Education Post-16
Build your Polish vocabulary for life after school: words for university, work placements, exams and careers, and how to say what you want to do next.
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After school in Polish
When school is over there are many choices: university, a work placement, or straight into a job. To talk about these in Polish you need words for studying, exams and careers, and a way to say what you want to do. This module builds your Polish vocabulary for life after sixteen.
Words for next steps
Start with four useful words. Each Polish word is shown with its English meaning.
Two paths after school
You can talk about your choices with a full sentence, not just single words.
Say why with ponieważ
To reach a higher level, add a reason. You can say Chcę iść na uniwersytet, ponieważ jest ciekawy, which means I want to go to university because it is interesting. Using chcę with a plan and jest with an opinion lets you build a full sentence instead of a single word.
Match the word
- matura
- kariera
- zawód
- kwalifikacje
- a final school exam
- a career
- a profession or trade
- qualifications
Which word is the exam?
Which Polish word means the final school exam?
- matura
- kariera
- zawód
- kwalifikacje
Match the meaning
- studiować
- pracować
- przyszłość
- stypendium
- to study at university
- to work
- the future
- a scholarship
Spot the choices
Which TWO Polish words are things you can do after school?
- studiować
- pracować
- lekcja
- przerwa
Order the path
Put the steps after school in order, earliest first.
- You take your final school exams
- You get your results
- You choose university or a job
- You start your career
Which Polish word fits?
After school many students take the _____, the final exam. To study at university in Polish is _____. A job you train for is a _____. Your plans for later life are your _____. In Polish, to work is _____.
Find the post-16 words
Tap the TWO Polish words that belong to life after school.
- matura
- kariera
- lekcja
- przerwa
Finish the sentence
Which Polish sentence means "I want to study at university"?
- Chcę studiować.
- Nie chcę studiować.
- Studia są trudne.
- Mam studia.
Choose the Polish word
For each English meaning, choose the correct Polish word.
- You want the word for a final school exam. Which word?
- You want the word for a career. Which word?
- You want the word that means the future. Which word?
Write about your plans
Write three or four sentences in Polish about your plans after school. Say what you want to do using Chcę, and give a reason using ponieważ or jest.
- Name one thing you could do after school in Polish
- Say what you want to do, using Chcę
- Give a reason using ponieważ or jest