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Context Clues

Authored by Way Sze Neoh

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Context Clues
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

My brother said, “I just freed myself from a very loquacious history professor. All he seemed to want was an audience.”

pretentious

grouchy

talkative

worried

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There is no doubt that the idea of living in such a benign climate was appealing. The islanders seemed to keep their vitality and live longer than Europeans.

kind

tropical

not malignant

favourable

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

It is difficult to imagine a surfeit of talent in one individual, yet Leonard Bernstein simply does not have the time to make complete use of his talent as conductor, performer, writer, and lecturer.

variety

superiority

excess

lack

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There is a large demand all over the United States for plants indigenous to the desert. Many people in Arizona have made a good business of growing and selling cacti and other local plants.

necessary

foreign

alien

native

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After the Romans left, a millennium and a half passed before people again lived in such comfort. Churchill wrote, “From the year 400 until the year 1900 no one had central heating and very few had hot baths.”

a decade

1000 years

many years

a century

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Many years before, Caesar’s men had tried and failed to invade Britain. No doubt this contributed to the xenophobia of the Romans. They were cautious about strangers who entered their country.

fear of foreigners

kindliness

honesty

stubbornness

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The purpose of the psychiatrist is to mitigate the suffering of the patient.

make milder

beautify

increase

banish

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

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