Context Clues
Prefixes
Suffixes
Inferences
Parts of Speech
100
The hungry mouse friddled slowly on the cheese.
What is chewed/nibbled?
100
retell
What is re-?
100
driver
What is -er?
100
The room was dark and quiet. We heard Carl and his mother come in the front door talking. I heard two girls in the corner giggle nervously. Another girl told them to be quiet. I hid behind the table where the presents were set out.
Is it a surprise birthday party?
100
The hungry Girl Scout troop cooked hotdogs in a blazing campfire.
What is a noun?
200
The affluent woman threw coins to the poor children every time she left her mansion.
What is rich/wealthy?
200
unbelievable
What is un-?
200
happiness
What is -ness?
200
I sat on the bench while Mother and Punch went into the room. I was a little worried about Punch, but I knew that he would get good care. The lady at the desk talked to a man with who was buying fish-flavored medicine.
Are they at a veterinarian's office?
200
The hungry Girl Scout troop cooked hotdogs in a blazing campfire.
What is a verb?
300
Though she lives in Dartmouth, her mother’s progenitors came from France many, many years ago.
What are ancestors/family?
300
bicycle
What is bi-?
300
quickly
What is -ly?
300
The line stretched forever. People put their bags on the floor and inched them forward. My father and I removed our shoes. There was an announcement about a gate change and a delay on an arrival from Chicago.
Are they going through airport security?
300
The hungry Girl Scout troop cooked hotdogs in a blazing campfire.
What is an adjective?
400
The boy didn't realize that he was gawping at the pretty new girl with short, spiky, blue hair.
What is "staring"?
400
submarine
What is sub-?
400
beautiful
What is -ful?
400
Jake almost wished that he hadn’t listened to the radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his umbrella even though he would feel silly carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning.
Did Jake hear it was going to rain later?
400
The hungry Girl Scout troop cooked hotdogs in a blazing campfire.
What is a noun?
500
The woman waited fretfully in the line, her eyes darting between her large pile of groceries and the few coins in her hand.
What is "nervously"?
500
abiotic
What is a-?
500
unavoidable
What is -able?
500
A woman walks into a hospital clutching her abdomen and snapping at her husband, who trails behind her carrying a large bag.
Is the woman pregnant?
500
The hungry Girl Scout troop cooked hotdogs in a blazing campfire.
What is an adjective?
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