Context Clues

1. The student replied to the teacher with a witty answer and the class laughed.

• funny

• mean

• serious

• mean

2. We looked at the atlas to figure out where we were going.

• phone

• paper

• map

• sky

3. We bought our groceries at a store that gets food from local farms. The farms are close to home.

• near our home

• country

• old

• hot

4. Mya was nervous for the first day of school. She was an introvert, and her timid and quiet personality, made it hard to make new friends.

• new student

• class clown

• shy person

• mean kid

5. The novice teacher was excited about her first teaching job since graduating college.

• nice

• stern

• experienced

• beginner

6. The alluring smell of the cookies drew Sandy toward the kitchen for a taste.

• nasty

• stinky

• desirable

• unpleasant

7. The greedy child was snatching candy from the shelf.

• happy

• pleasant

• sweet

• selfish

8. The soldiers crouched down low behind their vehicle and waited for the enemy to pass.

• stooped with bent knees

• stood straight and tall

• leaning

• ran from

9. My grandfather will doze during television shows when he is tired.

• discuss

• cheer

• nap

• yell

10. Fireworks on the 4th of July give off a beautiful glimmer in the sky.

• smell

• darkness

• look

• glow