{Context Clues

Created by Gay Miller

1. Click on the screen to see the sentence.2. Select the best word from the list at the top of the

page to complete the sentence. 3. Name the clue word(s) that helped you select the

word.4. Click to see if you selected the correct clue

word(s) .

Instructions

Matthew walked home ______.

flying at top-speed briskly promptl

y relaxed unhurriedly sluggishly slowly

Matthew dreaded doing his chores, so he walked home _________.

flying at top-speed briskly promptl

y relaxed unhurriedly sluggishly slowly

dreaded

Matthew was excited to play his new game, so he walked

home ________.

flying at top-speed briskly promptl

y relaxed unhurriedly sluggishly slowly

excited

The spring day was ______. Sally didn’t even need to wear a sweater.

bitter cold frigid freezin

g icy chilly perfect war

m hot sizzling

scorching

spring day

didn’t even need to wear a sweater

Sally moved next to the freezer section in the grocery store because she was _____.

bitter cold frigid freezin

g icy chilly perfect war

m hot sizzling

scorching

moved next to the freezer section

Sally dressed in her woolen hat, mittens, and winter coat because the day was _____.

bitter cold frigid freezin

g icy chilly perfect war

m hot sizzling

scorching

dressed in her woolen hat, mittens, and winter coat

The alarm clock wouldn’t stop ringing. Weston was so ___________.

raring to go energized reste

d sleepy drowsy drained

dog-tired

exhausted

alarm clock wouldn’t stop ringing

Today was Weston’s birthday. He was _______ to his party.

raring to go

energized and ready

to go

rested and ready to go

sleepy and not

excited to go

drowsy and

didn’t want to

go

drained and didn’t

want to go

dog-tired and

didn’t want to

go

exhausted and didn’t

want to go

Weston’s birthday

Weston raked and raked large piles of leaves. When he finished, he was _____.

raring to go energized reste

d sleepy drowsy drained

dog-tired

exhausted

raked and raked large piles of leaves

Megan bought a beautiful dress for the party. She felt _______.

thrilled to

pieces

over the

mooncheer

ydelighte

dplease

dsatisfie

dirritate

dangr

ymad fuming

beautiful dress

When Megan tried on the dress her puppy jumped up on her new dress with muddy paws. Megan felt _____.

thrilled to

pieces

over the

mooncheer

ydelighte

dplease

dsatisfie

dirritate

dangr

ymad fuming

jumped up on her new dress with muddy paws

Megan sat down in the chair while her mother sponged off the mud. Megan felt ________, but she knew the puppy really didn’t mean to ruin her dress.

thrilled to

pieces

over the

mooncheer

ydelighte

dplease

dsatisfie

dirritate

dangr

ymad fuming

ruin her dress

The man sat on the street corner hold up a sign that read, “Will work for food.” He was _______.

penniless broke needy comfortable rich wealthy loaded

“Will work for food.”

Ricky watched his dad scratch off the lottery ticket. The ticket was worth one million dollars. Ricky’s family was now ____.

penniless broke needy comfortable rich wealthy loaded

lottery ticket worth one million dollars

Ricky saved his allowance to go to the movies on Saturday. He felt proud that he had a job and could earn some spending money. Ricky’s family was _______.

penniless broke needy comfortable rich wealthy loaded

felt proud he had a job and could earn some spending money

Peter liked to arm wrestle. He won about half the time. He was ________.

muscular

powerful

strong

well-

built

good enoug

hadequat

ewea

k puny frail

feeble

won about half the time

Did you see the acrobat? One ________ man could lift another man above his head with one arm.

muscular

powerful

strong

well-

built

enough

adequate

weak puny frai

lfeebl

e

could lift another man above his head

My grandmother could hardly get out of bed after being sick. She was very _______.

muscular

powerful

strong

well-

built

enough

adequate

weak puny frai

lfeebl

e

could hardly get out of bed

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