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Study guide — test 1

Grade 1 · Writing · 24 words · the test is after lesson 19
For the grown-up at home. This is a short vocabulary test. Your child does not need to write anything tonight if they are tired — five minutes of talking is enough, and talking is better than copying. You do not need to read English well to help: ask your child to tell YOU what each word means, in any language. If they can explain it, they know it.

The words

consider — think about
examine — look at
state — say
increase — go up
decrease — go down
require — need
carry out — do
point out — show
set out — begin to
bring about — cause
look into — study
build on — add to
find out — learn
make up — form
take place — happen
rule out — decide it is not
come across — meet by chance
draw on — use
put forward — suggest
sum up — say it shortly
break down — split into parts
account for — explain
refer to — point at
go through — look at each

Three things to do, five minutes

  1. Cover and say. Cover the right-hand side. Your child says what each word means.
  2. Use it. Pick three words. Your child says a whole sentence with each one — out loud, not written.
  3. Find the hard one. Ask which word is hardest. Do that one twice more. That is the whole homework.
What is on the test. Matching each word to what it means · putting the right word in a gap · writing 2 sentences of their own. There is also one bonus word we have NOT taught — it does not count toward the score, so nobody should worry about it.