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WorksheetsContextual Clues
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 27mins
What is the meaning of contextual clues?
Finding the clues in context
Guessing the clues in context
Guessing the meaning from the clues in context
The following sentence uses example as a clue.
This water is lukewarm, so I can drink it without hurting my tongue.
Exorbitant cars like Masserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini and even Bugatti can only be purchased by special orders.
I don't like going to a crowded concert because there are too many people jamming the place up.
The following sentence uses definition as a clue.
An armadillo is a mammal with a thick leathery armour shell.
Staying at a five-star hotel such as Hilton, Pullman and Avani can make you enjoy your holiday more.
The two brothers are so different from each other; one is very introvert and the other is very talkative and friendly.
Synonyms are ______.
words with similar meanings
words with opposite meanings
Ali sob when he heard the bad news.
munch
exclaim
cry
laugh
The dreadful flood destroyed many houses and public facilities.
furious
annoying
pleasant
horrible
He looked perplexed when he was told he had the wrong answer.
angry
puzzled
sad
exhausted
Everyone likes to see her because she has a gorgeous smile.
beautiful
ugly
big
funny
He was alone all the time, so he feels ______.
pleased
wonderful
confident
lonely
The little girl whined when she was having nightmares.
yelled
whimpered
shivered
whispered
Munch your food before swallowing. Do not gobble your food as you may get chocked.
Gulp
Chew
Sip
Taste
He exclaimed in surprise when he received a present.
sighed
sobbed
shouted
grumbled
Please be careful or you may fall from the tree.
cautious
careless
clumsy
caring
He lost his pet cat yesterday and he is now very depressed.
cheerful
excited
miserable
furious
Deena received a CGPA of 3.98 for her Diploma and feeling jubilant of her achievement.
What is jubilant?
elated
thrilled
delighted
proud
She gives me this look of disdain ever since I cut her favorite doll's hair.
hatred
love
sadness
vorpality
What does feeble mean?
Due to her busy schedule she forgot to have any meals. By supper time, she's feeling famished and ready to gobble down her food.
What is famished?
feeling faint
extremely hungry
super tired
The newlyweds agreed to be very frugal in their shopping because they wanted to save enough money to buy a house.
economical
wasteful
interested
My brother said, “I just freed myself from a very loquacious history professor. All he seemed to want was an audience.”
pretentious
grouchy
talkative
worried
It is difficult to imagine a surfeit of talent in one individual, yet Leonard Bernstein simply does not have the time to make complete use of his talent as conductor, performer, writer, and lecturer.
excess
variety
lack
superiority
There is a large demand all over the United States for plants indigenous to the desert. Many people in Arizona have made a good business of growing and selling cacti and other local plants.
native
necessary
foreign
alien
The VIGILANT guards stayed up all night to make sure no one came near the castle.
disguised
watchful
superior
youthful
My mom seems to have the uncanny ability to know exactly what I'm thinking before I even say a word.
strange or amazing
mean or unkind
to associate closely, as in friendship
mean or unkind
There is no doubt that the idea of living in such a benign climate was appealing. The islanders seemed to keep their vitality and live longer than Europeans.
tropical
not malignant
kind
favorable
Our baseball team's pitcher has a few eccentric habits, such as throwing exactly thirteen warm-up pitches and never wearing socks
normal
strange
messy
wade across. However, the
recent heavy rains had turned it into a rushing torrent, too treacherous to cross.
Fortunately, the dizzy spell was transient. He was able to continue playing within seconds and had no trouble winning the match. When you describe an event as “transient”, you are saying that __________.
it sounds like a train
it is harmful
it helps you win
it doesn't last long
Exorbitant cars like Masserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini and even Bugatti can only be purchased by special orders.
What is the meaning of exorbitant?
Expensive
Powerful
Famous
The purpose of the psychiatrist is to mitigate the suffering of the patient.
make milder
beautify
increase
banish
We knew he couldn’t hold out much longer, because he had been doomed from the beginning. One night he met his ineluctable fate.
forgotten
inevitable
hidden
unhappy
Many years before, Caesar’s men had tried and failed to invade Britain. No doubt this contributed to the xenophobia of the Romans. They were cautious about strangers who entered their country.
honesty
fear of foreigners
kindliness
stubbornness
