Context Clues and Word Meaning Practice
📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 18 minutes 8 problems
Context Clues and Word Meaning Practice
Grade 6 English Language Arts LearnCrux.com
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. Match the term to its meaning: context clue
Match with:
Answer:
2. Which strategy is best when you meet an unknown word?
3. Match the term to its meaning: denotation
Match with:
Answer:
4. If a passage calls a plan bold and then describes it as risky but imaginative, bold most likely means __.
5. Why should readers test a guessed meaning by rereading the sentence?
6. Which word most likely has a positive connotation?
7. The feeling or association attached to a word is its __.
8. Why can two words with similar denotations still create different effects?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. a nearby hint that helps explain a word
2. reread the sentence and nearby lines for clues
3. basic dictionary meaning
4. daring
5. Rereading helps confirm whether the guessed meaning really fits the full context
6. slender
7. connotation
8. Their connotations can make the reader feel differently about the same basic idea