Context Clues
The colorful flowers in the garden filled the air with a sweet fragrance.
What is the meaning of "fragrance"?
A. Look
B. Smell
C. Petal
D. Touch
B. Smell
What are the two meanings of the word parts in the word "comfortable"?
A. Comfort - being relaxed, able - power or skill to do something
B. Comfort - laying down, able - wanting to learn how to do something
C. Comfort - a pillow fort, able - knowing how to build a pillow fort
D. Comfort - being relaxed, able - not having the chance to do something
A. Comfort - being relaxed, able - power or skill to do something
Robert is gafe. He tends to be worried and under stress often.
What is the meaning of the word "gafe?"
A. nervous
B. silly
C. flexible
D. annoyed
A. nervous
Sarah's curiosity led her to explore the hidden treasure buried in the backyard.
What does the word "curiosity" mean?
A. Bored of something
B. To be a mystery
C. Eager to learn more
D. Ability to ask questions
C. Eager to learn more
We went to the aquarium before spring break for our field trip.
What does the prefix "aqua" mean?
A. Color
B. Swim
C. Blue
D. Water
D. Water
The wind caused the yade, great sized, tree to fall in our yard last night.
What does the word "yade" mean?
A. nervous
B. small
C. flexible
D. gigantic
D. gigantic
The fisherman made sure that the boat was anchored before he began to fish.
What does the word "anchored" mean?
A. In place, not moving
B. To float away
C. Underwater
D. Clean and organized
A. In place, not moving
What are the two meanings of the word parts in the word "fearless"?
A. Fear - to have no emotions, less - to subtract numbers
B. Fear - to feel scared, less - to be without
C. Fear - to feel brave, less - to have only some of
D. Fear - to be intimidating, less - to have more of something
B. Fear - to feel scared, less - to be without
We kaped, or walked a long ways through wilderness, and were exhausted afterwards.
What does the word "kaped" mean?
A. ran
B. hiked
C. swam
D. drove
B. hiked
All of the competitors lined up at the starting line before the race began.
What does the word "competitors" mean?
A. A person or group that competes in something
B. A person or group that are super fast runners
C. A person or group that create the rules in sports
D. A person or group that watch sports on TV
A. A person or group that competes in something
What are the two meanings of the word parts in the word "geology"?
A. Geo - a common name, logy - to spell a word
B. Geo - the internet, logy - to use something
C. Geo - Earth, logy - the study of
D. Geo - space, logy - to take pictures of
The children playing outside the window yarfed me. It was very hard to concentrate with all of the noise.
What does the word "yarfed" mean?
A. laughed
B. annoyed
C. yelled
D. distracted
B. annoyed
I appreciate your individualism, but sometimes you need to be able to work as part of a team.
What does the word "individualism" mean?
A. To be selfish
B. Want to work
C. Do something by yourself
D. To be lazy
C. Do something by yourself
What are the two meanings of the word parts in the word "famous"?
A. Fam(e) - like a celebrity, ous - to be the opposite
B. Fam(e) - to have an attitude, ous - to have something
C. Fam(e) - to be disliked , ous - to be without
D. Fam(e) - popular or well known, ous - to be full of
D. Fam(e) - popular or well known, ous - to be full of
Putting the 1000-piece puzzle together was very lage and required a lot of skill.
What does the word "lage" mean?
A. simple
B. small
C. demanding
D. gigantic
C. demanding