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Finding Meanings Using Contextual Clues

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Finding Meanings Using Contextual Clues
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Willy opened the _ that Grandfather kept in the corner of his room under the wooden boards in the floor.

strongbox

educated

ceiling

concerned

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"And best of all, she had a brand new purple plastic purse that played jaunty tune when it was open". What does jaunty mean in the sentence?

depressing

lively / up beat

rap music

lonely

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"...for the last five weeks the Lords have been helping clean the streets to show the people that the system does not serve them.'"

Given the context what does the word serve mean?

to provide with a regular or continuous supply of something.

to contribute to; promote:

to be useful or of service to; help.

to operate or keep in action

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you are behaving in an IMPUDENT way, what does this mean?

You are shy.

You are funny.

You are rude.

You are slow.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

be involved; follow

pursue

inevitably

chaotic

inscribed

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

no energy; lazy; laying down

Cathartic

hosiery

gentile

listless

valise

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Transferred

To get to New York, I transferred from the plane to a bus.

To fit closely;

To secure by fastening down

An official way of doing something;

A series of actions completed in a certain order

To change the possession of;

To move from one person or place to another

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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