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Context Clues

Authored by Maria Dana

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Context Clues
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

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

a homonym

a synonym

an antonym

an explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Select the meaning of the underlined word: Julie found it very hard to walk up the building with book-laden backpack.

free

heavily loaded

somehow occupied

light

Tags

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Select the meaning of the underlined word: At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea.

bread

drinks

utensils

desserts

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Select the meaning of the underlined word: I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.

hungry

thirsty

sleepy

tired

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Select the meaning of the underlined word: Tanya loved her dad, but she wondered why she was so organized when he was so haphazard.

tidy

clean

forgetful

disorganized

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

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