Context Clues Practice 3

Salamanders are nocturnal and usually spend daylight hours hiding under fallen logs or damp leaves.

• active at night

• active during the day

• hidden

• sleeping

Scientists think that a panda’s bold coloring gives the panda camouflage, or helps it blend into its surroundings.

• stand out

• make them blend in

• hidden

• tall

Giant pandas are endangered animals, which means that there is a dangerously low number of their kind left on Earth.

• many left

• an increase in the population

• seriously at risk of disappearing

• growing

Harry is going to construct a big tower with his blocks.

• collect

• build

• sort

• draw

We need to gather all the seeds that fell out.

• collect

• separate

• build

• sort

The lines Sam drew were very faint and hard to see.

• neat

• messy

• dark

• light

Emma peered out the car window at the snow.

• stared

• searched

• bowed

• touched

Brady’s grades are average. He usually gets the same grades as most of his classmates.

• special

• ordinary

• great

• terrible

Look at the toy duck drift on the water.

• wiggle

• swim

• dive

• float

The clown twisted the balloons to make balloon animals.

• bent

• moved

• straightened

• popped