Context Clues Quiz

Tommy was a real avid baseball card collector. He inherited the desire to collect cards because his dad had a collection, too.

• eager

• careless

• apart

• fearful

Her Christmas bills added up. After the holidays, her extravagance was going to take several months to pay off.

• economy

• praise

• external

• overdoing

The boy was caught stealing from the store. His larceny caught up with him when the owner showed him a video tape.

• gift

• theft

• lawless

• honor

He climbed the mountain and stood looking over the tops of the trees on the mountain across from him. He was right on the precipice and could have fallen.

• edge

• stiff

• top

• under

Read the passage. What is the meaning of the underlined word?

Jonah sat down to do his math homework. He answered twelve questions. On the thirteenth question, he stopped. "I don't know how to calculate twenty minus fifteen" he told his mom.

• To figure out using math

• To give up

• To do something easily

• To solve a word problem

The roots and history of our town, its heritage, was the theme of the museum exhibits. 
What clues helped you figure out the meaning of the word "heritage?"

• theme
• museum
• exhibits
• roots and history

On our trip, our family traveled through a rural area.  There were farms stretched out as far as the eye could see and no buildings in sight. What words in the sentence helped you figure out the meaning of the word "rural?"

• family traveled
• no buildings; farms stretched out
• on our trip
• eye could see

Emily's new business quickly became prosperous, so she had to hire more workers to handle all the orders and success. What words helped you figure out the meaning of the word "prosperous?"

• business
• successful
• workers
• orders

What type of context clue is underlined in the following sentence?

When the light brightens, the pupils of the eyes contract; however, when it grows darker, they dilate.

• definition

• inference

• antonym

• synonym

What do you call a word that has similar meaning?

• example

• antonym

• homonym

• synonym