Context Clues Mrs. Summer's Class

I meandered through the mall taking my time looking at all the clothes in the windows.

• hurried
• ran
• wandered
• jogged

Read the passage below.  Which word or words best helps you understand the meaning of the word obedient?

The obedient child always followed her mother's requests.  That night, she brushed her teeth, folded her clothes, and went to bed before her mother had to come in and remind her.  

• Followed her mother's requests
• Folded her clothes
• Brushed her teeth
• That night

If you have trouble understanding a word in a passage or sentence of a story, you may want to read previous words or the end of the sentence to determine what the word means. What is this strategy known as?

• text messaging
• content origins
• context clues
• scanning

At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea.

• bread
• silverware
• drinks
• milk

When I fell off the trampoline, I fractured my arm and wore a cast

• rested
• broke
• avoided
• looked at

Ms. Hawkins REPRIMANDED a student for throwing paper airplanes in class.

• scolded

• rewarded

• arrested

• seated

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

Read the sentence. Then choose the sentence below that uses the underlined word in the same way.

Can you CATCH the baseball?

• Carl tried to CATCH the vase.

• The girls played CATCH.

• Let's CATCH a movie tonight.

• The window CATCH is broken.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What do you call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

• a. homonym
• b. a synonym
• c. an antonym
• d. an explanation

When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?

• a. Look for clues in the text

• b. Skip it and keep reading

• c. Look it up in a dictionary.

• d. Ask the teacher what it means.

Based on context clues in the passage below, ecstatic means __________.
They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days.

• a. nervous
• b. watchful
• c. discouraged
• d. excited