Context Clues and Gerunds

Choose the gerund for this sentence

Mr. Ward made the classroom like an art gallery by attaching black construction paper to two walls and adding some frames made of paper.

• paper

• walls

• adding

• attaching

Gerunds

Raul’s self-portrait fits on the wall because the class has been talking about identity, or who they are.

• self-portrait

• identity

• talking

• because

Choose a gerund for this sentence.

I like to go walking at the beach.

• walking

• beach

• like

• go

Answer explanation

walking

Verb+ing

Gerunds

Then she races back to her seat when she is done reading her poem

• classmate

• reading

• poem

• watercolors

Devon has a similar situation at home. His older brother teases him for reading books and listening to jazz.

• listening

• jazz.

• reading

• brother

Diondra has never tried creating a self-portrait and is a bit puzzled that she hasn’t

• Diondra has never tried creating a self-portrait

• is a bit puzzled

• that she hasn’t

• a self-portrait

I fumble it every time. Then they have the nerve to get mad at me, like I did it on purpose! But basketball is not my game.

• Then they have the nerve to get mad at me

• Then they have the nerve to get mad at me, like I did it on purpose! But basketball is not my game.

• I fumble it every time.

• the nerve to get mad at me

Find the context clues for the underlined vocabulary.

She wishes that she was as bold as Raul. Raul created a self-portrait, or a painting of himself, and left it out on Mr. Ward’s desk where anyone in class can stop and see it. Diondra admires Raul’s bravery.

• Diondra admires Raul’s bravery

• Raul created a self-portrait, or a painting of himself, and left it out on Mr. Ward’s desk

• Mr. Ward’s desk where anyone in class can stop and see it.

• She wishes that she was as bold as Raul

So I breathe easy. I’m sure no one else has spotted me until a head pops up from behind the stacks. It’s Janelle Battle from my English class. I freeze and wait for the snickers I’m used to

• So I breathe easy. I’m sure no one else has spotted me until a head pops up

• t’s Janelle Battle from my English class

• I freeze and wait for the snickers I’m used to

• So I breathe easy. I’m sure no one else has spotted me until a head pops up from behind the stacks. It’s Janelle Battle from my English class.

It made a place where students can show off their art, poems, and photographs. It is up to the students to choose what to displace, but their work must have a connection to the Harlem Renaissance

• but their work must have a connection to the Harlem Renaissance

• It is up to the students to choose what to displace,

• It made a place where students can show off their art, poems, and photographs.

• connection to the Harlem Renaissance