U5W4 Vocabulary: Context Clues

Directions: Use context clues (clues within the sentence) to complete each sentence using the given vocabulary words.

Olivia ________ her younger brother and tried to finish her homework.

• detested

• refuge

• ignored

• teased

Directions: Use context clues (clues within the sentence) to complete each sentence using the given vocabulary words.

Our dog is taking ________ lessons so that he will learn to sit and stay.

• obedience

• punishment

• track

• refuge

Directions: Use context clues (clues within the sentence) to complete each sentence using the given vocabulary words.

During the rainstorm at recess, we take ________ under the covered basketball court.

• obedience

• treacherous

• snack

• refuge

Directions: Use context clues (clues within the sentence) to complete each sentence using the given vocabulary words.

Be careful during the steep hike; the path is quite ________.

• ignored

• treacherous

• unstable

• detested

Directions: Use context clues (clues within the sentence) to complete each sentence using the given vocabulary words.

Brent’s ________ sister is babysitting tonight.

• eldest

• ignored

• obedience

• only

Directions: Use context clues (clues within the sentence) to complete each sentence using the given vocabulary words. “Look at my drawing,” said Rosie. “It ________ our family.”

• ignored

• depicts

• discarded

• obscures

Directions: Use context clues (clues within the sentence) to complete each sentence using the given vocabulary words.

I ________ the scraps of paper that were too wrinkled and torn to use.

• ignored

• destested

• discarded

• preserved

Directions: Use context clues (clues within the sentence) to complete each sentence using the given vocabulary words.

Grandma ________ lemons. She didn’t like their sour taste.

• detested

• depicts

• discarded

• ignored