Context Clues

When he didn’t understand the instructions, the student asked the teacher to clarify them.

• remove
• call
• explain
• stop

What is a synonym for fix?

• repair
• explain
• delay

The disease made one of her legs very weak.

• brace
• illness
• exercises

What is an antonym for forgot?

• remembered
• caught
• undid

Many seahorses live in tropical areas where the water is always warm.

• a place that is very hot
• a place that gets cold during parts of the year
• a place off the coast of Alaska

Does this word have a positive or negative feeling about it?
He is the ringleader; the other kids join him in causing trouble.

• positive
• negative
• both
• sounds like the circus to me!

The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.

• ate
• burned 
• slept 
• sunbathed

Does this word have a positive or negative sound to it?
She was the mastermind behind our most successful class fundraiser ever. 

• positive
• both
• negative
• none

Jump and hop are synonyms because _________.

• They mean opposite things.
• You can find them in the dictionary.
• They have an emotional meaning behind them.
• They have the same meaning.

The words hot and cold would be considered _____.

• antonyms
• synonyms
• context clues
• connotations