Testing Words
Learn and practice these words to do your best on the
MAP Test!
Define
Tell the exact meaning
Define the word product.
Support Give reasons to back up your answer
Support your opinion with reasons why you think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was important.
Predict A guess about
what will happen next
Read the title and predict what you think this story will be about.
DescribeCreate a mental picture through words
Tell about it in detailDescribe how to find equivalent fractions.
Compare Tell how the main
ideas are alike or similar
Compare a cube and a rectangular prism.
Contrast Tell how the
main ideas are different
Contrast the main characters in each story.
Classify Arrange by group or category In spelling, we
classify our words into different categories.
Plant Animal Food
Summarize Tell the main parts in your own words.
Write a paragraph that summarizes the story.
Persuade Convince using facts or reasoning
What was the author’s purpose: to entertain, inform, or persuade?
Diagram An illustration or drawing with labeled parts
Make a diagram showing the sequence of events in the story.
Graphic Organizer A diagram displaying information
Create a graphic organizer comparing and contrasting animals and plants.
Explain Tell how or what in your own words.
Explain your prediction.
Infer Make a good guess. Read between the lines. Use the clues from the story to make an inference about the characters feelings.
Advantage A benefit or gain
(positive; thumbs up)
One advantage of the covered wagon was that it carried supplies.
Disadvantage A loss or bad
condition (negative; thumbs down)
One disadvantage of the covered wagon was that it was heavy and hard to pull.
Benefit Something that
does good to a person or thing
(positive; advantage)
List the benefits of being a United States citizen.
Sum Add Find the sum of 648 and 98.
Difference Subtract Find the difference of 8000 and 486.
Product Multiply Find the product of 48 and 97.
Quotient Divide Find the quotient of 648 and 8.
Analyze
To examine something in great detail in order to understand it better or discover more about it.
Apply
To make use of something to achieve a result or produce a product.
Compose
To make something by combining together.
To put things together to form a whole
Compute
To calculate an answer or result
Construct
To draw something accurately using measurements.
Convert
To change units of one measurement into units of another.
For ex. To convert 3 feet into 1 yard.
Create
To produce something
Decompose
To break something down, or be broken down, into smaller or simpler parts
Design
To plan something
Determine
To find out something after an investigation.
Display
To make something visible or available for others to see
create
Distinguish
To be aware of a difference between two or more groups or things.
To show that two or more groups of things are different from each other.
Estimate
to make an approximate calculation of something.
Evaluate
To consider or examine something in order to judge its value, quality, importance, extent, condition.
Extend
To continue – as in a pattern or line
Gather
To compile something such as information or ideas from various sources.
Generalize
To infer a general conclusion.
Identify
to recognize something and to be able to say what it is.
Interpret
To establish or explain the meaning or significance of something.
Justify
to give a reason or explanation why something was done.
To give somebody an acceptable reason for taking a particular action
Measure
To find out the size, length, quantity, or rate of something using an appropriate tool.
Model
Create a numerical, algebraic, or physical representation of a given situation.
Order
To arrange items in a particular way.
Recognize
To identify a thing because of having perceived it before.
Reposition
To put something in a new position.
Represent
To represent something in a picture or with a model.
Select
To choose something among several other items.
Solve
To work out a solution to an equation or mathematical problem.
Tell
To give an account in writing of events or facts.
Translate
To move an object in a direct straight line without rotation.