Flocabulary Context Clues

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

• Look for clues in the text.

• Skip it and keep reading

• Look it up in a dictionary

• Ask the teacher what it means

Based on context clues in the passage, ecstatic means ____. They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days.

• nervous

• watchful

• discouraged

• excited

Based on the context clues in the passage below, eliminate means ________.

Please eliminate the blank lines between the pictures. They were not supposed to be there.

• delete

• find

• color

• add

Based on context clues in the passage below, migrate means ________.

Many Northern birds migrate for the winter. They return in the spring.

• sing

• move away

• eat

• lay eggs

Use the Vocabulary: Context Clue chart to match the following:

• Definition

• Text around a word and/or sentence may include the meaning of the word.

• Word Part

• a word that means the same as the unknown word may be included in a sentence, or one nearby.

• Antonym

• By giving examples of what something is, we can determine the meaning of an unknown word.

• Synonym

• • There may be a word that means the opposite, of the unknown word. 

  
  

• Example

• Morphemes such as prefixes, suffixes, and root words may be good clues to determine what the word may mean.

Tags

V1.3

The boy was known as a ​ (a)   eater and showed a lot of ​ (b)   when presented with broccoli.

• fussy

• emotion

• encircle

• express

• bouquet

• portrait

• whirl

• sparkles

Read the passage below. Which word or words best helps you understand the meaning of the word obedient?

• brushed her teeth

• followed her mother's requests

• that night

• folded her clothes

Based on context clues in the passage below, truncated means ________. I was upset that the ebook file was truncated because I couldn't find out how the story ended.

• cut short

• finished

• overly long

• boring

Read the passage below. Which word or words help you understand the meaning of the word transportation in this sentence?

On Thursday afternoon, what kind of transportation will you use, a car or train?

• car or train

• kind

• use

• Thursday afternoon

Which context clue does the following sentence utilize? Unlike my frugal mother, I don't bother shopping at sales or clipping coupons.  

• Definition/Restatement

• Comparison/Example

• Contrast 

• Cause and Effect