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Context Clues

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are context clues?

a)

Clues that help you figure out the context.

b)

Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

c)

A piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime or solving of a mystery

d)

A verbal formula giving an indication as to what is to be inserted in a particular space in a crossword or other puzzle.

2.

Which context clue is defined as, the word’s meaning is explained in the sentence?

a)

Definition

b)

Antonym

c)

Example

d)

Synonym

3.

Which context clue is defined as, other words are used in the sentence that have similar meanings?

a)

Word Part

b)

Example

c)

Definition

d)

Synonym

4.

Which context clue is defined as, this is a clue in part of the unknown word?

a)

Inference

b)

Antonym

c)

Word Part

d)

Example

5.

Which context clue is defined as, a word’s definition is not explained.  You need to look for clues before AND after the sentence?

a)

Word Part

b)

Inference

c)

Defintion

d)

Synonym

6.

Which context clue is defined as, an example of the word is given following the sentence or within the sentence?  

a)

Example

b)

Antonym

c)

Definition

d)

Word Part

7.

Which context clue is defined as, the word is clarified by giving the opposite meaning?  

a)

Inference

b)

Example

c)

Synonym

d)

Antonym

8.

What is this an example of, Miss Kelsey is an affable teacher? (aff = to speak able= capable of)

a)

Word Part

b)

Synonym

c)

Example

d)

Definition

9.

What is this an example of, Miss Kelsey is quite affable.  In fact, she reminds me of Mr. Schwartz. Do you remember how kind he was?

a)

Example

b)

Antonym

c)

Synonym

d)

Inference

10.

What is this an example of, Miss Kelsey is an affable teacher. She knows most everybody’s name.  If  you have a problem, talk to her?

a)

Inference

b)

Example

c)

Definition

d)

Word part

11.

What is this an example of, You don’t need to worry about Miss Kelsey.  She is an affable teacher? 

a)

Example

b)

Word Part

c)

Inference

d)

Synonym

12.

What is this an example of, I miss, Miss Kelsey. Our new teacher is cranky. Miss. Kelsey was so affable?  

a)

Antonym

b)

Synonym

c)

Definition

d)

Inference

13.

 What is this an example of, Miss. Kelsey is an affable teacher. She is easy to speak with and always friendly?

a)

Antonym

b)

Definition

c)

Inference

d)

Word Part

14.

My brother said, “I just freed myself from a very loquacious history professor. All he seemed to want was an audience.”

a)

a. pretentious

b)

b. grouchy

c)

c. talkative

d)

d. worried

15.

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.

a)

a. tropical

b)

b. not malignant

c)

c. kind

d)

d. favorable

16.

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.

a)

a. excess

b)

b. variety

c)

c. superiority

d)

d. lack

17.

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.

a)

a. native

b)

b. necessary

c)

c. foreign

d)

d. alien

18.

After the Romans left, a millennium and a half passed before people again lived in such comfort. Churchill wrote, “From the year 400 until the year 1900 no one had central heating and very few had hot baths.”

a)

a. a decade

b)

b. many years

c)

c. 1000 years

d)

d. a century

19.

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.

a)

a. honesty

b)

b. fear of foreigners

c)

c. kindliness

d)

d. stubbornness

20.

Such are the vicissitudes of history. Nothing remains the same. Three hundred years of peace ended in darkness and confusion.

a)

a. evils

b)

b. mistakes

c)

c. changes

d)

d. rules

21.

The purpose of the psychiatrist is to mitigate the suffering of the patient.

a)

a. make milder

b)

b. beautify

c)

c. increase

d)

d. banish

22.

We knew he couldn’t hold out much longer, because he had been doomed from the beginning. One night he met his ineluctable fate.

a)

a. forgotten

b)

b. inevitable

c)

c. hidden

d)

d. unhappy

23.

A combination of fog and industrial smoke, called smog, has vitiated the air in and around many big cities.

a)

a. concentrate

b)

b. fill up

c)

c. replace

d)

d. contaminate