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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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

• walked in slow, easy way

• hurried

• beat rapidly

• ran away

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

"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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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

• ignored

• happy

• angry

• good

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4