WorksheetsContext Clues
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 21mins
My brother said, “I just freed myself from a very loquacious history professor. All he seemed to want was an audience.”
a. pretentious
b. grouchy
c. talkative
d. worried
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. tropical
b. not malignant
c. kind
d. favorable
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. excess
b. variety
c. superiority
d. lack
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. native
b. necessary
c. foreign
d. alien
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 decade
b. many years
c. 1000 years
d. a century
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. honesty
b. fear of foreigners
c. kindliness
d. stubbornness
Such are the vicissitudes of history. Nothing remains the same. Three hundred years of peace ended in darkness and confusion.
a. evils
b. mistakes
c. changes
d. rules
The purpose of the psychiatrist is to mitigate the suffering of the patient.
a. make milder
b. beautify
c. increase
d. banish
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. forgotten
b. inevitable
c. hidden
d. unhappy
A combination of fog and industrial smoke, called smog, has vitiated the air in and around many big cities.
a. concentrate
b. fill up
c. replace
d. contaminate
These are important words or phrases in a sentence that helps in identifying the meaning of difficult word or items in a sentence.
Passage
Context Clues
Phrase
Clause
It is a type of context clue that provides readers with varying examples to allow them fully examine the unfamiliar words.
Comparison or Sameness Clue
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Synonym or Restatement Clue is
Explanation or Example Clue
It is a type of context clue that provides the synonyms of words to provide the meaning of an unfamiliar word or words.
Synonym or Restatement Clue
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Inference or General Text Clue
Comparison or Sameness Clue
It is a type of context clue that tells the opposite meaning of the difficult word. It shows contrast.
Synonym or Restatement Clue
Definition or Statement Clue
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Cause-and-Effect Clue
It is a type of context clue that provides direct statement or meaning of the unfamiliar word/s.
Definition or Statement Clue
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Explanation or Example Clue
Comparison or Sameness Clue
Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue.
Bernadette precariously climbed the highest mountain in the country.
hopefully
dangerously
lazily
gracefully
Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue.
The extremely dry weather sweltered the dried leaves in the backyard.
ate
burned
slept
sunbathed
Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue.
Despite the heavy rains, the sea remains placid.
wild
rough
calm
wet
Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue.
I am an advocate of anti-corruption movement in the country. I want to lessen corruption.
opponent
primer
enemy
supporter
Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue.
The student was asked to clarify his answers for everybody to understand his point.
stop
explain
call
remove
Identify the type of context clue used in the statement.
Due to his misconduct, the employee is relegated or demoted
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Synonym or Restatement Clue
Explanation or Example Clue
Inference or General Text Clue
Identify the type of context clue used in the statement.
Capitals, including Antipolo, Lucena and Batangas City, are considered as seat of political powers in their respective provinces.
Inference or General Text Clue
Comparison or Sameness Clue
Explanation or Example Clue
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Identify the type of context clue used in the statement.
I love the palate of pasta like my brother who loves the taste of pansit.
Inference or General Text Clue
Explanation or Example Clue
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Comparison or Sameness Clue
Identify the type of context clue used in the statement
She is an expert in portent, the science of signs on what is about to happen.
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Definition or Statement Clue
Explanation or Example Clue
Comparison or Sameness Clue
Identify the type of context clue used in the statement
Jhonathan is gregarious unlike his shy brother.
Explanation or Example Clue
Synonym or Restatement Clue
Antonym or Contrast Clue
Definition or Statement Clue
That is a valid statement; I have no doubt that it is true.
Different
Correct
Opinionated
Confusing
These days, a computer is an indispensable tool in many businesses. Companies cannot live without it.
Complicated
Useless
Essential
Demanded
We must enter holy places with reverence.
Respect
Gifts
Excitement
Silence
These space stations could be used to disseminate information to earth.
Conclude
Rely
Spread
Obtain
The fog was so heavy that it was impossible to see and avoid the oncoming car. The collision was inevitable.
Necessary
An accident
Untrue
Unavoidable
We relax and saunter slowly around the village in the afternoon.
Swim
Walk
Plant
Talk
My mom gives me the liberty to decide on which activities I want to take during summer.
Time
Materials
Choice
Subject
Sorry, we have to take a raincheck on tomorrow morning's basketball practice. Let's just do it in the afternoon.
Repeat
Reschedule
Cancel
Go
The dirt in the paper is miniscule I could not even see it.
Small
Large
Big
Long
BTS has an immense fan base. The whole world adores them.
Huge
Cool
Loving
Respects
