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WorksheetsGuessing Meaning of Words from Context (Pre)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
I didn’t want to tell my friend the entire plot of the play so I just gave her the "gist" of the story.
title
ending
main idea
subtitle
She was "timid", shy, that made us know nothing about her true feeling. She kept her idea and had never spoken in class.
kind
serious
shy
confident
Patrick hurried over but Emily "sauntered" over to our class.
walked in slow, easy way
hurried
beat rapidly
ran away
Although some people pointed out the "harmful" effect to health of coffee, some people think that it’s good to health as well.
useful
healthful
dangerous
wonderful
He climbed to the top of the mountain and was right on the "precipice" – or edge of it. He could have fallen if he was careless.
stiff
under
top
edge
"Mundane" activities such as doing the laundry or dishes, going food shopping, reading newspaper don’t make my life exciting.
exciting, not boring
painful
interesting
ordinary; normal
My father enjoys his new "avocations" after he retired. For instance, he now enjoys chat group at LINE application on internet and enjoys collecting stamp.
stamps
jobs
internet
hobbies
If you "invert" the letter 'p' you’ll get 'b', in the same way you’ll get the letter 'W' by turning the letter 'M' upside down.
upside down
end
put in the same way
get the letter
She felt very "indignant" because her boyfriend had dinner with other girl after cancelling her appointment.
ignored
happy
angry
good
The process of turning light into energy, called "photosynthesis", is the reason most plants need sunlight.
the reason why plants need sunlight
the process of turning light into energy
the process of sunlight
the sunlight that gives energy
