Context Clues

After the hurricane, people returned to their ruined houses to SALVAGE as many of their possessions as they could.

• Destroy

• Save

• Sell

• Create

After the war was over, the soldiers LIBERATED all of the prisoners, allowing them to return to their families unharmed.

• Killed

• Teased

• Freed

• Captured

When Carlos got the chicken pox, he had to stay away from his brothers so that he would not CONTAMINATE them.

• Infect

• Frighten

• Scare

• Scratch

Dan did not enjoy his job as a dishwasher. It was MONOTONOUS work, doing the same thing over and over.

• Inspiring

• Disgusting

• Boring

• Exciting

The BOISTEROUS children were running around the room screaming like wild animals!

• Rowdy

• Cruel

• Polite

• Well-behaved

In order to be ELIGIBLE for the life guard program, participants had to take First Aid training and be advanced swimmers

• Rejected

• Qualified

• Observed

• Watched

While the stream is usually easy to cross, recent heavy rains turned it into a raging torrent, making it too TREACHEROUS

• Dry

• Wet

• Dirty

• Dangerous

As the students GENERATED ideas for solving the problem, Mr Smith wrote them on the board so they would not be forgotten

• Came up with

• Discussed

• Discovered

• Lost

We are DEPLETING the Earth's reserves of oil. Someday there will not be any left.

• Creating

• Adding to

• Using up

• Moving

Grandpa was in a JOVIAL mood, making jokes and laughing at everything.

• Crazy

• Happy

• Irritable

• Sad