Context Clues

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

My father went into a rage when I told him about the broken lamp.

What does rage probably mean?

• lamp store

• sorrow

• anger

• lecture

Based on the clues in the passage below, ecstatic means...

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days.

• nervous

• watchful

• discouraged

• excited

That movie was really humorous. I laughed so hard I was almost crying.

What does humorous probably mean?

• boring

• funny

• scary

• sad

The spy travelled incognito into enemy territory.

Define incognito.

• safely

• quickly

• in disguise

• foolishly

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

Read the passage below. What 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

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

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

As a country in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines always experiences different natural calamities such as typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

What type of context clue is used in the sentence?

• SYNONYMS

• CAUSE & EFFECT

• COMPARISON

• EXAMPLE