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Study guide — test 2

Grade 1 · Writing · 28 words · the test is after lesson 38
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

carry out research — do a study
gather data — collect facts
present findings — show results
support a claim — back up
identify a pattern — spot
test a theory — try out an idea
solve a problem — fix
re- — again
un- — not
pre- — before
mis- — wrongly
dis- — the opposite
sub- — under
over- — too much
-ment — the thing that happens
-tion — the act of
-able — can be
-less — without
-ful — full of
-ly — in that way
-ist — a person who
review — look over again
revise — improve a draft
summarize — say it shortly
highlight — mark what matters
outline — list the parts
annotate — write notes on it
prioritize — do the important first

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 3 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.