Worksheet

Context Clues

Grade 3 - Reading - Building Confidence

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  1. Use the Grade 3 context sentence to infer "postponed": "The committee postponed the vote until every group could speak." What does it mean?

    • finished early
    • delayed until later
    • a person's name
    • a kind of number

  2. Which nearby words support the meaning of "legend" in this sentence: "The map legend helped us identify symbols for rivers and roads."

    • symbols for rivers and roads
    • the period
    • the capital letter
    • legend

  3. Which meaning would make "postponed" confusing in this sentence: "The committee postponed the vote until every group could speak."?

    • a sensible meaning from the clue
    • finished early
    • the meaning suggested by the sentence
    • a meaning that fits the clue

  4. If "postponed" means "delayed until later", which Grade 3 sentence uses it correctly?

    • The committee postponed the vote until every group could speak.
    • The word postponed means finished early.
    • The sentence gives no clue for postponed.
    • A postponed is always a number.

  5. Before choosing a meaning for "legend" in "The map legend helped us identify symbols for rivers and roads.", what should a reader check?

    • look only at the first letter
    • skip every sentence
    • reread the nearby words
    • change the word

  6. Use the Grade 3 context sentence to infer "steep": "The trail was steep, so hikers leaned forward as they climbed." What does it mean?

    • a person's name
    • rising sharply
    • a kind of number
    • flat and level

  7. Which nearby words support the meaning of "steep" in this sentence: "The trail was steep, so hikers leaned forward as they climbed."

    • the period
    • flat and level
    • steep
    • leaned forward as they climbed

  8. Which meaning would make "steep" confusing in this sentence: "The trail was steep, so hikers leaned forward as they climbed."?

    • a sensible meaning from the clue
    • a meaning that fits the clue
    • flat and level
    • rising sharply

  9. If "precise" means "exact", which Grade 3 sentence uses it correctly?

    • The word precise means careless.
    • A precise is always a number.
    • The sentence gives no clue for precise.
    • The scientist recorded the precise temperature before sunrise.

  10. Before choosing a meaning for "steep" in "The trail was steep, so hikers leaned forward as they climbed.", what should a reader check?

    • skip every sentence
    • choose the longest answer
    • look only at the first letter
    • reread the nearby words
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