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5GR Context Clues Practice

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I abhor clothes shopping, but I adore grocery shopping. Abhor means:

a)

Enjoy

b)

hate

c)

buy

d)

sun

2.

In Britain, they call the trunk of a car the "boot".

Boot means:

a)

show

b)

buy

c)

trunk

d)

tire

3.

The annual bazaar is scheduled for the last day of school. It's always a fun festival.

Bazaar means:

a)

bowling alley

b)

festival

c)

balloon

d)

bookstore

4.

Gerard was so hungry that for lunch he consumed 3 sandwiches and a quart of milk.

Consumed means:

a)

enjoy

b)

gave away

c)

ate

d)

threw out

5.

She acted nonchalant about the exam, but she was actually very worried.

Nonchalant means: ​ ​ ​ ​

a)

calm

b)

worried

c)

scared

d)

angry

6.

She looked at the collection of things thrown in the box. There was toothpaste, razors, spatulas and a loaf of bread. "Well, that is quite a melange, isn't it?" she said.

Melange means: ___________

a)

box

b)

melon

c)

meal

d)

random collection

7.

The movie star's large and beautiful home was palatial.

Palatial means:

a)

ugly

b)

tiny

c)

new

d)

like a palace

8.

Maggie was an excellent artist.  At first, her parents were flabbergasted—speechless—by their daughter’s ability, but soon they got used to their little painter. Her preschool teacher said that Maggie’s dexterity, or skill using her hands, was something she had never before seen in such a young child. Little Maggie never gloated or took pride in her paintings. Whenever people met Maggie for the first time they often watched her paint with their mouths agape, but her parents always kept their mouths closed and simply smiled over their “little Monet.”

a)

flabbergasted

1.

speechless

b)

dexterity

2.

skill at using hands

c)

gloated

3.

taking pride

d)

agape

4.

hanging open