v) · neutral
make the grade
/meɪk ðə ɡreɪd/MAKE·the·GRADE
speakingtask2
to reach the required standard or to succeed
Examples
“After months of practice, she finally made the grade and got into the honours programme.”
“If students want to study abroad, they often need to make the grade in language tests.”
“He worked hard at his thesis to make the grade for a first-class degree.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the coursework was tough, she made the grade and earned a scholarship to study abroad.”
Collocations
- make the grade in/for
- finally/just make the grade
Word family
make the grade v.phrase
Common mistakes
make grade→make the grade
do the grade→make the grade
Say it for a higher band
5pass→6succeed→7+make the grade
Synonyms
succeed
pass with flying colours
Easily confused
make it
“She finally made it after years of trying.”
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