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Study guide — test 1

Grade 1 · Writing · 24 words · the test is after lesson 18
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

postpone — put off
improve — get better
deteriorate — get worse
identify — find
address — deal with
indicate — point out
support — back up
omit — leave out
put down to — explain by
stem from — come from
touch on — mention briefly
dwell on — spend long on
branch out — expand into
center on — be mainly about
follow up — look further
weigh up — compare
subject — topic / made to undergo
account — a report / to explain
case — an example / a container
figure — a number / a diagram
state — to say / a condition
degree — an amount / a unit
term — a word / a period
issue — a problem / to give out

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.