Context Clues
According to the sentence, what does the word absorb mean?
Snakes will lay out in the sun to absorb, or take in the heat.
To take in
Which text feature tells you what the passage will be about?
a. photographs
b. caption
c. heading
d. illustration
C. heading
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To compare means to tell how two things are the same. To contrast means to tell how two things are different.
Choose the nouns from the following sentence:
The girls love to play hopscotch, jump rope, and soccer during recess.
a. girls, love, hopscotch
b. girls, hopscotch, jump rope, soccer, recess
c. girls, play, jump rope, recess
d. girls, play, jump rope, during
The nouns include:
b. girls, hopscotch, jump rope, soccer, recess
In which animal group are penguins classified? How do you know?
Penguins are birds. They have feathers, their young hatch from eggs, they have wings, and they have beaks
According to the sentence, what does the word burrow mean?
The groundhog will burrow in the land to make a hole and create its home.
A hole in the ground dug by an animal for living.
Which text feature will give you definitions of important words?
a. glossary
b. table of contents
c. title
d. photographs
a. glossary
Compare these two sentences:
Dogs will pant in order to cool off their bodies.
Hippos will emerge themselves in water in order to cool off their bodies.
Both sentences discuss how an animal will help to cool itself.
Choose the adjectives from the following sentence:
The athletic boys chose three shiny new soccer balls to play with.
a. athletic, boys, shiny
b. athletic, shiny, soccer balls, play
c. athletic, three, shiny, new, soccer
d. athletic, boys, new, soccer
c. athletic, three, shiny, new, soccer
In which animal group are anacondas classified? How do you know?
Anacondas are reptiles. They hatch from eggs, they are cold blooded, and breathe through their lungs.
According to the selection, what does the word hibernate mean?
Like all amphibians, toads are cold-blooded. An amphibian's body temperature changes as the outdoor temperature changes. Some amphibians hibernate during the winter. Some toads dig deep underground. Other amphibians like frogs bury themselves in mud at the bottom of a pond. Hibernating amphibians can survive for months. They do not eat or move, using only the fat stored in their body to stay alive.
Which text feature will focus in on specific parts of a picture?
a. heading
b. photograph
c. diagram
d. caption
c. diagram
Contrast these two sentence:
Dogs will pant in order to cool off their bodies.
Hippos will emerge themselves in water in order to cool off their bodies.
One sentence is talking about a dog while the other sentence is talking about hippos.
Choose the verb from the following sentence:
The students are ready for the test.
a. students
b. test
c. the
d. are
D. are
In which animal group are frogs classified? How do you know?
Frogs are amphibians. They live in and out of the water, they hatch from eggs, and they are cold blooded.
According to the selection, what does the word inject mean?
Some people may think reptiles, mainly snakes, are scary. Most reptiles will not harm people. But there are some reptiles that you should try to avoid. The black mamba is the best example. This is the longest and most poisonous snake in Africa. It is also the deadliest snake in the world. A mamba injects venom whenever it bites something.
Inject means to force in fluid, like poison, usually by piercing the skin.
Which text feature would show you the area that you could find a specific animal?
a. bold printed words
b. graph
c. glossary
d. map
d. map
Compare these two selections.
The dodo bird went extinct in the 17th century, so there are no photos available. It weighed about 40 pounds and was flightless. It didn't fly because there were no predators on the island and there was an abundance of fruits and seeds available to the birds.
The Great Auk is an extinct bird that lived in northern Spain more than 100,000 years ago. These flightless birds were clumsy on land and were easy to catch, which is why they became extinct. Sailors used them not only for their meat but for their feathers as well.
Both selections discuss birds that are now extinct and are flightless.
Name the concrete nouns and abstract nouns from the following sentence:
The puppies were filled with wonder at their new surroundings and showed great curiosity.
Concrete nouns=puppies, surroundings
Abstract nouns=wonder, curiosity
In which animal group are piranhas classified? How do you know?
Piranhas are fish. They use gills to breathe, have scales, and their young hatch from eggs.
According to the selection, what does the word plumage mean?
Besides wings, all birds have two legs and a mouth without teeth called a beak. A key characteristic of birds is that they all have feathers. Feathers help these warm-blooded animals fly and help them maintain a constant body temperature. Bird feathers come in all kinds of colors and sizes. A bird's feathers are also called plumage. Peacocks have the fanciest plumage of all.
Plumage means birds' feathers
a. chart
b. bold printed words
c. glossary
d. heading
b. bold printed words
Contrast the following selections.
The dodo bird went extinct in the 17th century, so there are no photos available. It weighed about 40 pounds and was flightless. It didn't fly because there were no predators on the island and there was an abundance of fruits and seeds available to the birds.
The Great Auk is an extinct bird that lived in northern Spain more than 100,000 years ago. These flightless birds were clumsy on land and were easy to catch, which is why they became extinct. Sailors used them not only for their meat but for their feathers as well.
The first selection is about the dodo bird which was around in the 17th century. The second article is about the Great Auk and they became extinct 100,000 years ago.
If you preview the test, what are you doing?
Viewing or looking over the test before taking it.
In which animal group are giraffes classified? How do you know?
Giraffes are mammals. They have hair, give live birth, produce milk for their young, and are warm blooded.