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Context Clues Practice

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 Whenever I need some advice, I visit my sapient grandmother. She listens and helps me decide the right thing to do. I hope I can be as wise as she is someday.

What does the word sapient mean?

a)

wise

b)

funny

c)

creative

d)

old

2.

Taking umbrage at his classmate’s rude remarks, Sam stormed out of the room.

What does the word umbrage mean?

a)

umbrella

b)

classmate

c)

anger

d)

talking

3.

Citizens of the United States have certain unalienable rights. These are rights that cannot be taken away.

What does unalienable mean?

a)

from another place

b)

cannot be taken away

c)

unlikeable

d)

strange

4.

“The tuba is such a corpulent instrument. I wish you would consider playing something small and light, like the flute,” said my mom.

What does corpulent mean?

a)

large or bulky

b)

small and light

c)

pretty and nice

d)

musical

5.

After pulling weeds for 5 hours on a scorching hot day in mid-July, Troy was feeling listless.

What does listeless mean?

a)

energized

b)

bored

c)

happy

d)

tired

6.

When the kindergarten teacher split her students into two groups for the field trip, she assigned all of the docile students to the parent volunteer, and she kept the more challenging students for herself.

What does docile mean?

a)

difficult or challenging

b)

obedient or easily managed

c)

unique or different

d)

unwilling or angry

7.

Everyone likes to be around Rey because of his blithe spirit. In fact, his cheerful attitude is rather contagious!

What does blithe mean?

a)

depressing

b)

melancholy

c)

cheerful

d)

mysterious

8.

Many citizens decided to boycott the supermarket because they didn’t agree with the owner’s racist comments. When a group boycotts, they stop doing something in order to protest. 

What does boycott mean?

a)

fight

b)

go shopping

c)

disagree

d)

protest