Finding Meanings Using Contextual Clues
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Willy opened the _ that Grandfather kept in the corner of his room under the wooden boards in the floor.
strongbox
educated
ceiling
concerned
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"And best of all, she had a brand new purple plastic purse that played jaunty tune when it was open". What does jaunty mean in the sentence?
depressing
lively / up beat
rap music
lonely
Tags
CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RL.1.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"...for the last five weeks the Lords have been helping clean the streets to show the people that the system does not serve them.'"
Given the context what does the word serve mean?
to provide with a regular or continuous supply of something.
to contribute to; promote:
to be useful or of service to; help.
to operate or keep in action
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you are behaving in an IMPUDENT way, what does this mean?
You are shy.
You are funny.
You are rude.
You are slow.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RL.1.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
be involved; follow
pursue
inevitably
chaotic
inscribed
Tags
CCSS.L.2.4B
CCSS.L.3.2E
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
no energy; lazy; laying down
Cathartic
hosiery
gentile
listless
valise
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Transferred
To get to New York, I transferred from the plane to a bus.
To fit closely;
To secure by fastening down
An official way of doing something;
A series of actions completed in a certain order
To change the possession of;
To move from one person or place to another
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5C
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