Answers — do not photocopy for children
Cumulative test 1 — teacher edition
After lesson 18 · 0 words covered · 26 marks
1 · Match the word to what it means
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
2 · Put the right word in the gap
Word bank: account, address, branch out, case, center on, degree, deteriorate, dwell on, figure, follow up, identify, improve, indicate, issue, omit, postpone, put down to, state, stem from, subject, support, term, touch on, weigh up
branch out is the word.
center on is the word.
follow up is the word.
weigh up is the word.
subject is the word.
account is the word.
case is the word.
figure is the word.
state is the word.
degree is the word.
term is the word.
issue is the word.
3 · Write your own sentence
postpone
— model; accept any sentence where the word does real work
improve
— model; accept any sentence where the word does real work
Bonus — we have not taught this word. Try it anyway.
Each word has a space on each side.
Word: word — one thing we say
Scoring. 26 marks: 12 matching, 12 gaps, 2 written sentence(s) worth 2 each. The bonus item is not scored. It uses a word never taught, from the same family as the taught ones. A child who gets it has learned the CATEGORY; a child who does not has learned the twenty-four words, which is still a pass — but it tells you which one you are looking at, and no other item on this paper can.