Context Clues

The girl was wearing a ruby-colored dress. It reminded her of a rose. What is ruby-colored?

• red
• lovely
• ugly
• large

The ring on her finger was glimmering. What is glimmering?

• dull
• hard
• shiny
• bright

The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.

• ate
• burned 
• slept 
• sunbathed

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

• remove

• call

• explain

• stop

I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.

• hungry
• thirsty
• sleepy

Slavery was abolished in the U.S. after the Civil War.

• outlawed
• exchanged
• running
• common

Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street

• crosswalks
• walkers
• stoplights
• parrots

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

• rested
• broke
• avoided
• looked at

Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers.

• popular
• out-dated
• careful
• round

After the rainstorm, the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors.

• dark
• funny
• bright
• normal