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Study guide — quiz 4

Grade 1 · Writing · 20 words · the quiz is after lesson 40
For the grown-up at home. This is a short vocabulary quiz. 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

the data show — the facts say
a correlation — a link
a trend — a direction
the average — the middle amount
a peak — the highest point
fluctuate — go up and down
account for X per cent — make up
an outlier — one odd result
statistically significant — not by chance
margin of error — how far off it may be
it could be argued — someone might say
this suggests — this hints
on the one hand — one side
nevertheless — even so
a compelling case — a strong argument
to a certain extent — partly
counter-argument — the other side
consequently — so
it follows that — therefore
in light of this — given this

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 quiz. 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.