Context Clue Fill in the Blank

Based on the sentence below, using context clues, which word is a SYNONYM for the underlined word in the sentence?

• allowed

• joyful

• taken

• fed

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Based on the sentences below, using context clues, which word is a SYNONYM for the underlined word in the sentence?

A blank piece of paper can be exciting and intimidating. Probably every writer knows both reactions well. I know I do.

• encouraging

• confident

• fearless

• frightening

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary term from below:Continually believing in yourself is way to help maintain one's ________________________.

• computer

• decipher

• account

• self esteem

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

On the way to his homeroom, Victor tried a scowl. He felt foolish, until out of the corner of his eye he saw a girl looking at him. Umm, he thought, maybe it does work. He scowled with greater conviction.

Look at the dictionary entry below:

conviction /kənˈvikSH(ə)n/ 1. The act or process of finding or proven guilty. 2. The state of being convinced. 3. The state of doubting someone. 4. A person serving a sentence.

Which definition best matches the way the word conviction is used in the paragraph?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Based on the sentence below, using context clues, which word is a SYNONYM for the underlined word in the sentence?

The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.

• ate

• burned

• slept

• sunbathed

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Based on the sentence below, using context clues, which word is a SYNONYM for the underlined word in the sentence?

The scared rock climber balanced precariously on the edge of the cliff.

• gracefully

• lazily

• dangerously

• hopefully

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Based on the sentence below, using context clues, which word is a SYNONYM for the underlined word in the sentence?

• hurricane

• plays

• snow

• leaves

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

I returned to school soon after the war was over. The entire place, where the school used to be, was in ______.

• opportunity

• devastation

• necessary

• destroyed

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

We would be in a more permanent place once the buildings were rebuilt. The destruction was devastating, but despite the ____ around us, people went about picking up their lives.

• converse

• chaos

• world

• orderly

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary term from below: The detective was able to ______ the mystery using the clues he found at the scene.

• A) solve

• B) create

• C) ignore

• D) complicate

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B