WorksheetsSummarizing Informational Text (Vocabulary Review)
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
Established means:
to know the answer
to begin or set up; create
conducting a scientific experiment
to disappear
Demonstration means:
display of public feeling or display; a clear proof of something.
to stay balanced for a period of time
an inquiry about something
Summarize means:
make an educated guess about something
a specific detail pertaining to a piece of information
the ability to explain the most important parts of something in your own words
Introduce means:
to walk away from something
to make known by name; provide knowledge of something
to know the meaning of a word by heart
Key Details mean:
An example or piece of specific information in a text that helps explain the main idea; the most important facts
The overall idea of a topic
The point you are trying to make about something
Main Idea means:
The overall most important thought that the author is trying to convey about his writing; the topic plus the point
The point of the subject
The topic of the subject
A summary is:
the overall point of the text
to separate an idea into one detail
a retelling of text in your own words, explaining the most important events and details
To analyze means to:
to closely and carefully examine a piece of text.
to make a general, broad statement
to make an educated guess
To predict means to:
to know what will happen for a fact
know the author's point of view
to say what you think will happen
Origins are:
the latest model of something
where something came from initially
copies of materials
Pronunciation means:
the way you say a word when you speak it
knowing a foreign language
clapping the syllables of words
Complex means:
finding an answer that is "right there" in the text
an easy way out
consisting of many parts; difficult to understand
Elaborate means:
very plain
having much detail; made or created with careful attention
easily duplicated
Independent means:
not being ruled or controlled by other people
following certain rules
having a common way of doing things
Rebellion means:
following the rules
making a plan for something
having strong opposition toward any authority
Social means:
avoiding people by any means necessary
relating to society or its organization; being involved with a community or a group
working many hours
Expert means:
knowing very little about something or someone
a person who has great knowledge or skill in an area or field of something
the ability to fly an aircraft
Dozen means:
nine of something
thirteen of something
twelve of something
Invented means:
to make, create, or produce something that did not exist previously
to destroy something
to record something in a journal
Century means:
100 years
1,000 years
250 years
Consumers are:
people who buy and use goods or services
people who throw things away
people who collect trinkets
Manufacture means:
to make; especially by using machinery
to cook slowly
to injure yourself
coin-operated means:
uses credit cards to work
uses coins to work
uses a ticket system to work
average means:
ordinary or not above par; simple
above and beyond the standard of something; excellent
a single answer
an arcade is:
a very old document
a car made before assembly lines were created
a public area containing games of a mechanical and electrical creation, that has coin-operated machines for people to play.
electrical engineering means:
machines that assist in making aircraft devices
a branch of work that deals with the technology of electricity, its components, and systems
working with waterfalls
to have access means:
to devise a plan for something
to be denied entrance into a building
to have permission to do something
To advance in something:
start over
the beginning
to move forward with something
If something or someone is an annoyance, it means:
being very friendly
the person or the object is very bothersome or irritating
to work quietly
If you are baffled, you are:
ill
very hot
ecstatic
confused
Something that is brilliant is:
very bright or shiny
confusing
extremely slow
When something is constant, it is:
never happens
always occurring; happening all the time
stops and starts over and over
What is a conversation?
a particular way of doing things
a discussion between two or more people
a constellation in the Milky Way
If something declines, it:
increases rapidly
grows smaller or less in the amount
raises up
Text Organization is:
the organization of your text
the main idea of the article
random order of events
When you restate something, you:
only say it once
say it over and over again in a different language
repeat or retell what you previously said
