Unlocking the Meaning

I can determine the meaning of words and phrases in context

Unlock Word Meaning

Understanding Context Clues

• Context clues provide hints or clues to help understand the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases.

• Pay attention to surrounding words, phrases, and sentences to determine the meaning.

• Use context clues to improve reading comprehension and expand vocabulary.

Multiple Choice

What do context clues provide?

• Hints to understand unfamiliar words or phrases

• Hints to improve reading comprehension

• Hints to expand vocabulary

Let's Practice Together


Choose the meaning of the underlined word.

Multiple Choice

The sun suddenly vanished from view as the storm clouds rolled across the sky.

• a. Appeared

• b. Danced

• c. Disappeared

Multiple Choice

Peyton stayed home from school because she felt queasy. The only thing she ate all day was a few crackers.

• a. sick

• b. upset

• c. tired

Multiple Choice

The child was rushed to the hospital after she had an adverse reaction to the medicine.

• A. Healing

• B. Harmful

• C. Scary

Drag and Drop

The soldiers crouched down low behind their vehicle and waited for the enemy to pass. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Leaned against

Ran from

Stooped with bent knees