Context Clues Practice

"The heavy rain made it difficult to see.  Jill meant to turn right on King Street, but she inadvertently turned onto Cedar Street instead." Based on the context clue, what does inadvertently mean?

• A) accidentally
• B) carefully
• C) faithfully
• D) intentionally

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Employees from all five divisions convened in the auditorium to hear the company president speak." Based on context clues, what does convened mean? 

• A) ran
• B) listened
• C) watched
• D) gathered together

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.7.4A

"From experience, Ellen knows that the more she studies, the better she does in school.  Her grades on her exams attest to the many hours of hard work." Based on the context clues, what does attest mean?

• A) argue
• B) belittle
• C) give proof
• D) honor

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"The hero was virtuous, not like the evil villain." Based on the context clues, what does virtuous mean?

• A) evil
• B) honest
• C) lying
• D) wicked

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

 "Something in the refrigerator has a putrid odor; the smell was rotten when we opened the door."  Based on the context clues, what does putrid mean?

• A) fresh
• B) perfumed
• C) rotting
• D) sweet

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.7.4A

Some people hunt for lost coins on beaches using an apparatus called a metal detector. It has a long stem that ends in a circular part called a search head, which hovers just over the ground. When it passes over metal, it makes a sound. 

• process
• machine
• services
• hovel

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

The mummies of Egypt are very old, and well-preserved.  So people think the Egyptians had special ways of embalming.  Actually, it was the dry air that helped them preserve the dead.
What does embalming mean? 

• Making pyrmaids
• Keeping dead things alive
• Keeping bodies from decaying or falling apart
• Keeping dead things dead

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

Ladies, please stop the name calling. There is no reason to act uncivil.

• rude

• crazy

• tired

• outgrabe

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Unlike Bob, who treated others rudely and kept to himself, Bobby was jovial, friendly, and outgoing.

• frabjous

• cheery

• angry

• old

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?

• can you help me
• her father walked in 
• sounding annoyed, too
• relaxing with a magazine

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C