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Context Clues Week 8

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In order to not impede the construction effort and to help the job get done quicker the town closed the road and kept people away.

a)

Tear Up

b)

Slow down

c)

Run into

d)

Talk about

2.

The recipe called for only three ingredients : sugar, milk, and flour

a)

Type of food that goes into cooking or baking a dish

b)

Bacon, eggs, and cheese

c)

types of liquids

d)

name brands of food

3.

Don't bring your drinks into the chemistry lab, you will contaminate the science experiments of the soda.

a)

clean

b)

fix

c)

improve

d)

Make dirty

4.

The chewing gum plummeted to the ground when he spat it out from the 5th floor window.

a)

ascend

b)

shoot up

c)

fell

d)

raise

5.

The principal needed to curtail his speech to the school because it was almost 3:15, and the students needed to go home.

a)

Cut short

b)

Increase

c)

prolong

d)

strengthen

6.
The continents are slowly drifting apart.  Since they are not stationary, North and South America will one day separate entirely.
What does stationary mean? 
a)
Paper to write letters with
b)
Staying in one place
c)
Land
d)
Melting quickly
7.
The conspicuous man wore a purple wig and large sunglasses.
a)
easily noticed
b)
beautiful
c)
sleeping
8.

Bob faced a lot of instability in his life. He never knew when he would have money for groceries, if his bills would be paid, or where he would sleep.

a)

never stable

b)

often stable

c)

deeply stable

d)

slowly stable

9.

If you park your car on the _______, it might roll all the way down.

a)

slope

b)

driveway

c)

level

d)

sidewalk

10.

Ben is so APPREHENSIVE about appearing in the play that he has an upset stomach.

a)

thrilled

b)

modest

c)

bored

d)

nervous

11.

I tried to make my pony jump the stream, but she balked.

a)

forgot

b)

slept

c)

refused

d)

leaped

12.

My father's favorite SALUTATION is "Howdy, friend!"

a)

signal

b)

greeting

c)

sentence

d)

question

13.
The movie star’s large and beautiful home was palatial.
a)
ugly
b)
tiny
c)
for dogs
d)
like a palace
14.
At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea.
a)
bread
b)
silverware
c)
drinks
d)
milk
15.
Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street
a)
crosswalks
b)
walkers
c)
stoplights
d)
parrots
16.
Tristin couldn’t see the school building; it was SHROUDED by smoke and dust.” What does the word SHROUDED mean?
a)
Covered
b)
ruined
c)
bounced
d)
invisible
17.

Once upon a time there was a little girl. She [ate, lived, slept] in a house with two brothers.

a)

ate

b)

lived

c)

slept

18.

Once upon a time there was a little girl. She [ate, lived, slept] in a house with two brothers.

a)

ate

b)

lived

c)

slept

19.

Her brothers were older than [he, her, she] was. They would always do things for her.

a)

he

b)

her

c)

she

20.

They never let her try to [make, see, do] things on her own.

a)

make

b)

see

c)

do

21.

One day she got a brand new bike. This bike had [no, know, now] training wheels.

a)

no

b)

know

c)

now

22.

She was excited to try it out. She was also [afraid, sad, mad] she would fall and hurt herself.

a)

afraid

b)

sad

c)

mad

23.

She always wanted a [small, okay, big] grown up bike like her brothers.

a)

small

b)

okay

c)

big

24.

The next day she [left, went, came] to the park with her brothers.

a)

left

b)

went

c)

came

25.

She [deciding, decide, decided] she would try to ride her new bike all on her own.

a)

deciding

b)

decide

c)

decided

26.

The next set of [issues, questions, sentence] have to do with the cheetah.

a)

issues

b)

questions

c)

sentence

27.

Cheetahs are the fastest [ocean, air, land] animals in the world.

a)

ocean

b)

air

c)

land

28.

A cheetah's diet consists mainly of gazelles, wildebeests, impalas, and small hooved [animals, friends, horses].

a)

animals

b)

friends

c)

horses

29.

The largest populations of cheetahs are found [on, in, under] Africa and Iran.

a)

on

b)

in

c)

under

30.

Cheetahs live and hunt mostly in open grassland and bushy areas. Cheetahs [had, are, have] great eyesight, which helps them easily catch their prey in daylight.

a)

had

b)

are

c)

have

31.

Cheetahs like to [graze, play, hide] in tall grass. They blend in because of their spotted coats.

a)

graze

b)

play

c)

hide

32.

After a chase, cheetahs need about half an hour to [hold, catch, run] their breath before they can eat.

a)

hold

b)

catch

c)

run

33.

Air! Air! I need more air! I will rest on a _____ to get more air.

a)

chair

b)

scare

c)

care

34.

They are breaking my net; it'll soon need _______!

a)

stiars

b)

repair

c)

scared

35.

Beware, take _____ and please prepare

a)

scare

b)

share

c)

care

36.

Arthur Ar is causing quite a ______. He has one sack for an apple, as you can see, and in another, he has snared Magic e.

a)

scare

b)

repair

c)

share

37.

So what if people stop and stare! I don’t care. I don’t care. I will not ______.

a)

airplane

b)

share

c)

scare

38.

And when we see Arthur with an i or an e,we won’t dare to stare, not you, and not me. But before he can speak, it is only ______, that WE’LL be the first ones to call out, “Air!”

a)

airplane

b)

repair

c)

fair

39.

The _____ wanted their bottle and a nap.

a)

babies

b)

puppies

c)

kittens

40.

The gentleman wanted to travel to many different _____.

a)

stories

b)

cities

c)

catches

41.

The teacher ______ to pick up her groceries before the storm.

a)

freezes

b)

catches

c)

hurries

42.

A liquid _____ when it is placed in the freezer.

a)

pages

b)

freezes

c)

reaches

43.

The baby ____ for her mother.

a)

reaches

b)

catches

c)

cities

44.

Emma _____ for a trip to a magical theme park.

a)

wishes

b)

tries

c)

catches

45.

She bumped her ____ on the monkey bars.

a)

head

b)

bread

c)

feather

46.

We will need _____ to make our sandwich.

a)

heavy

b)

bread

c)

ready

47.

His luggage was as light as a ______.

a)

breakfast

b)

spread

c)

feather

48.

The baby is getting too ____ to carry.

a)

instead

b)

breath

c)

heavy

49.

She wanted to ______ butter on her toast.

a)

spread

b)

sweat

c)

breakfast

50.

We should all eat a healthy _______ daily.

a)

weather

b)

breakfast

c)

breath

51.

Are you _____ to leave yet?

a)

head

b)

instead

c)

ready

52.

The ______ outside is chilly.

a)

instead

b)

ready

c)

weather

53.

The _____ had many beautiful flowers.

a)

breakfast

b)

bread

c)

meadow

54.

A little bit later, the (mat, two, soon) of them reached the food store.

a)

mat

b)

two

c)

soon

55.

(Mrs., How, Noise) King ran the store.

a)

Mrs.

b)

How

c)

Noise

56.

She (but, truck, always) had a special treat for Ted.

a)

but

b)

truck

c)

always

57.

(Today, Little, Paint), she gave him some fresh grapes.

a)

Today

b)

Little

c)

Paint

58.

(Day, Be, Ted) thanked her.

a)

Day

b)

Be

c)

Ted

59.

She said they were (just, the, chair) best grapes she had ever tasted.

a)

just

b)

the

c)

chair

60.

(Ted, Girl, See) thought they were really good, too.

a)

Ted

b)

Girl

c)

See

61.

(Let, Cry, Then) Ted and his mother i 20 got a cart late and started their shopping.

a)

Then

b)

Cry

c)

Let

62.

The red rose is on the ____________.

a)

going

b)

dolls

c)

table

d)

honey

63.

I can see a little _____________ in the sea.

a)

table

b)

turtle

c)

dolls

d)

peacocks