Context Clues

A banquet of roasted meat was served after the king's marriage.

• fork

• yummy

• dinner

• fire

They composed a letter to the governor asking for more soldiers in the fort.

• wrote

• sang

• bought

• wanted

The tragic ending to the story made the woman cry.

• long

• difficult

• impossible

• sad

The children pleaded with their mother for an ice cream cone.

• walked

• called

• looked

• begged

The prairie dog ran into his burrow to escape the coyote.

• flower

• car

• hole

• cave

The pioneers who had endured the long winter welcomed the warm spring.

• missed

• survived

• closed

• wanted

The strawberries were bright scarlet in the middle of the green leaves.

• red

• yellow

• green

• blue

The movie star's large and beautiful home was palatial.

• ugly

• tiny

• like a palace

• hard to find

Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street.

• crosswalks

• walkers

• stoplights

• animals

Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers.

• popular

• careful

• out-dated

• round