Context Clues Practice

 Whenever I need some advice, I visit my sapient grandmother. She listens and helps me decide the right thing to do. I hope I can be as wise as she is someday.

What does the word sapient mean?

• wise

• funny

• creative

• old

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Taking umbrage at his classmate’s rude remarks, Sam stormed out of the room.

What does the word umbrage mean?

• umbrella

• classmate

• anger

• talking

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Citizens of the United States have certain unalienable rights. These are rights that cannot be taken away.

What does unalienable mean?

• from another place

• cannot be taken away

• unlikeable

• strange

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

“The tuba is such a corpulent instrument. I wish you would consider playing something small and light, like the flute,” said my mom.

What does corpulent mean?

• large or bulky

• small and light

• pretty and nice

• musical

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

After pulling weeds for 5 hours on a scorching hot day in mid-July, Troy was feeling listless.

What does listeless mean?

• energized

• bored

• happy

• tired

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When the kindergarten teacher split her students into two groups for the field trip, she assigned all of the docile students to the parent volunteer, and she kept the more challenging students for herself.

What does docile mean?

• difficult or challenging

• obedient or easily managed

• unique or different

• unwilling or angry

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Everyone likes to be around Rey because of his blithe spirit. In fact, his cheerful attitude is rather contagious!

What does blithe mean?

• depressing

• melancholy

• cheerful

• mysterious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Many citizens decided to boycott the supermarket because they didn’t agree with the owner’s racist comments. When a group boycotts, they stop doing something in order to protest. 

What does boycott mean?

• fight

• go shopping

• disagree

• protest

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E