Context Clues Quiz

Michael is an ardent supporter of his presidential candidate. That became obvious to me when I found out how much time he’s donated to the campaign. He also passed out fliers for the candidate. What does “ardent” mean in the context of the selection?

• old
• intelligent
• foolish
• very strong

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

“I am going to rescind the permission I gave you to use my toys!” T. J. announced angrily. “I thought you would take good care of them, but I was wrong!” What does rescind mean?

• repeat
• celebrate
• cancel
• continue

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CCSS.L.3.2F

The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.

• fun
• horrible
• delicious
• exciting

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The ARENA at my brother's college is big enough to play any sport, including football.

• buildings
• area for sports or entertainment
• living room

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Greg begged his parents to PERMIT him to watch more television, but they said he had to finish his homework.

• explore
• judge
• allow

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CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RF.K.3C

Each student was allotted two tickets to the dance.

• allowed
• joyful 
• taken 
• fed

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CCSS.L.5.5C

John was ready to run this race. He has been training for this race for the last 2 months. All he ever wanted was to win this race and become the best runner is Park Ridge. John was on his way to the race and he was pumping himself up listening to his favorite music. When he arrived at the track he had to run over to the start line right away. BOOM! He was off. John was in first place till about halfway through the race until someone teenage boy ran in front of him. John just wasn’t able to catch up to the boy. He felt dispondent, he felt like he couldn’t do anything. John didn’t want to win the race anymore, he knew he couldn’t do it.

What does dispondent mean?

• angry
• excited
• discouraged
• confused

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Based on the sentence, what does the blue word most likely mean?
In the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren is very ardent about destroying the rebel forces- some may say it's his life's purpose. 

• hateful
• passionate
• intentional
• decisive

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Find the word or definition that best matches the word in red.
Wherever he goes, the esteemed and respected Dr. Sanchez is applauded for his life-saving research.

• used to humidty
• very old
• knowledgeable
• admired

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Find the word or definition that most closely matches the word in red.
Speaking rudely to the judges was rash behavior.  You really hurt your chances of impressing the judges and winning.

• an itchy skin condition
• funny
• clever
• thoughtless

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C