Context Clues Words

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 and train

• Thursday afternoon

• Bus or airplane

• Both A & C

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

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.

• overly long

• finished

•  cut short

• bored

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

Read the passage below. What kind of context clue helps you understand the meaning of the word discontent?
Just yesterday the sailors had been happy. Now a wave of discontent swept through the ship's crew

• explanation

• synonym

• example 

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.4A

Based on context clues in the passage below, migrate means ________.
 Many Northern birds migrate for the winter. They return in the spring

• move away

•  lay eggs

• disappear 

• Hide 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

What type of context clue that provides readers with varying examples to allow them to fully examine the unfamiliar words?

• EXPLANATION/ Example Clue

• DEFINITION/ Statement Clue

• ANTONYM/ Contrast Clue

• SYNONYM/ Similar Clue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.4A

What type of context clue that provides the meaning of unfamiliar words that can be inferred or guessed from the description of the situation?

• Cause & Effect clue

• INFERENCE / reasoning

• EXPLANATION/ Example clue

• DEFINITION/ statement clue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.4A

What type of context clue that provides the synonyms of words to give the meaning of unfamiliar words?

• Comparison or Sameness Clue

• DEFINITION/ Statement Clue

• INFERENCE / reasoning Clue

• SYNONYMS/ Similar Clue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

In your understanding, what is context clue?

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Tags

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

My friends and I spent the first school day in tents. These were only temporary. We would be in a more permanent place once the buildings were rebuilt. Despite the _______ around us, people went about picking up their lives.

• converse

• chaos

• world

• orderly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Alex was excited by the tremendous monster trucks at the show. They were bigger than he had ever seen.

What does tremendous probably mean?

• powerful

• very small

• very big

• brightly colored

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.K.5D