Reading Skills 3: Context Clues

• The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.
  

• What is sweltered?

• ate

• burned

• slept

• sunbathed

• Each student was allotted two tickets to the dance.

• What is allotted?

• allowed

• joyful

• taken

• fed

• The mood was somber at the funeral of the former president.
  What is somber?

• shyly

• serious

• hungry

• plenty

• The country cottage was just outside the quaint and picturesque town.

What is picturesque?

• running

• charming

• ruined

• perhaps

• The impudent boy was rude to the policemen.

What is impudent?

• handsome

• carefully

• poor

• bold

Cold rain fell all day, making it a dismal Saturday afternoon.

What is dismal?

• gloomy

• red

• shining

• fun

I thought it was a fresh idea, but the teacher thought it was trite.

What is trite?

• special

• loud

• common

• happy

The sweet fragrance from the roses floated across the garden.

What is fragrance?

• pollen

• smell

• thorns

• bees

The criteria for getting an A were to submit all assignments and have a score of 90% or more.

What is criteria?

• student

• rules

• try

• standard

Even though a storm had just come through, the lake was strangely very placid that afternoon.

What is placid?

• wild

• rough

• calm

• wet