Context Clues with Dictionary

When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?

• Look for clues in the sentence

• Ask your teacher

• Look it up in the dictionary

• Skip it

What do you use in a sentence in order to make an intelligent guess about the meaning of a word?

• prior knowledge

• buildings

• theories

• clues

What do textbook writers and authors use to help the readers understand the meaning of words.

• Context Clues

• Dictionaries

• Writings

• Text

What is the meaning of the word reverts as it is used in the paragraph above?

• stands up straight

• peeks at presents

• drinks too much eggnog

• goes back to being what he was

Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?

• can you help me

• her father walked in 

• sounding annoyed, too

• relaxing with a magazine

Context clues that are are around a difficult word that mean the same or nearly the same as a word are known as

• Example Context Clues

• Antonym Context Clues

• Direct Context Clues

• Synonym Context Clues

Instead of a grimace, Sally had a big smile across her face.  
The word grimace means...

• grin

• hat

• frown

• mask

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in red.
When he didn’t understand the instructions, the student asked the teacher to clarify them.

• remove

• call

• explain

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days. 

Based on the context clues in the sentence, ecstatic means:

• Nervous

• Discouraged

• Excited

• Relieved

What clue in the sentence can help you determine the meaning of the underlined word? Grayson was in a jovial mood this morning, smiling and waving to everyone as he walked to class.

• this morning

• to class

• as he walked

• smiling and waving