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Power Verbs

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define Trace

a)

List in steps, or follow the path

b)

find or discover by investigation

c)

copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper

2.

Define Support

a)

Back it up or prove it with details

b)

bear all or part of the weight of; hold up

c)

give assistance to, especially financially; enable to function or act

3.

Define Analyze

a)

Break it into parts, tell about the parts

b)

examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation

c)

discover or reveal (something) through detailed examination

d)

psychoanalyze (someone)

4.

Define Explain

a)

Teach me or show me, tell me the steps

b)

make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas

c)

account for (an action or event) by giving a reason as excuse or justification

d)

be the cause of or motivating factor for

5.

Define Infer

a)

Read between the lines, what is the hidden meaning

b)

deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements

6.

Define Summarize

a)

Tell the main idea, tell the beginning, middle, and end

b)

give a brief statement of the main points of (something)

7.

Define Evaluate

a)

Judge it, tell the good and bad

b)

form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess

c)

find a numerical expression or equivalent for (an equation, formula, or function)

8.

Define Compare

a)

Tell all the ways they are the same

b)

estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between

c)

form the comparative and superlative degrees of (an adjective or an adverb)

9.

Define Formulate

a)

Create, put together

b)

create or devise methodically (a strategy or a proposal)

c)

express (an idea) in a concise or systematic way

10.

Define Contrast

a)

Tell all the ways they are different

b)

differ strikingly

11.

Define Describe

a)

Tell about, paint a picture with words

b)

give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events

c)

mark out or draw (a geometric figure)

12.

Define Predict

a)

What will happen next?

b)

say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something