Context Clues Practice 2022

Unlike his sister Cattie, who had a very calm and mellow disposition, John jumped on sofas and ran through the house like an animal.

• hatred

• personality

• grabbed

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Due to scarcity of food in her territory, the mother lioness had to roam far from safe ground to find a meal for her child.

• plenty

• shortage

• excess

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

When John saw his report card, he was excited because he had all A's and A- in Biology; but when his fastidious mother saw his report card, she shook her head in disappointment.

• critical

• praising

• complimentary

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

When Jana noticed her daughter Kylie starring at herself and posing in every reflection they passed, Jana worried that Kylie was growing a bit conceited.

• shy

• arrogant

• timid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

After weeks of avoiding him, Annie finally found the courage to tell David that she wasn't interested in him; and even though David heartbroken, he appreciated her candor.

• deceit

• truthfulness

• lying

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

The children in the orphanage might have starved had it not been for the benevolence of the nuns, who sacrificed their own small salaries to provide food for the children.

• sensitivity

• harshness

• paused

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Jayden wanted to play football with the other kids but with his horrible deficiencies in coordination, he couldn't catch or throw the ball.

• perfection

• unlikeable

• weaknesses

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Even though peace between the two formerly warring nations had been established for years now, the soldier still woke cold from dreams of battle.

• undecided

• indefinite

• stable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

I wanted to set the table and be done with it, but my mother scrupulously arranged each napkin, dish, and utensil until they were in perfect arrangement.

• careless

• dishonest

• precisely

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Emery tried to determine the meaning of the vocabulary word, but there were so few clues in the sentence all he could do was hopelessly conjecture as to what the word might mean.

• fact

• hypothesize

• definite

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D