Vocabulary Strategy U1W4 Context Clues

What context clue helps you understand the meaning of the underlined word?

Charlie walked over to the fire pole, a metal pole which ran through a hole in the floor and connected the two levels of the firehouse.

• ran

• metal pole

• floor

• levels

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What context clue helps you understand the meaning of the underlined word?

Inertia means that an object at rest tends to stay at rest.

• rest

• object

• tends

• stay

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What context clue helps you understand the meaning of the underlined word?

It has been an extremely brutal summer with very harsh temperatures.

• summer

• harsh

• temperatures

• extremely

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

What context clue helps you understand the meaning of the underlined word?

Will found a suit of armor concealed behind the stack of boxes.

• armor

• stack

• behind

• boxes

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

What context clue helps you understand the meaning of the underlined word?

The delightful aroma, or smell, coming from the kitchen made my mouth water.

• delightful

• smell

• kitchen

• mouth

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

What context clue helps you understand the meaning of the underlined word?

We could tell by the rotten smell that something putrid was in the trash can.

• rotten

• smell

• trash

• tell

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C