Word Bank A) thoughts B) clarify C) grasped D) directness E) elegance F) feature G) intelligent H) plain I) platitude J) point K) reasonable L) solemn M) strict N) take O) very problematic Yes, I think the sort of person you’re describing sounds like a good student — it’s no good being to (1) ______ and they don’t have to be too (2) ______ , but they do have to take an interest in things. One thing teachers like is students who ask questions, at least those who ask (3) ______ questions, because usually those questions are in other people’s (4) ______ already, and it helps the teacher (5) ______ things in a way that students understand. It shows the teacher when he or she isn’t making things quite (6) ______ enough. There’s nothing a teacher hates more than a class of students who never say anything, so you never know if they’ve what you are teaching them or not. What else can I say? Yes, students who try to be too clever, to show they’ve understood everything, usually before the rest of the class have got the (7) ______ — they can be (8) ______ . They’re different from the students who ask questions because they don’t really understand something, and they don’t help the teacher to (9) ______ the class forward.