collocation · neutral
time management skills
/ˈtaɪm ˈmænɪdʒmənt skɪlz/TIME MAN·AGE·MENT SKILLS
the ability to organise and use your time effectively to complete study tasks
Examples
“Developing good time management skills helps students revise for exams without panic.”
“Universities often offer workshops on time management skills at the start of term.”
“Part of improving your grades is learning time management skills for balancing assignments and revision.”
Band 8 sentence
“By prioritising tasks and allocating fixed study blocks, I significantly improved my time management skills and reduced last-minute stress.”
Collocations
- develop time management skills
- improve time management skills
- lack time management skills
Word family
Common mistakes
manage time skill→time management skills
to have a good time management→to have good time management / to have good time management skills
good managing time→good time management
Say it for a higher band
5manage time→6time management→7+time management skills
Synonyms
organisational skills
Easily confused
timekeeping
“Good timekeeping helped the team start meetings on schedule.”
schedule planning
“She spent the weekend doing schedule planning for the semester.”
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