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Contextual clues

Authored by Danita Subramaniam

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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Contextual clues
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of contextual clues?

Finding the clues in context

Guessing the clues in context

Guessing the meaning from the clues in context

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Due to her busy schedule she forgot to have any meals. By supper time, she's feeling famished and ready to gobble down her food.

What is famished?

feeling faint

extremely hungry

super tired

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.

hungry
thirsty
sleepy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

If you don't curtail your spending, you'll be broke in no time at all!

follow
reduce
behind
buy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Your cousin claimed to be late because the doors of his house were frozen shut. Even though I have my doubts, his explanation is plausible. It got really cold last night. I'll just have to take his word for it.

you must always believe it
you should never believe it
it's hard to understand because it makes no sense
it's believable enough to possibly be true

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He looked perplexed when he was told he had the wrong answer.

angry

puzzled

sad

exhausted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We could tell by the rotten smell, that something putrid was in our trash can.


The word putrid means:

ample

alive

rotten

appealing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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