Context Clues

There are small yellow flowers growing in the field by the school. Please be careful not to trample the flowers as you walk across the field. Watch each step you take so the school can keep these pretty flowers safe.

What does the word trample mean in this paragraph?

• pick up

• jump over

• step on

• throw down

Monica always loses when she plays checkers with her older brother Greg. Today, she hopes to finally defeat him. Monica believes that she can finally win.

The word defeat most likely means

• lose

• play

• beat

• give

I have a bad memory. I can't recall that mans name! Recall means...

• Forget
• Say 
• Remember

The aroma of the fresh baked pie made my stomach growl.

• feeling

• apples

• smell

• taste

When they opened the very old tomb, they found some ancient artifacts. The word ancient means....

• New
• Very old 
• Damanged
• strange 

Rosa did not eat breakfast or lunch, so she was famished by dinnertime.

• dizzy

• tired

• full

• hungry

Ms. Evans was elated because our class was respectful and responsible.

• mad

• tired

• happy

• hungry

Everyone thought Steven was a genius because he got a perfect score on all of his homework and tests in school.

• brain

• idiot

• inability

• Smart person

Our dog Twizzler keeps running away. We keep him confined, but he always finds a way out of the backyard. He likes to dig under the fence.

The word confined most likely means the same as

• closed in

• loose

• well fed

• away

I fell in the marsh and my clothes were soaked. The word marsh means....

• Dry area
• Wet land 
• Backyard