WorksheetsGrade 8_Context Clues (#1)
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
What type of context clue that provides readers with varying examples to allow them to fully examine the unfamiliar words?
Explanation or Example Clue
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Definition or Statement Clue
Synonym or Restatement Cue
What type of context clue that provides the meaning of unfamiliar words that can be inferred or guessed from the description of the situation?
Explanation or Example Clue
Definition or Statement Clue
Cause-and-Effect or Reason-Result Clue
Inference or General Text Clue
What type of context clue that provides the synonyms of words to give the meaning of unfamiliar words?
Definition or Statement Clue
Comparison or Sameness Clue
Inference or General Text Clue
Synonym or Restatement Clue
As a country in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines always experiences different natural calamities such as typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis. What type of context clue is used in the sentence?
Explanation or Example Clue
Cause-and-Effect or Reason-Result Clue
Comparison or Sameness Clue
Synonym or Restatement Clue
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Alex was excited by the tremendous monster trucks at the show. They were bigger than he had ever seen. What does tremendous probably mean?
very small
brightly colored
powerful
very big
Janelle had a sore calf after the race. She rubbed her leg from the knee to the ankle. What does calf probably mean?
toe
hand
muscle
lower part of the leg
Jonathan is gregarious, unlike his shy brother. What word in the sentence that gives the antonym of the underlined word?
(a)
The successful man earned his millions through deceit and chicanery. Define chicanery.
(a)
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the red idiom. I didn't have any good options, and I felt like I was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
in a mountain
with a soft pillow
with two bad options
with two good options
What does the word incognito mean in the sentence below?
The teacher preferred to go incognito in public, wearing baggy pants and
sunglasses in an effort to avoid students.
in a formal manner
Concealing one's identity
fashionably
deliberately
What does the word superciliously mean in the sentence below?
When a freshmen asked to sit at a senior table, the seniors laughed, rolled
their eyes, and superciliously retorted,
“You can’t sit with us!”
in a superior, arrogant manner
in a sarcastic tone
calmly and classily
properly
What does the word cacophony mean in the sentence below?
The neighbors complained about the cacophony that erupted during the
band’s very first practice in the garage.
celebration
harmonious music
group
unpleasant loud sounds
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the red idiom.
When I stand up for myself, it feels good to tell someone how I'm feeling.
run away
say my feelings
lie to my friend
get out of my chair
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the red idiom. When my little sister screams, it drives me nuts.
makes me have an allergic reaction
makes me hungry
annoys me
makes me put peanuts in the car
She was so desperate for the slot that she was willing to give her right arm for it. The underlined means...
do nothing
help
do everything
do something dangerous
The new car of my neighbor was a white elephant for most of the family as they use it sparingly.
expensive and expansive
useful and cheap
expensive and useless
cheap and useless
Her friends did not come to her aid as she burned bridges with them in the past. The underlined means...
(a)
You have to pull your socks up if you want to improve on your test scores. The underlined means...
(a)
