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CONTEXT CLUES

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Everyone thought Steven was a genius because he got a perfect score on all of his homework and test in school.

a)

brain

b)

idiot

c)

inability

d)

Smart person

2.

In order to not impede the construction effort and to help the job get done quicker the town closed the road and kept people away.

a)

Tear Up

b)

Slow down

c)

Run into

d)

Talk about

3.

Rebecca did not know what was behind the door her curiosity made her open the door to find out.

a)

Guessing

b)

Animal at the circus

c)

Desire to know something

d)

disinterest

4.

The recipe called for only three ingredients : sugar, milk, and flour

a)

Type of food that goes into cooking or baking a dish

b)

Bacon, eggs, and cheese

c)

types of liquids

d)

name brands of food

5.

Don't bring your drinks into the chemistry lab, you will contaminate the science experiments of the soda

a)

clean

b)

fix

c)

improve

d)

Make dirty

6.

The principal need to curtail his speech to the school because it was almost 3:15 and the students needed to go home.

a)

Cut short

b)

Increase

c)

prolong

d)

strengthen

7.

Jimmy was oblivious to his baby sister's crying because he had his headphones in and couldn't hear her

a)

obvious

b)

Unaware

c)

mindful

d)

concern

8.

The chewing gum plummeted to the ground when he splat it out from the 5th floor window.

a)

ascend

b)

shoot up

c)

fell

d)

raise

9.

Amelia licked the envelope and sealed it before sticking it in the mailbox.

a)

closed

b)

open

c)

animal

d)

wrote on it

10.

The title of an essay should always be capitalized and go at the beginning of the essay.

a)

job description

b)

first letter

c)

Heading

d)

ending

11.

The glass plate shattered when it fell to the ground.

a)

Made a loud noise

b)

break into pieces

c)

bouncing

d)

remain whole

12.

The students anticipated the summer break after passing the third grade reading gate.

a)

looked forward too

b)

dreaded

c)

regretted

d)

missed

13.

Her mother said. "I forbid you to go to the store -it is raining outside".

a)

continue

b)

allow

c)

not allow

d)

help

14.

The girl's hypothesis was that someone was watching her but she could prove it.

a)

proof

b)

assumption

c)

reality

d)

measurement

15.

The girl complained that the boy was peering at her paper during the test.

a)

talking

b)

copying

c)

Looking

d)

searching for

16.

After hearing the bad news the kids where devastated.

a)

create

b)

help

c)

enrich

d)

torned apart

17.

The security guard had to patrol the building

a)

ignore

b)

neglect

c)

Watch over

d)

paint

18.

I have a plethora of cookies-please take as many as you want

a)

scarcity

b)

excess

c)

shortfall

d)

enough

19.

The bin of potatoes in the cellar was replete, we would not run out food all winter

a)

empty

b)

full

c)

crooked

d)

hungry

20.

The tough task was filled with inherent danger

a)

overflowing

b)

combined

c)

external

d)

built-in