Context Clues Group Practice

 A rapacious, or greedy, group of children ate all the candy and did not leave any for their parents.

• gracious

• greedy

• generous

• helpful

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What type of context clue is used in this sentence?

A rapacious, or greedy, group of children ate all the candy and did not leave any for their parents.

• definition

• inference

• example

• synonym

Answer explanation

A rapacious, or greedy, group of children ate all the candy and did not leave any for their parents.

Definitions - rapacious is followed by the definition greddy (set off by commas)

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

 As friends played an exciting video game, the teenagers sat rapt in front of the screen unlike the younger children who were uninterested.

• focused

• confused

• distracted

• quiet

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What type of context clue is used in this sentence?

 As friends played an exciting video game, the teenagers sat rapt in front of the screen unlike the younger children who were uninterested.

• definition

• synonym

• example

• antonym

Answer explanation

As friends played an exciting video game, the teenagers sat rapt in front of the screen unlike the younger children who were uninterested.

Is antonym context clue - rapt is unlike the younger children who were uninterested.

So rapt means focused.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

 With a surreptitious motion of his hand, the magician hid the coin in the scarf.

• open

• sneaky

• honest

• obvious

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

What type of context clue is used in this sentence?

With a surreptitious motion of his hand, the magician hid the coin in the scarf.

• example

• definition

• inference

• synonym

Answer explanation

With a surreptitious motion of his hand, the magician hid the coin in the scarf.

Inference context clue because reader has to use their prior knowledge of how magicians do tricks by tricking the audience.

Surreptitious means sneaky.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

As the clouds darkened the sky and the wind began to blow, there was a perceptible change in the temperature.

• observable

• unnoticeable

• small

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

What type of context clue is used in this sentence?

  As the clouds darkened the sky and the wind began to blow, there was a perceptible change in the temperature.

• synonym

• antonym

• example

• inference

Answer explanation

As the clouds darkened the sky and the wind began to blow, there was a perceptible change in the temperature.

Inference context clue because the reader has to use their prior knowledge to know that when storm clouds and wind comes then the temperature drops.

Perceptible means observable.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

The elderly lady under-going medical treatment was susceptible to germs because her immune system was compromised and weak.

• protected

• vulnerable

• sick

• harmful

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

What type of context clue is being used in this sentence?

 The elderly lady under-going medical treatment was susceptible to germs because her immune system was compromised and weak.

• example

• definition

• inference

• synonym

Answer explanation

The elderly lady under-going medical treatment was susceptible to germs because her immune system was compromised and weak.

Example context clue - the author gives an example: her immune system was compromised and weak - signal word "because"

Susceptible means vulnerable.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A