Context Clues quiz

What do you call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

• a homonym

• a synonym

• an antonym

• an explanation

When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?

• Look for clues in the text

• Skip it and keep reading

• Look it up in a dictionary

• Ask the teacher what it means

Based on the clues in the passage below, ecstatic means...

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

• nervous

• watchful

• discouraged

• excited

Based on the context clues in the passage below, eliminate means...

Please eliminate the blank lines between the pictures. They were not supposed to be there.

• delete

• find

• color

• add

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

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

• sing

• move away

• eat

• lay eggs

Based on the passage below, obedient means...

The obedient child always followed her mother's requests. That night, she brushed her teeth, folded her clothes, and went to bed before her mother had to come in to remind her.

• brushed her teeth

• followed her mother's requests

• that night

• folded her clothes

Read the passage below. What word or words help you understand the meaning of the word transportation in this sentence?

On Thursday afternoon, what kind of transportation will you use, a car or train?

• car or train

• kind

• use

• Thursday afternoon

We bought our groceries at a store that gets food from local farms. The farms are close to our home.

Local means....

• country

• hot

• old

• near our home

The wet and hungry cat was helpless.

helpless means....

• helped us

• couldn't help itself

• helps a lot

• cute

I have a slight idea about how to figure out that math problem, but I am not sure.

slight means....

• great

• bright

• small

• no idea