Context Clues

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

• remove

• call

• explain

• stop

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

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

• explore

• judge

• allow

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RF.K.3C

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
• a place in Missouri

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Grandpa was in a jovial mood, making jokes and laughing at everything. 

• crazy
• happy
• irritable
• angry

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Never walk alone at night. It is essential for you to go with at least one person. Essential means....

• Not important 
• Very important 
• Acceptable 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.K.5B

CCSS.L.4.5C

Based on the context clues in the passage below, eliminate means ________.
   Please eliminate the blank lines between the pictures. They were not supposed to be there.

• a. delete
• b. find
• c. color
• d. add

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Each student was allotted two tickets to the dance.

• allowed
• joyful 
• taken 
• fed

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

We are depleting the Earth's reserves of oil. Someday there will not be any left. 

• using up
• adding to
• creating
• saving up

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Choose all the antonyms of the underlined word.

My coffee is too hot to drink!

• steaming

• cold

• freezing

• drink

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.K.5B

CCSS.L.4.4A