context Clues Excerpt 3

context Clues Excerpt 3

Excerpt 3: The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco

Directions: In the exercise that follows, you will be asked to identify the words that should go in the blanks and identify the context clues that helped you know which words to choose.

There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really _______. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen.

Multiple Choice

" there was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really ________." Identify the word that best fits this sentence.

• unattractive

• boring

• splendid

• plain

• confused

On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of a Boy's stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was _______.

Multiple Choice

" On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of the Boy's stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was ________. Identify the word that best fits this sentence.

• charming

• frightening

• scary

• unusual

• ordinary

There were other things in the stocking, nuts and oranges and a toy engine, and chocolate almonds and a clockwork mouse, but the Rabbit was quite the best of all. For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles

came to dinner, and there was a great _______ of tissue paper and ______ of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at al the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was ________

Multiple Choice

"For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great ________ of tissue paper." Identify the word that best fits this sentence

• slumber

• stacking

• watching

• rustling

Multiple Choice

"and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner and there was a great ... of tissue paper... and ________ parcels. " Identify the word that best fits this sentence.

• wrapping

• unwrapping

• throwing

• placing

Multiple Choice

... " and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was ________. Identify the word that best fits this sentence

• gone

• missing

• misplaced

• forgotten

• celebrated

For a long time he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery floor, and no one thought very much about him. He was naturally shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite _____ him.

Multiple Choice

" He was naturally shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite ____ him. Identify the word that best fits this sentence.

• loved

• hated

• snubbed

• liked

Multiple Choice

"For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great ________ of tissue paper." Identify the word that best fits this sentence

• slumber

• stacking

• watching

• rustling