Meaning & use
tutor form
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Meanings
nouncountableBritish
A group of students assigned to the same teacher for regular meetings, guidance, and attendance checks.
Grammar: Countable: use 'a tutor form' or 'tutor forms' for more than one. Often used in British schools for a class group with a form tutor.
Patterns
- in my tutor form
- a tutor form teacher
- members of a tutor form
My tutor form meets every morning before lessons start.
She was the only new student in her tutor form.
Each tutor form has about twenty students.
nouncountable
A printed or digital document used to record information about a student's tutoring sessions or progress.
Grammar: Countable: refers to a specific form or document, not the group of students.
Patterns
- fill in a tutor form
- submit a tutor form
- a tutor form for each session
Please complete the tutor form before your first online lesson.
The tutor form asks for your goals and preferred schedule.
He forgot to sign the tutor form after the session.
Word forms
| plural | tutor forms |
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Common combinations
- tutor form teacher
- The tutor form teacher handles attendance and pastoral care.
- in my tutor form
- There are three students from my tutor form in this class.
- tutor form period
- Tutor form period is from 8:30 to 8:50.
- fill in a tutor form
- New students must fill in a tutor form before booking sessions.
- tutor form group
- The tutor form group went on a field trip together.
Synonyms and how they differ
- form group
- A very close synonym in British schools; 'form group' is more common in some regions, while 'tutor form' emphasizes the teacher.
- homeroom
- The American equivalent for a group that meets for attendance and announcements; not used for a tutoring document.
- registration group
- A more formal British term for the same school group, often used in official timetables.
Word family
Commonly confused: tutor form or tuition form? tutor form or tutor time?
tutor form vs tuition form
A 'tuition form' is a document about payment for teaching, while a 'tutor form' is either a school group or a tutoring record.
tutor form vs tutor time
The scheduled period when a tutor form meets; 'tutor form' is the group itself, not the time slot.
Practice
In a British school, which sentence uses 'tutor form' correctly?
Choose one answer.
In British schools, 'tutor form' commonly means a group of students who meet regularly with a tutor, so 'My tutor form meets in Room 12' fits. Option An is wrong because joining a club usually requires a club form, not a tutor form. Option C is wrong because a form is not 'due' in that sense. Option D is wrong because you pay a fee, not a form.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “tutor form”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.