Using Context Clues (2)

Greg begged his parents to permit him to watch more television, but they said he had to finish his homework.

• explore

• judge

• allow

Grandpa was in a jovial mood, making jokes and laughing at everything. 

• crazy
• happy
• irritable
• angry

Never walk alone at night. It is essential for you to go with at least one person. Essential means....

• Not important 
• Very important 
• Acceptable 

What do you call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

• a. homonym
• b. a synonym
• c. an antonym
• d. an explanation

We are depleting the Earth's reserves of oil. Someday there will not be any left. 

• using up
• adding to
• creating
• saving up

Choose all the antonyms of the underlined word.

My coffee is too hot to drink!

• steaming

• cold

• freezing

• drink

Choose the synonym for the underlined word.

I saw a gigantic dog! It was as big as me!

• puppy

• cat

• large

• small

What does the prefix "re" mean?

Hint: replay, review, rewind

• not

• again

• wrong

Wolves like to stay in their pack. They do not like to leave the group.

What does pack mean in this sentence?

• a bag

• a box

• a group

• a wolf

We bought our groceries at the store that gets food from local farms. The farms are near our town.

What does local mean in this sentence?

• near our town

• country

• old

• hot