Use Context to Clarify Meaning

Context Clues Unit 3 Week 1

Context Clues

We use context clues to help us to figure out the meaning on unknown words.

How to use context clues:

• Look at the words and sentences before, after, and around the word

• Look for words that may define, explain, or contrast the unknown word

Multiple Choice

Part A: Read the sentence from the text.

"Wash your forks and knives thoroughly so that they are sterile."

What does sterile mean in the sentence?

• Clean

• Nice

• Dirty

• Helpful

Multiple Choice

Part B: Which word in the sentence explains why the forks and knives are sterile?

• So

• Your

• Thoroughly

• Wash

Multiple Choice

Part A: Read the sentence.

“The commission will be a lot of work, but it will pay me well.”

What does comission mean in the sentence?

• Job

• School

• Commitment

• Competition

Multiple Select

Part B: Which two words from the sentence explain why commission means job?

• pay

• well

• work

• a lot

• will

Multiple Choice

Part A: Read the sentence:

"The ants were magnified inn the picture, they looked huge!"

What is the meaning of magnified?

• Older

• Made larger

• Magnetic

• More kind

Multiple Choice

Part B: Which word in the sentence explains why the ants were "magnified"?

• huge

• ants

• looked

• picture