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WorksheetsMilestones Review: Context Clues
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
The Oxford Ballet Company's intensive summer program includes a variety of classes for students to develop their technique.
What does program mean in the above sentence?
verb - to encode operating instructions for a computer
noun - a plan of scheduled performances or activities
Preparing a budget can be an effective way to monitor your finances, track your expenses, and help you save money.
What does monitor mean in the above sentence?
verb - to watch carefully
noun - a computer's display or screen
The custom at many Chinese weddings is for the bride to wear a qipao, a red silk dress with elaborate gold embroidery.
What does custom mean in the above sentence?
noun - a practice that is traditional for a particular group
adjective - made or changed to fit the needs of a particular person or role
In deciding on a college major, it's important to select a subject that you find particularly interesting.
What does subject mean in the above sentence?
verb - to force another person to undergo some experience
noun - an area of knowledge or research that is studied
The colon helps process the body's waste products by absorbing fluids and storing the solid waste until the body is ready to eliminate it.
What does colon mean in the above sentence?
noun - a part of the large intenstine
noun - a punctuation mark that introduces a list or an explanation
Billy plans to submit his five best poems to the poetry contest, which has a grand prize of one thousand dollars.
What does contest mean in the above sentence?
noun - a race or competition
verb - to dispute or challenge
Hot, dry, windy conditions continued to hamper firefighters in their efforts to battle the forest fire.
What does hamper mean in the above sentence?
noun - a large basket with a lid
verb - to hold back
After a productive afternoon of focused writing, Ruth felt content with the progress she had made on her paper.
What does content mean in the above sentence?
noun - the material contained within something
adjective - pleased and satisfied
In his novel Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy explores themes of marriage, passion, and societal expectations in Russia.
What does novel mean in the above sentence?
adjective - new and different
noun - a long fictional piece of writing
Our planet's third largest desert is the Sahara, which covers approximately twenty-five percent of Africa—more than three million square miles.
What does desert mean in the above sentence?
verb - to leave a place
noun - a land or region that receives little rainfall
When Egyptian king Amenhotep III built The House of Millions of Years in the fourteenth century BCE, it was the most elaborate temple complex on Earth.
What does temple mean in the above sentence?
noun - a building or structure made for religious worship
noun - the region above your eyes on either side of your forehead
We were quite pleased with our hotel except for one minor detail: the indoor pool was too cold.
What does minor mean in the above sentence?
noun - a person who is not legally an adult
adjective - not especially important
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan own a jewelry store. In addition to selling and repairing items, they also value pieces for customers.
What does value mean in the above sentence?
verb - to assess at a certain price or worth
noun - a moral principle or standard
There must be a defect in the software: every time I try to copy a file to a new location, the file becomes corrupted in the process.
What does defect mean in the above sentence?
noun - a fault or imperfection
verb - to leave your country, party, or organization
The current issue of Space Frontiers magazine features some spectacular photographs of the Whirlpool Galaxy.
What does current mean in the above sentence?
adjective - happening at or belonging to the present time
noun - a flowing stream of water
