Study Skills: My Research - Test

Match the following research skills with their explanations.

• helps you to write some key information about the source you used in at the end of your work.

• Vocabulary and Context Clues

• is used whenever I use someone else's words or ideas to acknowledge the source.

• Paraphrasing

• is the process of using someone else's words in your own language.

• Bibliography/

  List of References

• is the skill that save your time by reading titles and subtitles.

• Prediction

• help you to guess the meaning of new words as you come across them.

• Citation

Fill in the following table with the correct bibliography details.

b

c

d

e

a

Introduction to Engineering

Cambridge University Press

New York; US

Mark, F. and Jane, P

2020

Open your reading book on page 58 then match the appropriate subheadings under which you can find information about the phrases on the left column. There are three extra subheadings.

e

f

g

h

d

c

b

a

Travelling to Mars

Leaving Earth

Leaving Mars

Beginning Mission

Launching the Astronauts

Reaching Mars: Supply Ships

Landing on Earth

Reaching Mars: Passenger Ships

Match the different types of context clues that can help you understand or guess word’s meaning.

word meaning is often explained with the use of brackets, commas or dashes this is called ​ (a)   .

You can guess the meaning of a word by knowing how things work ​ (b)   .

​ (c)   are usually introduced by expressions like; such as, for instance, etc.

​ (d)   show that two or more things are alike and they use words like; similar, as well as, both, likewise, etc.).

​ (e)   use the opposite of known information to figure out the meaning of an unknown word by using words like; like (however, on the other hand, instead of, but, while and although).

• punctuation clue
• knowledge of the world
• Example clues
• Comparison clues
• Contrast clues
• Referent clues

What does the word solid mean?

Our ship passed a huge field of frozen sea. Mark invited us to come out and play. We weren’t sure at first, but when we felt how solid it was, we jumped and ran.

• soft with holes

• hard with no holes

What does the word cruised mean?

When the captain invited the biologists to come on board for a hot shower, they joined him immediately. Then he cruised through the icebergs, which appeared in unbelievable shapes and sizes, as the sun was sinking in the sky.

• moved along slowly

• moved along quickly

Citing some information about the author/s within the text is called ........................

• in-text citation

• reference page

Citing some information about the author/s at the end of your project is called ........................

• in-text citation

• reference page

This picture shows an example of citation for ....................

• in-text citation

• reference page

This picture shows an example of citation for ....................

• in-text citation

• reference page