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Cumulative test 2 — teacher edition
After lesson 39 · 0 words covered · 51 marks
1 · Match the word to what it means
a paradigm shift — a complete change of view
common ground — what both agree on
a watershed moment — a turning point
the crux of the matter — the central point
weather the storm — survive difficulty
a slippery slope — one step leading to worse
level the playing field — make it fair
a knock-on effect — a chain of results
take root — become established
a blanket statement — a claim about all
hold water — stand up to testing
in the final analyzis — when all is considered
it is worth noting that — note that
with the exception of — except
insofar as — to the degree that
by and large — mostly
in the context of — when looking at
all things considered — on balance
that being said — even so
to put it another way — in other words
for the purposes of — for
in so doing — by doing that
as regards — about
notwithstanding — despite
2 · Put the right word in the gap
Word bank: -cracy, -graphy, -phobia, a blanket statement, a deadline, a first pass, a knock-on effect, a literature review, a paradigm shift, a preliminary draft, a research question, a slippery slope, a structure, a timeline, a watershed moment, a working title, all things considered, allocate time, as regards, auto-, bio-, by and large, cf., common ground, et al., for the purposes of, geo-, hold water, hyper-, i.e., in so doing, in the context of, in the final analyzis, insofar as, it is worth noting that, level the playing field, macro-, micro-, narrow the focus, notwithstanding, revise and edit, scope the topic, take root, that being said, the crux of the matter, to put it another way, weather the storm, with the exception of
hyper- is the word.
micro- is the word.
macro- is the word.
auto- is the word.
bio- is the word.
geo- is the word.
-graphy is the word.
-cracy is the word.
-phobia is the word.
i.e. is the word.
et al. is the word.
cf. is the word.
a working title is the word.
a preliminary draft is the word.
scope the topic is the word.
a literature review is the word.
a research question is the word.
a timeline is the word.
allocate time is the word.
a first pass is the word.
narrow the focus is the word.
a structure is the word.
a deadline is the word.
revise and edit is the word.
3 · Write your own sentence
a paradigm shift
— model; accept any sentence where the word does real work
common ground
— model; accept any sentence where the word does real work
a watershed moment
— model; accept any sentence where the word does real work
Bonus — we have not taught this word. Try it anyway.
Write your name on the first line.
Word: line — a row
Scoring. 51 marks: 24 matching, 24 gaps, 3 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.