Guessing Meaning from Context
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English
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University - Professional Development
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Hard
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Margaret Anderson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The best strategy for dealing with an unknown Word is
Look it up in a bilingual dictionary
Ask your teacher
Ask another person, a friend or your parents
Try to guess what it means
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Some reasons for guessing meaning from context are:
It helps your concentration because you stay focused on the general sense.
It helps build vocabulary because you propably remember the words.
It demands you to know a lot of vocabulary.
It requires a good usage of dictionary.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A good way to make good guesses about unknown words is
Read the first paragraph to identify the topic sentence.
Read the first lines of a paragraph to locate specific information.
Examine the context of the word.
Preview and predict the topic of the text.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Where would you find the following words: Crops, soil, fertilizers, climate?
In a text on Agriculture
In a text on Criminology
In a text on History of art
In a text on English Grammar
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the best option for the italicized word?: "Because there was so little precipitation this year, the crops dried up and died".
Fertilizer
Planting
Rain
Harvesting
Tags
CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.K.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
My sister loathes broccoli, but she loves spinach.
Dislikes intensely
Eats eagerly
Prepares and cooks
Harvests and sells
Tags
CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RL.1.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
All birds have feathers, and feathers are peculiar to birds. No other major group of animals is easy to categorize. All birds have wings, too, but there are other winged creatures, such as bats and certain insects.
Necessary for
Important to
Symbolic of
Unique to
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
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