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context clues part 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
If you have trouble understanding a word in a passage or sentence of a story, you may want to read previous words or the end of the sentence to determine what the word means. What is this strategy known as?
a)
text messaging
b)
content origins
c)
context clues
d)
scanning
2.
The graduates marched down the aisles and filled in their seats in an orderly procession.
a)
when a group of people move together in an orderly way
b)
a graduation speech
c)
people at a party
d)
when a group of people wait in line to get into a party
3.
After waiting for his call for two nights in row, Cassie grew impatient with Henry and decided that she would call him first.
a)
patient
b)
lazy
c)
restless
d)
happy
4.
Alice was not happy with the product's promise of gradual weight loss. She wanted to lose all of her fat immediately.
a)
speedy
b)
slow
c)
extreme
d)
poor
5.
If we use the red napkins, my mom will be happy but my dad will be discontent.
a)
no text
b)
unhappy
c)
not mad
d)
no feelings
6.
Our class has a strategy for raising money for our class party.
a)
guess
b)
door
c)
plan
7.
The man walked down the long corridor in the dark building.
a)
table
b)
fan
c)
hall
8.
Jack is approximately 9 years old.
a)
about
b)
badly
c)
carefully
9.
After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.
a)
A. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces. 
b)
B. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces. 
c)
C. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.
10.
The twins like to CONFUSE their parents by switching places at the dinner table.
a)
hide from
b)
mix up
c)
try out
11.
The impudent boy was rude to the policeman
a)
handsome
b)
carefully 
c)
poor
d)
bold
12.
Cold rain fell all day, making it a dismal Saturday afternoon.
a)
gloomy 
b)
red
c)
shining 
d)
fun
13.
The scared rock climber balanced precariously on the edge of the cliff.
a)
gracefully 
b)
lazily 
c)
dangerously 
d)
hopefully 
14.
However, without a known cause or cure, CCD remains a conundrum. A conundrum is a-
a)
cost of food.
b)
known cause.
c)
puzzling problem.
d)
cure for a disease.
15.
These could make bees vulnerable so that diseases and pests can harm them more easily. Someone who is vulnerable is able to be-
a)
hurt
b)
modified
c)
ruled out
d)
recognnized