Context Clues

My favorite "genre" to read is science fiction. Genre means:

• general items

• type of giraffe

• a type of category

• a large book

Some people hunt for lost coins on beaches using an apparatus called a metal detector. It has a long stem that ends in a circular part called a search head, which hovers just over the ground. When it passes over metal, it makes a sound.

Using context clues, what does the word APPARATUS mean?

• process

• machine

• service

• shovel

Our new alarm system will wake up the entire neighborhood if an intruder gets in the house.An intruder is someone who intrudes.

To INTRUDE is to

• paint or repair old building

• wear your shoes on the wrong feet

• go where you are not wanted or don't belong

• make a lot of noise to disrupt the quiet in an area

When they heard the good news about the court's decision, the angry crowd cheered and then began to disperse. "It looks like everyone is going home," one reporter stated.

Which would be the opposite of "disperse"?

• come together

• grow apart

• protest

• laugh

The next sequence of events will give us an idea of what to expect tomorrow.

Define sequence.

• order

• time

• beneath

• full of meaning

Choose the word with the same meaning as the capitalized word. Use context clues to help you.

The TRANQUILITY of the park soothed Sara. It was so quiet that she fell asleep.

• excitement

• sleepiness

• fondness

• peacefulness

What does the word lair mean in the following sentence?

Every time there was a full moon the dragon came out of his lair.

• home

• sky

• flying

• castle

The people on shore waved and yelled "ahoy" to the passing ship.

The word ahoy means:

• stop

• hello

• help

• hungry

In the following sentence what does the word forewarn mean?

I tried to forewarn the driver about the shards of glass on the road.

• to alter or change

• to warn in advance

• to attach securely

• to make room for

Choose the word below that means the same as the word mortal.

"The wound was not mortal but Patroclus felt that he could not longer fight."

• classy

• deadly

• famous

• unimportant