Contex clues

The teacher was appalled, or disgusted, by the honey covered homework the student turned in. What does appalled mean?

• pleased

• surprised

• frustrated

• disgusted

Unlike my frugal mother, I don't shop bother shopping at sales or clipping coupons. What does frugal mean?

• careful

• thrifty

• careless

• wasteful

Jeffery decided to sever his friendship with his rude neighbor. What does sever mean?

• separate

• clean

• serve

• confirm

Jaki is a wonderful piano player, but Emily is more VERSATILE; she sings, acts, paints and writes poetry, and also plays the piano.

What does the word VERSATILE mean?

• has many skills

• boring

• not skilled

• exciting

Tristin couldn’t see the school building; it was SHROUDED by smoke and dust.”

What does the word SHROUDED mean?

• covered

• built

• bounced

• made

We thought that Mrs. Kerner would be very DISTRAUGHT when Joe told her he dropped her vase; however, she took the news very calmly.

What does the word DISTRAUGHT mean?

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• calm

• upset

• happy

• fearful

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

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

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days. 

Based on the context clues in the sentence, ecstatic means:

• Nervous
• Discouraged
• Excited
• Relieved

Many Northern birds migrate for the winter.  They return in the spring.

Based on context clues in the passage, migrate means _____________.

• Lay eggs
• Eat
• Move away
• Sing