Multiple Meaning Words

When a word has more than one meaning you have to use your context clues to figure out which definition is correct.

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Multiple-Meaning Words

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
At the beach, you might sit on the sand, read a book, and watch for the flukes of passing whales. 

• tiny grains of stone and shell
• what you do to make wood smooth

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
One year for summer vacation, my family took a long road trip around the United States.

• to fall over something
• a visit to another place

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
We visited a national park in Arizona, where we drove along roads that went through towering mountains. 

• area of natural land
• to bring to a stop and leave temporarily

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
Jeremiah had two pieces of pizza, and everyone said it wasn't fair.

• a gathering of buyers and sellers
• just; equal

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
The bat flew out of the cave when a large noise startled him. 

• an object used to hit a baseball
• a nocturnal mammal

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
I had to wind my new watch to the correct time. 

• moving air
• to turn around 

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
Sandy Robinson, an astronaut, slipped through the hatch and into the capsule. 

• to emerge from an egg 
• a door in an aircraft, spacecraft or submarine

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
I thought that I could not handle the pressure of AZ-Merit, but I stayed calm and did my best. 

• the part by which something is held
• to manage or control

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
Dad checked to see if the ice was stable enough for us to skate on. 

• not likely to change or fail
• a place where horses are kept

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
I threw away my apple because I saw some mold was growing on it. 

• to form or make something out of something else
• a furry growth of fungus

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Punctuation Clues

• Can include commas, dashes, or parentheses and are used to help a reader understand an unknown word or phrase.

• meaning of a word or phrase

• information that appears near a word or phrase that helps the reader understand a difficult or unknown word

Draw

Highlight the punctuation clue in this passage.

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Definition

• Can include commas, dashes, or parentheses and are used to help a reader understand an unknown word or phrase.

• meaning of a word or phrase

• information that appears near a word or phrase that helps the reader understand a difficult or unknown word

Draw

Highlight the definition of magma.

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Context Clues

• Can include commas, dashes, or parentheses and are used to help a reader understand an unknown word or phrase.

• meaning of a word or phrase

• information that appears near a word or phrase that helps the reader understand a difficult or unknown word

Open Ended

What word or words help you figure out the meaning of the underlined term?

My brother was really worried in music. He agonized over his solo.

Open Ended

What word or words help you figure out the meaning of the underlined term?

We are anticipating a great game on Friday. I look forward to going.

Open Ended

What word or words help you figure out the meaning of the underlined term?

My mom says my brother and I are fortunate. Life is good for us.