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Context Clues and Academic Vocabulary Practice

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Context Clues and Academic Vocabulary Practice
Grade 3 English Language Arts LearnCrux.com
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  • Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
  • Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. Words around an unfamiliar word can give context __.
2. Which sentence helps explain the word enormous?
3. A synonym is a word with a __ meaning.
4. Which pair are antonyms?
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?
8. An antonym has the __ meaning of another word.
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. clues
2. The enormous pumpkin was bigger than the wagon.
3. similar
4. hot and cold
5. subjects
6. it means not smooth
7. Reread the sentence for clues
8. opposite

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