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Go over

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

phrasal verbCore term

In education & teaching, go over means: To look at, explain or check something again carefully, for example answers, mistakes or a topic before a test.

In Turkish: üzerinden geçmek, gözden geçirmek, tekrar etmek

How it is used

Very common classroom language. Teachers go over the answers, the homework, the main points or a difficult topic. The object comes after over: 'Let's go over it', not 'go it over'.

Example sentences

  1. Let's go over the answers to yesterday's homework.

  2. I'll go over the main formulas again before the test.

Common collocations

  • go over the answers
  • go over the homework
  • go over it again
  • go over the main points
  • homeworkWork that a teacher gives students to do outside class time, usually at home, to practice or extend what they learned in the lesson.
  • check for understandingTo find out during a lesson whether students have really understood an explanation or instruction, usually by asking targeted questions or giving a quick task.
  • wrap-upThe final stage of a lesson in which the teacher and students review what was learned, check progress and sometimes preview the next lesson.
  • feedbackInformation given to a learner about their work or performance, explaining what went well and what they can do to improve.

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