Academic Vocab

accurate

Which of the following does not have an accurate solution?

• 22 + 12 = 34

• 56 - 12 = 42

• 18 + 4 = 22

• 47 - 15 = 32

justify

Which of these would be justify a trip to the grocery store?

• You had homework to finish.

• You needed to post a letter.

• You ran out of milk.

• Your grandmother called.

advantage

What is the advantage of practising your times tables?

• To be quicker at maths questions.

• So you can run faster.

• It makes you healthy.

• You have more friends.

Illustrate

Which of these are examples of how you might illustrate a point?

• telling a related story

• making a comparison

• using facts from a book you have read

Answer explanation

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alter

Which of these is something you cannot easily alter?

• your height

• the flavour of a cake you baked

• clothing

• a drawing you made

specific

Which of these is an example of a specific direction?

• Colour that thing.

• Draw a 2 cm square.

• Stop that.

• Write your answer.

similar

Which of these is an example of two things that are similar?

• a puppy and a dog

• book and a house

• elephant and pizza

• air and pencils

occur

Which of these is something that is least likely to occur at school today?

• You will go home when school ends.

• You will have a maths lesson.

• You will have lunch.

• Your teacher will turn into a zombie.

response

Which of these is the right response to a fire alarm?

• Stay in your seat

• Yell and run around.

• Call your mum

• Line up and leave the building

classify

Which of these words is a synonym for classify?

• group

• arrange

• organize