[General] Our mid-term exam is pending.

[Silverobama]

Hi teachers.

Let's say next week our school is going to hold the mid-term exam for the students of the whole school, is it natural for two students of the school to say "Our mid-term exam is pending".

 

[Rover_KE]

I'd only expect to hear that from a small number of university students from an academic background, educated at expensive private schools and with a penchant for using obscure words when simpler terms would suffice.

 

[emsr2d2]

Most people would use "has been postponed".

 

[emsr2d2]

Oops! Sorry, I misinterpreted it (under the current conditions, I just assume everything is postponed!) You're right, of course. It's going ahead as planned.

I agree that "pending" is unlikely to be used there by most native speakers. A couple of days before the exam, people might start saying it's "imminent".

 

[Rover_KE]

A couple of days before the exam, people might start saying it's "imminent".

I've never encountered any schoolchildren who'd say that.

 

[GoesStation]

This would be natural for Americans: Our mid-term's coming up.