Context Clues 7th Grade

​I can identify the meaning of unknown words using context clues.

Learning Target

​Cinnamon

​Guitar

Fill in the Blanks

As you've just learned, context clues are words and phrases that surround a word and give you clues to its meaning. Type the word that best tells the meaning of the word in italics.

Her teacher made an implacable decision to count the disastrous test, and no

amount of pleading could change her mind.

Word Bank: reckless innocent rigid helpful

Fill in the Blanks

As you've just learned, context clues are words and phrases that surround a word and give you clues to its meaning. Type the word that best tells the meaning of the word in italics.

In an impetuous move, without thinking, he jumped into his car and sped off down

the rain-slicked road.

Word Bank: reckless innocent rigid helpful

Multiple Choice

When you find an unfamiliar word in your reading, look at the surrounding text for context clues.

Select the word that means the same as the italic word in each passage.

We were unable to see the belfry, which houses the church's bells, from the flower garden.

• roof

• belltower

Multiple Choice

When you find an unfamiliar word in your reading, look at the surrounding text for context clues.

Select the word that means the same as the italic word in each passage.

Some photographers are sympathetic to wildlife; for instance, they will not disturb animals and their young.

• sensitive

• friendly

Multiple Choice

When you find an unfamiliar word in your reading, look at the surrounding text for context clues.

Select the word that means the same as the italic word in each passage.

When she's joking, Chancy sometimes says superfluous things, unlike when she's serious and speaking carefully.

• unnecessary

• distasteful

iconoclast​

When you figure out the meaning of a word from context, you make a guess about what the word means, using clues in the surrounding words and sentences.

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How does the clue help you guess the meaning?

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dissonant

When you figure out the meaning of a word from context, you make a guess about what the word means, using clues in the surrounding words and sentences.

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How does the clue help you guess the meaning?

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dromedary

When you figure out the meaning of a word from context, you make a guess about what the word means, using clues in the surrounding words and sentences.

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How does the clue help you guess the meaning?

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dromedary

When you figure out the meaning of a word from context, you make a guess about what the word means, using clues in the surrounding words and sentences.

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How does the clue help you guess the meaning?

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Match

Match the word that has the same meaning as the italic word in each sentence. Use context clues to help you determine each correct choice.

• inactive

• prone

• dedication

• entryway

Sedentary people have more health problems than those who are active.

Children are more susceptible to, or likely to be affected by, the flu than adults.

Because of her commitment to studying, she received an academic award.

The church's vestibule, which is the entrance hall, was filled with sunlight.

• Sedentary people have more health problems than those who are active.

• Children are more susceptible to, or likely to be affected by, the flu than adults.

• Because of her commitment to studying, she received an academic award.

• The church's vestibule, which is the entrance hall, was filled with sunlight.

Reorder

Remembering the Process

Below are the five steps of the context-clue process in an incorrect order.

Select and drag the steps to put them in the order you'd use when trying to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

• Think of the word as a blank to be filled.

• Determine the words part of speech.

• Reread for context clues.

• Read the sentences before and after the word.

• Try a few synonyms or definitions.

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Multiple Select

You'll undoubtedly come across words that you don't know. What will you do?

Which steps below would help you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word?

Choose 3 answers!

• Determine the word's part of speech

• Reread the sentence to look for context clues.

• Look it up on the internet.

• Try a few synonyms or definitions to see if they make sense in the sentence.

​Today's Lesson Summary

Multiple Choice

The five kinds of context clues include—

• compare and contrast, dictionary entry, synonym, example, cause-and-effect.

• synonym, antonym, definition, word analysis, cause-and-effect.

• definition, antonym, example, synonym, cause-and-effect.

• definition, antonym, analogy, synonym, cause-and-effect.

Multiple Choice

Luisa's capriciousness often got her into trouble; she always said or did things without thinking through her actions first.

In the sentence above, capriciousness means—

• happiness.

• impulsiveness.

• bitterness.

• friendliness.

Multiple Choice

In this sentence, what does the term protective gear mean?

• specially designed skateboards

• reduce injuries

• safe skate parks

• gear worn while skateboarding

Multiple Choice

What does the word prohibited mean in this excerpt?

• allowed

• forbidden

• encouraged

• evident

Multiple Choice

The second step in the five-step process for using context clues is—

• rereading for context clues.

• determining the word's part of speech.

• thinking of the word as a blank to be filled.

• discussing the meaning with a friend.