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Context Clues

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

That student is very diligent and always gets all of his work done on time.

"diligent" means:

a)

hard working

b)

kind

c)

angry

d)

lazy

2.

My glasses fractured when I dropped them on the ground.

"fractured" means:

a)

lucky

b)

cracked

c)

new

d)

beautiful

3.

The little boy was reluctant to take a piece of candy because it wasn't his.

"reluctant" means:

a)

glad

b)

quickly

c)

candy

d)

didn't want to

4.

My next door neighbor's house is vacant, because they moved out last week.

"vacant" means:

a)

empty

b)

ugly

c)

beautiful

d)

funny

5.

The teacher was distraught when her computer wouldn't start because she really wanted to show her kids how to get into Google Classroom.

"distraught" means:

a)

happy

b)

upset

c)

funny

d)

lucky

6.

Juan was elated when he got an A+ on his math test.

"elated" means:

a)

unhappy

b)

silly

c)

bored

d)

super happy

7.

My uncle is hilarious because he always makes us laugh.

"hilarious" means:

a)

upset

b)

lonely

c)

cold

d)

funny

8.

That guy is very uncouth and always cuts in line at the store.

"uncouth" means:

a)

polite

b)

slow

c)

rude

d)

kind

9.

We are always very careful around Mr. Sutton's dog Buster. The neighbors say the dog is vicious. Buster runs to the fence and barks at us, so we are a little scared of him.


Based on the context clues in the paragraph, what is the meaning of vicious?

a)

sweet

b)

playful

c)

fun to be around

d)

very mean

10.

Scott could not find his glasses anywhere. He worried that he might have thrown them away when he was cleaning his room. He began to rummage through the garbage hoping that he would find them.


What does the word rummage mean?

a)

search

b)

fight

c)

run

d)

smell

11.
When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?
a)
Look for clues in the sentence
b)
Ask your teacher
c)
Look it up in the dictionary
d)
Skip it
12.

Read the sentence. Then choose the sentence below that uses the underlined word in the same way.


Can you CATCH the baseball?

a)

Carl tried to CATCH the vase.

b)

The girls played CATCH.

c)

Let's CATCH a movie tonight.

d)

The window CATCH is broken.