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Domain-Specific Vocabulary is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on working out a technical word from the text, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Domain-Specific Vocabulary

RI.5.4

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Can You Do Two Things at Once?

People say they multitask. Mostly they do not. The brain can run two tasks together only if at least one is automatic. Walking and talking works because walking is automatic for an adult. Reading and listening to speech does not, because both need the same language system. What feels like multitasking is usually rapid switching. Each switch costs time — a fraction of a second to disengage and re-engage — and the costs add up. In experiments, people doing two tasks alternately take substantially longer in total than doing them one after the other, and make more errors. They also do not notice. Switching feels efficient because you are busy the whole time. The practical conclusion is unpopular but consistent: for anything demanding, doing one thing at a time is faster.

  1. 1. What does "automatic" mean here?
  2. 2. What does "disengage" mean?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Mill: The Local Paper, June 1980

Whately's Mill closed on Friday with the loss of 214 jobs, the largest single closure in the town since the war. The mill had run since 1868. At its height it employed more than 600. Mr Whately declined to say when he had known the closure was certain. The Chamber of Commerce has called for a public inquiry; the union has called the closure "predictable for two years". The council says a retraining fund will open in September. Four other textile mills within twenty miles have closed since 1975. Nobody the paper spoke to expected the site to be used for textiles again.

  1. 1. What is a "public inquiry"?
  2. 2. What does "declined" mean here?

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Answer key — Domain-Specific Vocabulary

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Done without conscious attention, like walking for an adult. 2. To disengage is to stop attending to a task, which costs a fraction of a second at every switch.
  2. 2.1. An official investigation held in the open. 2. Refused, politely — he would not say when he had known.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.5.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.