Vocabulary/Context Clues - Summer School

If you have trouble understanding a word in a passage or sentence of a story, you may want to read previous words or the end of the sentence to determine what the word means. What is this strategy known as?

• text messaging
• content origins
• context clues
• scanning

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?

• Look for clues in the sentence
• Ask your teacher
• Look it up in the dictionary
• Skip it

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CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in red.
When he didn’t understand the instructions, the student asked the teacher to clarify them.

• remove
• call
• explain

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Becky had an innate ability to play the piano. She had never taken a lesson, yet she was able to play the most complicated songs.

• trained

• natural

• unnatural

• learned

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Which of the following describes the sense of smell.

• He bit into the juicy apple.

• His breath was minty fresh when we spoke.

• His eyes were as blue as the ocean.

• He was singing like an injured cat.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which one of these sentences uses the sense of touch?

• The fruit tasted sweet.

• We heard a dog barking next door.

• The thorn on the rose felt sharp.

• The smell of pepper stings brought tears to his eyes.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is a synonym for help?

• assist
• hurt
• forget
• work

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is an antonym? 

• a word that means the opposite of another word
• a person, place, or thing
• a word that means the same as another word
• an action word

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is a synonym?

• a person, place, or thing
• a word that means the same as another word
• an action word
• a word that means the opposite of another word

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Pick the pair of antonyms:

• giant, huge
• awake, asleep
• happy, glad
• messy, dirty

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A