Context Clues

Context Clues

5th Grade

20 Qs

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Context Clues

Context Clues

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
L.1.6, L.2.4E, L.5.5C

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Hannah Lewis

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This quiz focuses on context clues, a fundamental reading comprehension strategy taught in elementary English Language Arts. The questions are perfectly suited for 5th grade students, as they progress from basic definitional understanding to practical application of context clue strategies. Students need to understand that context clues are hints within text that help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words, and they must recognize various types of context clues including examples, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and descriptive phrases. The quiz systematically builds from conceptual knowledge to application, requiring students to analyze surrounding words and sentences, identify signal words and phrases, distinguish between multiple meanings of the same word, and synthesize contextual information to deduce meaning. Students must demonstrate inferential reasoning skills, vocabulary analysis, and the ability to eliminate incorrect options through careful text analysis. Created by Hannah Lewis, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 5. This comprehensive assessment tool serves multiple instructional purposes throughout the learning process, functioning effectively as a pre-assessment to gauge students' baseline understanding of context clue strategies, a guided practice activity during direct instruction, or a formative assessment to monitor student progress. Teachers can implement this quiz as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge, assign it as independent homework to reinforce classroom learning, or use it as a review tool before summative assessments. The varied question formats and progressive difficulty make it ideal for differentiated instruction and small group work. This quiz directly supports Common Core State Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.C, which requires students to use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4.A, which focuses on using context as a clue to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a context clue?

Clues that readers use to find the meaning of unknown words.

Clues that readers use to figure out the setting.

Clues that readers use to figure out the character's names.

Clues that readers use to find out the theme of the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What can you use as context clues?

Pictures

Words you know

Examples and definitions

All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea.

bread
silverware
drinks
milk

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street

crosswalks
walkers
stoplights
parrots

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark.

nervous
silly
happy
sleepy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Sally hopes her new boss is affable. Her old boss was very cold and grouchy, and it was impossible to talk to him.

female

friendly and polite

unfriendly and impolite

having many years of experience

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

It is easy to see my brother's disdain for TikTok. When he sees me dancing, he starts to grumble and leaves the room.

to have a fear of something

to have a strong dislike for something

to listen carefully

to watch carefully

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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