Guessing Meaning of Words from Context (Pre)

I didn’t want to tell my friend the entire plot of the play so I just gave her the "gist" of the story.

• title

• ending

• main idea

• subtitle

She was "timid", shy, that made us know nothing about her true feeling. She kept her idea and had never spoken in class.

• kind

• serious

• shy

• confident

Patrick hurried over but Emily "sauntered" over to our class.

• walked in slow, easy way

• hurried

• beat rapidly

• ran away

Although some people pointed out the "harmful" effect to health of coffee, some people think that it’s good to health as well.

• useful

• healthful

• dangerous

• wonderful

He climbed to the top of the mountain and was right on the "precipice" – or edge of it. He could have fallen if he was careless.

• stiff

• under

• top

• edge

"Mundane" activities such as doing the laundry or dishes, going food shopping, reading newspaper don’t make my life exciting.

• exciting, not boring

• painful

• interesting

• ordinary; normal

My father enjoys his new "avocations" after he retired. For instance, he now enjoys chat group at LINE application on internet and enjoys collecting stamp.

• stamps

• jobs

• internet

• hobbies

If you "invert" the letter 'p' you’ll get 'b', in the same way you’ll get the letter 'W' by turning the letter 'M' upside down.

• upside down

• end

• put in the same way

• get the letter

She felt very "indignant" because her boyfriend had dinner with other girl after cancelling her appointment.

• ignored

• happy

• angry

• good

The process of turning light into energy, called "photosynthesis", is the reason most plants need sunlight.

• the reason why plants need sunlight

• the process of turning light into energy

• the process of sunlight

• the sunlight that gives energy