Context Clues and Academic Vocabulary Practice

📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 15 minutes 8 problems

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1. Words around an unfamiliar word can give context __.

2. Which sentence helps explain the word enormous?

A The enormous pumpkin was bigger than the wagon. B I saw a pumpkin. C Pumpkins grow in gardens.

3. A synonym is a word with a __ meaning.

4. Which pair are antonyms?

A hot and cold B big and large C jump and hop

5. Academic vocabulary often appears in school __.

6. If a passage says "The surface was rough, not smooth," what does rough mean?

7. Which strategy helps with unknown words?

A Reread the sentence for clues B Skip every hard word C Read only the title

8. An antonym has the __ meaning of another word.

📋 Answer Key

1. clues

2. The enormous pumpkin was bigger than the wagon.

3. similar

4. hot and cold

5. subjects

6. not smooth

7. Reread the sentence for clues

8. opposite