ISEE Primary 4 flashcards
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- Main idea
- The central point that the whole passage is about. It is broader than any single detail and is often stated in the opening or closing sentence.
- Supporting detail
- A fact, example, or reason in the passage that backs up the main idea. Answers to detail questions must be stated in the text.
- Inference
- A conclusion drawn from clues in the text plus what is already known. It is not stated directly but must be strongly supported.
- Sequence words
- Words such as first, next, then, after, and finally that signal the order in which events or steps happen in a passage.
- Cause and effect
- A relationship where one event makes another happen. The cause answers why; the effect answers what happened as a result.
- Context clue
- Words or sentences around an unknown word that hint at its meaning, such as a definition, an example, or a contrasting idea.
- Author's purpose
- The reason a writer created the text, usually to inform, persuade, or entertain. Fiction may also carry a lesson or theme.
- Place value
- The value a digit has because of its position in a number. In 3,482 the 3 means 3,000 and the 8 means 80.
- Rounding rule
- To round, find the target place and check the digit to its right. If that digit is 5 or more, round up; if 4 or less, keep it.
- Product
- The answer to a multiplication problem. In 7 × 8 = 56, the product is 56, which equals seven groups of eight.
- Quotient and remainder
- The quotient is the answer to a division problem; the remainder is what is left over. A remainder is always smaller than the divisor.
- Numerator and denominator
- In a fraction, the denominator tells how many equal parts make one whole; the numerator tells how many of those parts are counted.
- Equivalent fractions
- Fractions that name the same amount, such as 1/2 and 3/6. Multiplying or dividing top and bottom by the same number creates them.
- Perimeter
- The distance around the outside of a shape, found by adding the lengths of all its sides. It is measured in linear units.
- Area of a rectangle
- The number of square units inside a rectangle, found by multiplying length by width.
- Unit conversions
- Fixed equivalences used to change units: 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 60 minutes in an hour, 100 cents in a dollar.
- Complete sentence
- A group of words with a subject telling who or what and a predicate telling what happens. It expresses a complete thought.
- Sentence fragment
- An incomplete sentence missing a subject, a predicate, or a complete thought, such as 'Ran to the store' without naming who ran.
- Run-on sentence
- Two complete thoughts joined without correct punctuation. It is fixed with a period, a semicolon, or a comma plus a conjunction.
- Subject-verb agreement
- The rule that a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb, as in 'she walks' and 'they walk'.
- Proper noun
- A specific name of a person, place, day, or month, always capitalized, such as Maya, Denver, Tuesday, or March.
- Comma uses
- Commas separate items in a list, follow introductory phrases, and set off words that introduce a quotation.
- Pronoun agreement
- A pronoun must match the noun it replaces in number and gender, so a singular noun takes he, she, or it, not they.
- Synonym
- A word that means nearly the same as another word, such as happy and joyful. Synonyms usually share the same part of speech.
- Antonym
- A word that means the opposite of another word, such as ancient and modern. Both words are normally the same part of speech.
- Analogy bridge
- The relationship linking the first pair of words, stated in a sentence, which is then applied to the second pair to find the answer.
- Part to whole
- An analogy relationship in which one word names a piece of the other, as a petal is part of a flower.
- Word classification
- Choosing the word that does not belong with the others because it lacks the shared category, such as apple among carrot, pea, and corn.
- Prefix
- A word part added to the beginning that changes meaning, such as un- meaning not, re- meaning again, and pre- meaning before.
- Suffix
- A word part added to the end that changes meaning or use, such as -ful meaning full of, -less meaning without, and -ly making adverbs.
- Multiple-meaning word
- A word with more than one sense, such as bank for a river edge or a money place; the sentence tells which meaning fits.
- Object to function
- An analogy relationship pairing a thing with its job, as a hammer is used for pounding and a pen is used for writing.