Context Clues

Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables.

• Your favorite

• Strongly dislike

• Very Supportive

• Describe in detail

Answer explanation

Time doesn't want the garbage pizza because he doesn't like vegetables.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Grandpa didn't know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip, and now he had to alter his plans.

• Change

• Cancel

• Repeat

• Reinforce

Answer explanation

Grandpa has to adjust to Suzie on the fishing trip.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor.

• Overly excited

• Serious

• With exaggerated emotion

• Bratty

Answer explanation

She is requesting a doctor for a tiny cut on her pinky.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket, powerful feelings of remorse bubble in his stomach.

• Guilt or regret

• Anger or fear

• Jealousy

• Sad or depressed

Answer explanation

Stealing from the church makes his stomach bubble.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest, her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe.

• Calls

• Learning new things

• Seeking information or asking questions

• Emails

Answer explanation

People are interested in learning her muffin recipe.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms, waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky psserby.

• To scream loudly

• To hang on something

• To lay on a surface

• To wait at a position off of the ground

Answer explanation

The children are waiting to attack from the sofa.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred, they didn't believe that he was being earnest.

• Silly

• Serious

• Eager

• Intense

Answer explanation

He jokes around so much that people don't know when he's being serious.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Unlike Bob, who treated others rudely and kept to himself, Bobby was jovial, friendly, and outgoing.

• One who enjoys company; cheerful

• One who is silly and tells lot of jokes.

• One who is easily offended

• One who stays away from others

Answer explanation

Bob is rude and Bobby is the opposite as the sentence structure implies.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

My grandma's demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest.

• Personality; Characteristics

• Qualities and traits that make you who you are

• Nonverbal behaviors; how she carries herself

• How she talked

Answer explanation

People react in unexpected ways to her words.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

The lady decided that it was tea time and so, by jingling a tiny silver bell, she beckoned her servants to attend.

• Command

• Boss

• Demand

• Call

Answer explanation

She uses the bell to call her servants.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D