Context Clues

The generous people fed the emaciated lost dog.

• fierce

• calm

• thin

• lost

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

She invariably leaves her homework at home and must turn it in late.

• purposefully

• hated

• happily

• always

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

The mother bathed the baby in the tepid water.

• lukewarm

• hot

• muddy

• cold

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

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

• rude

• crazy

• tired

• outgrabe

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

Jane got it into her mind that she could get out of studying for any test just by feigning illness the night before the exam.

• becoming

• sleeping

• galumphing

• faking

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The music teacher had difficulty tolerating the discordant noises produced by her kindergarten class.

• clashing

• pleasant

• silent

• impolite

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The dogs were so hungry that they would have fought one another for a morsel of meat.

• crumb

• ton

• tove

• torch

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

John had seen horror movies before, but when he saw Zombies on the Boat, he was so appalled by the violence that he wrote the newspapers warning parents not to allow their children to see this movie.

• proud

• outraged

• gimbled

• stoked

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It is difficult to forgive someone who has hurt you, even if that person is penitent and expresses regret for their decisions.

• manxome

• apologetic

• happy

• sly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The lady decided it was tea time and so, by jingling a tiny silver bell, she beckoned her servants to attend.

• ate

• shunned

• pushed

• called

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6