Context Clues Quiz

Tommy was a real avid baseball card collector. He inherited the desire to collect cards because his dad had a collection, too.

• eager

• careless

• apart

• fearful

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Her Christmas bills added up. After the holidays, her extravagance was going to take several months to pay off.

• economy

• praise

• external

• overdoing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

It was gratifying to see how she acted toward her grandmother because her grandmother was always kind to her.

• pleasing

• nervous

• aggravating

• unclear

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The boy was caught stealing from the store. His larceny caught up with him when the owner showed him a video tape.

• gift

• theft

• lawless

• honor

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The ideas she presented to the class were clearly an untested theory because there had never been any research done on it.

• magic

• brutal

• indictment

• belief

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

His eternal light would shine on the people even after his death.

• temporary

• ethical

• reformed

• endless

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

He cut the paper precisely on the line, and it fit perfectly in the grooves of the picture frame.

• exactly

• embellish

• outer

• advance

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The boy tried to justify his actions to his mother by explaining the reasons why he did what he did.

• depend

• prove

• strict

• concourse

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

She did several back bends in a row to show how limber she was, so that she could be chosen for the squad.

• enthused

• responsive

• likely

• flexible

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

He climbed the mountain and stood looking over the tops of the trees on the mountain across from him. He was right on the precipice and could have fallen.

• edge

• stiff

• top

• under

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4