1. Direction Words Are Your Guide!
CRCT Vocabulary Practice

2. On the CRCT, EXPLAIN means:
In your own words, tell how or why
Tell about
Discuss

3. On the CRCT, SUMMARIZE means:
Give the short version
Tell the main ideas or the most important parts
Sum it up
So, what happened was . . .

4. On the CRCT, COMPARE means:
Give all the likenesses or similarities between two or more things
How are they alike?

5. On the CRCT, CONTRAST means:
Tell all of the differences between two or more ideas
How are they different?

6. On the CRCT, DESCRIBE means:
Tell about using the five senses (touch, smell, scent, sound, and look)
Paint a picture using words

7. On the CRCT Conclusion means
The end or the close
The final part
The result
The outcome
“What is the conclusion of the story?”

8. On the CRCT, PREDICT means:
Tell what you think will happen next
Make a guess about
the next event
Think ahead

9. On the CRCT, SUPPORT means:
Back up with details
Give reasons for
Give the facts about
Defend your
ideas/ beliefs

10. On the CRCT, EVALUATE means:
Tell the value of
In your words, tell the good and bad parts
Put in rank order
Judge or rate

11. On the CRCT, ANALYZE means:
Break into parts
Study the individual pieces
Take apart
Look at closer

12. On the CRCT, INFER means:
Read between the lines
Make an educated guess
Look for hidden information
Figure out
Be a detective!

13. On the CRCT, FORMULATE means:
Put together
Come up with
Create
Make
Design
Well, in my opinion . . .

14. On the CRCT, TRACE means:
Write in order from beginning to end
List in steps
Outline
Track or follow

15. On the CRCT, COMPOUND means:
More than one
Look for two!
Compound subject? Compound predicate? Compound sentence?

16. On the CRCT, the QUOTIENT is
The answer to a division problem!
8 ÷ 4 = 2

17. On the CRCT, DIVIDEND means
Divide this number
It’s under the division bar!
It’s probably the largest number!
It comes first in the division sentence! 45 ÷ 9 = 5

18. On the CRCT, a DIVISOR is
the number you are dividing by…
the number of groups you are creating when you divide…
16 ÷ 2 = 8
The number that sits outside the division bar!

19. On the CRCT, DIFFERENCE means
The difference is the answer to a subtraction problem!
24 – 14 = 10

20. On the CRCT, PRODUCT means
The answer to a multiplication problem!
5 X 6 = 30

21. Add the numbers together to get your answer!
On the CRCT, SUM means
Add the numbers together to get your answer!
The answer to an addition problem… = 15

22. On the CRCT, BEST choice means
The might be more than one that works, but which one works better than all the others?

23. On the CRCT, Also watch for…
Which does NOT…
Which has the MOST…
Which is BEST…
You might see questions about content written two different ways on the same test!
Example: Which of the following is NOT a compound sentence on the same test that asks which of the following is a compound sentence…The information is tested two different ways.

24. you are going to be a star!!!
On the CRCT,
you are going to be a star!!!
Good Luck!