The Extra-Good Sunday from Ramona Quimby, Age 8

The Extra-Good Sunday from Ramona Quimby, Age 8

I can use context clues to determine the meaning of words.

Multiple Choice

festive

Everybody felt happy and merry at the festive birthday dinner.

Part A: What does festive mean?

• sad and unhappy

• a large meal

• joyous and cheerful

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festive

Everybody felt happy and merry at the festive birthday dinner.

Part B: Which two words or phrases from the text best supports your answer?

• happy and merry

• felt and merry

• happy and birthday dinner

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ingredients

The ingredients in this salad include tomatoes, lettuce, and cucumbers.

Part A: What does ingredients mean?

• One of the parts that make up a mixture or combination

• something to eat

• a type of vegetable

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ingredients

The ingredients in the salad include tomatoes, lettuce, and cucumbers.

Part B: Based on the text, how do you know what the word ingredients means?

• the author restates the definition

• the author gives several examples of different items to use

• the author gives a synonym of the word

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degrees

This snack was baked in a hot oven. It was set to 350 degrees.

Part A: What does degrees mean in this sentence?

• something eaten between meals

• 360 parts of a circle

• one of the units into which a measuring instrument, such as a thermometer, is divided

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degrees

This snack was baked in a hot oven. It was set to 350 degrees.

Part B: Which TWO words or phrases from the text best supports your answer?

• hot oven and 350

• snack and baked

• oven and snack

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recommended

It is recommended that pizza cool before you eat it. That is good advice.

Part A: What is the meaning of recommended?

• something you should not do

• something you eat

• suggested as something good

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recommended

It is recommended that pizza cool before you eat it. That is good advice.

Part B: Which word or phrase from the text best supports your answer?

• pizza cools

• good advice

• before you eat it

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anxiously

This boy anxiously measured the sugar. He was afraid of making a mistake.

Part A: What does anxiously mean?

• nervously or fearfully

• making an error

• calmly or steadily

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anxiously

This boy anxiously measured the sugar. He was afraid of making a mistake.

Part B: Which words or phrases from the text best supports your answer in Part A?

• measured the sugar

• afraid of making a mistake

• this boy

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cross

Children often feel cross, or angry, when asked to eat food they dislike.

Part A: What does the word cross mean?

• in a bad mood

• used to show something is wrong

• to move from one side to the other side

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cross

Children often feel cross, or angry, when asked to eat food they dislike.

Part B: Pick two words or phrases from the text that best supports your answer.

• children

• angry

• dislike

• eat

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remarked

The guest remarked, or said, that the meal was delicious.

Part A: What does remarked mean?

• to mark again

• to say or write something as a comment

• delightful

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remarked

The guest remarked, or said, that the meal was delicious.

Part B: Which word or phrase from the text best supports your answer in Part A?

• meal

• delicious

• said

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tense

Relax when you frost a cake. If you're tense, your hand will shake and ruin it.

Part A: What does the word tense mean?

• calm, steady

• a part of speech

• anxious or nervous

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tense

Relax when you frost a cake. If you're tense, your hand will shake and ruin it.

Part B: Which word or phrase from the text best supports your answer in Part A?

• frost the cake

• shake

• ruin