5GR Context Clues Practice

I abhor clothes shopping, but I adore grocery shopping. Abhor means:

• Enjoy

• hate

• buy

• sun

Answer explanation

The word but helps us understand that abhor must be the opposite of adore.

Therefore, the answer is hate.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

In Britain, they call the trunk of a car the "boot".

Boot means:

• show

• buy

• trunk

• tire

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The annual bazaar is scheduled for the last day of school. It's always a fun festival.

Bazaar means:

• bowling alley

• festival

• balloon

• bookstore

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Gerard was so hungry that for lunch he consumed 3 sandwiches and a quart of milk.

Consumed means:

• enjoy

• gave away

• ate

• threw out

Answer explanation

If Gerard was so hungry, he would want to eat. Therefore, consumed means ate.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

She acted nonchalant about the exam, but she was actually very worried.

Nonchalant means: ​ ​ ​ ​

• calm

• worried

• scared

• angry

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

She looked at the collection of things thrown in the box. There was toothpaste, razors, spatulas and a loaf of bread. "Well, that is quite a melange, isn't it?" she said.

Melange means: ___________

• box

• melon

• meal

• random collection

Answer explanation

The list of items should make us think it is a random collection.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The movie star's large and beautiful home was palatial.

Palatial means:

• ugly

• tiny

• new

• like a palace

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Maggie was an excellent artist.  At first, her parents were flabbergasted—speechless—by their daughter’s ability, but soon they got used to their little painter. Her preschool teacher said that Maggie’s dexterity, or skill using her hands, was something she had never before seen in such a young child. Little Maggie never gloated or took pride in her paintings. Whenever people met Maggie for the first time they often watched her paint with their mouths agape, but her parents always kept their mouths closed and simply smiled over their “little Monet.”

• taking pride

• agape

• hanging open

• gloated

• speechless

• dexterity

• skill at using hands

• flabbergasted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F