The phrase "difficult exam" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when someone is speaking about a challenging test or assessment. For example, "I heard that the Maths exam is going to be a difficult one this year."
Passing a difficult exam could cost as much as $200.
Making them view mathematics as something they need to endure to pass a difficult exam will not achieve that.
Labour said scrapping GCSEs and replacing them with a single, more difficult exam would fail students in the 21st century.
What happens when they have to take the science Regents, which is the most difficult exam to pass?
She is Midori Honda, who served as Japan's captain at the first World Cup and was the first woman to pass the difficult exam and receive the license.
I asked him why the pass percentage in the Indian chartered accountant exam was so low and why it was perceived as such a difficult exam.
And can you avoid its famously difficult exams?
The students did well on what I considered difficult exams.
So, what about the children whose families cannot afford a private tutor or don't have the academic nous to ace these incredibly difficult exams?
"Encouraged, I decided to skip the last year of the Liceo, passed the required difficult exams and entered the University of Rome at 17 (two years ahead of the norm)," he added.
Competitive, difficult exams for which pupils must prepare by memorising large amounts of facts and concepts will promote motivation, solidify knowledge and guarantee standards, Gove is to tell the Independent Academies Association, a trade body for academy schools.
