Context Clues

1.The archeologist carefully removed the tome from its ancient resting and proceeded to read the pages related to marriage in ancient Greece.

What does the word tome probably mean?

• Pen

• Weapon

• book

• Sausage

2.The Navajo language is an unwritten language of extreme complexity with no alphabet or symbols, and is spoken only on the lands of the Navajo Nation in the American Southwest. During World War II a Navajo code was created for the U.S. Navy. This

code was virtually undecipherable to anyone except Navajo speaking persons.

What does the word virtually probably mean?

• Pleasant

• Almost

• Never

• always

Lakes occupy less than two percent of the Earth’s surface, yet they help sustain life. For instance, lakes give us fish to eat, irrigate crops, and generate electrical power.

What does the word sustain probably mean?

• Support

• obstruct

• Prolong

• Destroy

The ancient Greeks pioneered many of the kinds of writing we consider standard today. They wrote speeches, plays, poems, books about science and learning, long histories of the things that happened to them.

What does the word pioneered probably

mean?

• Complicated

• Developed

• Destroyed

• Explored

Fifty-five mostly prominent, male delegates attended the Philadelphia Convention in 1787. About seventy-five percent of the delegates had served in Congress and others were important people in their home states. These men are often referred to as the Framers of the Constitution.

What does the word prominent probably mean?

• Unknown

• Unimportant

• Common

• Important

Bats that eat fruit and nectar spread seeds and help flowers grow. Without bats many important plants would not thrive.

What does the word thrive probably mean?

• Flourish

• Die

• Wither

• Deteriorate

Johnson is somewhat of a slim Santa Claus figure in his community, and also uses his church's outreach programs to make regular donations of scavenged items to needy families. In addition to enjoying sharing his free-of-charge finds with friends and neighbours, he even inspired others to give his foraging techniques a try.

What does the word foraging mean?

• hardworking

• hunting

• beautifying

• sorting

Eric couldn't see the school building; it was shrouded by smoke and dust.

What does the word shrouded mean?

• Invisible

• Bounced

• Ruined

• Covered

John tried to catch his breath for a minute before attempting the arduous climb up the peak of the mountain.

What does the word arduous mean?

• easy

• long

• difficult

• exciting

Ms. Dorsette loves her belly and everyone knows it! But today was unusual, she was cranky. We later discovered that she did not have lunch or breakfast, so she would be famished by dinnertime.

What does the word famished mean?

• Tired

• Dizzy

• Hungry

• Full