Answers — do not photocopy for children
Cumulative test 1 — teacher edition
After lesson 22 · 0 words covered · 42 marks
1 · Match the word to what it means
the vast majority of — almost all
a significant proportion of — a large part of
a negligible amount of — hardly any
approximately — about
considerably — a lot
marginally — a little
substantially — greatly
a minority of — fewer than half
the bulk of — most of
virtually — almost
inter- — between
trans- — across
counter- — against
multi- — many
anti- — opposed to
post- — after
semi- — half
-ology — the study of
-ity — the quality of
e.g. — for example
2 · Put the right word in the gap
Word bank: -ity, -ology, a control group, a minority of, a negligible amount of, a sample of, a significant proportion of, address the issue, anti-, approximately, considerably, counter-, data were collected, e.g., in order to determine, inter-, marginally, multi-, participants, post-, procedure, randomly selected, reliable, replicate, semi-, substantially, the aim of this, the bulk of, the focus of, the objective is, the scope of, the vast majority of, this paper examines, this raises the question, trans-, under controlled conditions, variables, virtually, we set out to, with a view to
the aim of this is the word.
this paper examines is the word.
we set out to is the word.
the objective is is the word.
in order to determine is the word.
this raises the question is the word.
the focus of is the word.
with a view to is the word.
the scope of is the word.
address the issue is the word.
a sample of is the word.
data were collected is the word.
participants is the word.
a control group is the word.
variables is the word.
procedure is the word.
randomly selected is the word.
under controlled conditions is the word.
replicate is the word.
reliable is the word.
3 · Write your own sentence
the vast majority of
— model; accept any sentence where the word does real work
a significant proportion of
— 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. 42 marks: 20 matching, 20 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.