SOL Review : Context Clues 2.1

Everyone at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim, because he detested vegetables.

• To approve of
• To strongly dislike
• To enjoy
• To like

Grandpa didn't know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip, and now he had to alter his plans.

• Adjust
• Destroy
• Keep
• Stagnate

When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor.

• With a little emotion
• With exaggerated emotion
• With no emotion
• With some emotion

As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket, powerful feeling of remorse bubbled in his stomach.

• Guilt
• Indifference
• Joy
• Mercilessness

When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest, her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe.

• Seeking answers
• Seeking information
• Seeking mail
• Seeking replies

The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms, waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky person walking by.

• Climbing over
• Hiding under
• Laying behind
• Sitting on top

Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred, they didn't believe that he was being earnest.

• Inconsiderate
• Loose
• Serious
• Silly

Unlike Bob, who treated other rudely and kept to himself, Bobby was jovial, friendly, and outgoing.

• Gloomy
• Happy
• Mean
• Unpleasant

My grandma's demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest.

• Behavior
• Fashion
• Hairstyle
• Punctuation

The lady decided that it was tea time and so, by jingling a tiny silver bell, she beckoned her servants to attend.

• Called
• Deterred
• Pushed
• Replied