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Study guide — test 2

Grade 1 · Writing · 40 words · the test is after lesson 39
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

according to — as X says
cite — name your source
as stated in — as written in
a secondary source — not the original
paraphrase — say it your own way
quote directly — use exact words
a reference list — the list of sources
plagiarism — using work as your own
evidence suggests — the proof points to
draws on — uses
credible — believable
bias — leaning one way
corroborate — back up with more
contradict — say the opposite
attribute to — say it came from
as cited in — quoted inside
primary source — the original
summarize the argument — give it shortly
acknowledge — give credit
verify the claim — check it is true
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 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.