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Context Clues

Authored by Laura Gholson

English

7th - 8th Grade

15 Questions

CCSS covered

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Context Clues
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of context clue provides readers with varying examples to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words?

Explanation or Example

Definition or Statement

Antonym or Contrast

Synonym or Restatement

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Jonna is fond of a mountain escapade in the same way as Patrick who goes on a beach adventure. What is the comparing word or similar term to the underlined word?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of context clues provides the meaning of unfamiliar words that can be inferred or guessed from the description of the situation?

Cause and Effect

Inference or General Context

Explanation or Example

Definition or Statement

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I returned to school soon after the war was over. The entire place, where the school used to be, was in __________.

opportunity

necessary

devastation

destroyed

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of context clue provides a word with similar meaning to the unfamiliar word?

Comparison

Definition

Inference or General Context

Synonym or Restatement

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The director felt remorse, or regret, for incompetent bad employees. What other word from that sentence gives a synonym to the underlined word?

incompetent

regret

hiring

director

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We stayed in tents after the missile destroyed our home. We would be in a more permanent place once the buildings were rebuilt. Despite the ___ around us, people went about picking up their lives.

conversation

outdoor world

chaos

orderly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

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