Context Clues Assessment

The teenaged boy had a prodigious appetite, which allowed him to consume large amounts of food.

What does prodigious mean?

• small

• helpful

• strange

• large

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Based on context clues in the passage below, trifle means ______________.

Her cat was dying, and she worried about a trifle like her torn dress!

• A thing of little importance

• Something giant

• Everything

• Something hopeful

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The conspicuous man wore a purple wig and large sunglasses.

• easily noticed

• beautiful

• sleeping

• shy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Dan did not enjoy his job as a dishwasher. It was monotonous work, doing the same thing over and over 

• inspiring

• disgusting

• boring

• dangerous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

The students were cheerful they had extra recess but then the mood was somber when they found out they had homework.

• shyly

• hungry

• serious

• happy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Hurricane Katrina caused a great cataclysm-New Orleans was a disaster.

What word(s) in the text helped you determine the meaning of the word?

• great

• disaster

• New Orleans

• caused

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What does the word ephemeral mean as used in the sentence?

• lengthy

• long lasting

• brief

• infinite

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Though the ephemeral thunderstorm lasted only a short time, it damaged homes and knocked down trees.

What word(s) in the text helped you determine the meaning of the word?

• short

• damaged

• knocked

• thunderstorm

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Even from far away, the luminous glow of the city’s lights could be seen against the dark sky.

What word(s) in the sentence helped you determine the meaning of the word?

• lights

• dark

• far away

• sky

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C