Vocabulary in Context

Vocabulary in Context Clues

Multiple Choice

What type of context clues use similar words to help with the meaning of an unknown word?

• Antonyms

• Definition/ Explanantion

• Synonyms

• Inference

Multiple Choice

Comparing an unknown word with something that is opposite is using what type of clues?

• Antonyms

• Definition/ Explanation

• Synonyms

• Inference

Multiple Choice

Telling what a word means within the sentence is an example of what type of context clues?

• Antonyms

• Definition/ Explanation

• Synonym

• Inference

Multiple Choice

What type of context clues is it when a reader can use clues of punctuation to infer or figure out the meaning of a word?

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Punctuation

• Definition/ Explanation

Multiple Choice

What type of context clues is it when a reader has to think about what they already know and connect it with clues surrounding the unknown word in order to figure out the meaning of the unknown word?

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Inference

• Definition/ Explanation

Multiple Choice

Based on the context clues in the sentence below, ornate means:

The large vase was covered from top to bottom in a hand carved and ornate design. It must have taken weeks, or even months to create!!

• Simple

• Detailed

• Beautiful

• Relieved

Multiple Choice

Based on the context clues in the passage below, eliminate means:

Please eliminate the blank lines between the pictures. They were not supposed to be there.

• Color

• Find

• Add

• Delete

Multiple Choice

Based on the context clues in the passage below, migrate means:

Many Northern birds migrate for the winter. They return in the spring.

• lay eggs

• move away

• eat

• sing

Multiple Choice

Based on the context clues in the passage below, truncated means:

I was upset that the ebook files was truncated because I couldn't find out how the story ended.

• finished

• boring

• cut short

• too long

Multiple Choice

Based on the context clues in the passage below, trifle means:

Oh don't worry about a trifle problem like losing your phone charger! We have plenty of extras.

• little

• everything

• giant

• hopeful

Multiple Choice

It has been an extremely brutal summer with very hot temperatures. What does brutal mean?

• Harsh

• gentle

• windy

• pleasant

Multiple Choice

She offered a feeble excuse for her late work and they could tell that she wasn't telling the truth.

What does feeble mean?

• weak

• strong

• good

• believable

Multiple Choice

The continents are slowly drifting apart. Since they are not stationary, North and South America will one day separate entirely.

What does stationary mean?

• Paper to write letters with

• land

• staying in one place

• melting quickly

Multiple Choice

The fifty pound pumpkin was gargantuan in size.

What does gargantuan mean?

• small

• average

• large

• colorful

Multiple Choice

The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.

What does garrulous mean?

• Quiet

• talkative

• secretive

• exhausted

Multiple Choice

The mummies of Egypt are very old, and well-preserved. So people think the Egyptians had special ways of embalming. Actually, it was the dry air that helped them preserve the dead.

What does embalming mean?

• making pyramids

• keeping bodies from decaying or falling apart

• keeping dead things alive

• keeping dead things dead

Multiple Choice

The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.

• walked

• sweated

• ran

• hiked

Multiple Choice

The scared rock climber balanced precariously on the edge of the cliff.

• happily

• gracefully

• dangerously

• hopefully

Multiple Choice

We often travel to New England in autumn to see the bright colors of the foliage.

• buildings

• mountains

• trees

• leaves

Multiple Choice

The mood was somber at the funeral of the former president.

• serious

• social

• fearful

• lively

Multiple Choice

The impudent boy was assigned a detention for his inappropriate behavior that occurred during the guest speaker's presentation.

• silly

• rude

• young

• unhappy

Multiple Choice

Cold rain fell all day, making it a dismal Saturday afternoon.

• fun

• gloomy

• cloudy

• busy

Multiple Choice

Sally felt a rising sense of consternation when she realized she had not done her homework.

• dullness

• joy

• worry

• forgetfulness

Multiple Choice

Dorothy was warned that the Wicked Witch of the West was a malevolent lady, and she should avoid her at all cost.

• strange

• angry

• evil

• unfriendly

Multiple Choice

What is a context clue?

• Clues that readers use to find the meaning of unknown words.

• Clues that readers use to figure out the character's names.

• Clues that readers use to figure out the setting.

• Clues that readers use to find out the theme of the story.