Using Context Clues

​Context Clues

Master this skill and be Sherlock​ Clues together!

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​Hints or clues in the text which help us guess the meanings of words that we do not know!

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​What are context clues?

I am the ​difficult word

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​You need context clues!

​Do you know what these words mean?

• ​qualiwag

• hambet

• gulurage​

• bloggle​

• ​malabing

​5 Tips to master "Context Clues"

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​Qualiwag

​Can you guess the meaning?

Open Ended

What do you think the meaning of "qualiwag" is?

​Inference

​Hambet

​Can you guess the meaning?

Poll

The hikers guessed it would take 3 full days to reach the hambet, or the top of the mountain.

• top

• summit

• rock

• sky

​Definition

​Gulurage

​Can you guess the meaning?

Multiple Choice

Which gulurage do you like the best on a hot, summer day? Is it iced tea or lemonade?

• beverage

• food

• fruit

• bottle

​Example

​Bloggle

​Can you guess the meaning?

Draw

Draw a bloggle basketball here.

"Marcus' mum decided to buy her son a bloggle basketball. However, the one they saw in the store was too big for his hands.

​Antonym

​Malabling

​Can you guess the meaning?

Poll

Everyone likes to be around Rey because of his malabling personality. His cheerful attitude is his greatest strength.

• happy and positive

• hyper

• easily irritated

• sad

​Synonym

​Let's apply what you have learned!

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Multiple Choice

Guess the meaning of the underlined word.

Sasha looked at Charlie angrily, with her eyes flaring.

• staring angrily

• blinking quickly

Multiple Choice

Guess the meaning of the underlined word.

The astronaut dropped his cup when his spaceship entered space. Instead of plummeting to the floor, the cup floated in space.

• staying still

• falling quickly

Multiple Choice

Guess the meaning of the underlined word.

Charlie's face mask was too small and he couldn't breathe properly. She rushed into the toilet, took off her mask and snorted as hard as she could. When more air flew into her body, she immediately felt better and was no longer dizzy.

The noise that she made was so loud that her mum came to check on her.

• stopped breathing because something was blocking your throat

• breathed in as hard as she could, making an explosive sound

Multiple Choice

Guess the meaning of the underlined word.

The announcer slicked back his hair, that is to straighten his hair so that it is close to his head.

• flicked his hair

• caused hair to be smooth

Multiple Choice

Guess the meaning of the underlined word.

Please pass me that reel of tape. I mean, that round, wheel-shaped object?

• a pile of things arranged one on top of another

• a round device on which a long, thin strip or object is rolled

​Let's go through the definitions of the words again.

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• flare

• plummet

• slick

• reel

• snort​

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​flare (part of speech?)

• If a fire flares, the flames become larger.

• If you say your eyes are flaring, it ​means you are furious.

  You are staring at something in anger.

​plummet (part of speech?)

• to fall very quickly and suddenly

• you can use this word to talk about prices​ $$$

  e.g. ​House prices have plummeted recently.

  --> House prices have dropped recently. ​

​slick (part of speech?)

• to make hair smooth and close to the head, often using a substance to make it stick to the head neatly

  e.g. Yesterday, Justin Bieber slicked his hair back with gel.

​reel (part of speech?)

• a cylindrical object around which you wrap something such as cinema film, magnetic tape, fishing line, or cotton thread

  ​e.g. a reel of film

​snort (part of speech?)

• When people or animals snort, they breathe air noisily out through their noses.

• We sometimes snort in order to tell others that we disagree on something.

  e.g. Harry Potter snorted loudly and shook his head.​