Vocabulary Strategies
Grade 5 - Grammar - Building Confidence
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Use context to choose the meaning of "submerge": The engineer tested whether the model bridge would submerge when the water rose.
- go under water
- carry from one place to another
- a device for sending distant written signals
- a picture made with light
Which clue helps explain "telegraph"?
- loud construction
- when the water rose
- messages across long distances
- carry between rooms
Which strategy best helps with "telegraph"?
- use the prefix sub-
- use Greek roots tele and graph
- use the prefix super-
- use the Latin root port
What does the word part "pre-" suggest?
- under
- before
- across
- light
What should a reader check if a dictionary gives more than one meaning for "disrupt"?
- which meaning has the fewest letters
- which meaning is first every time
- which meaning is longest
- which meaning fits the sentence context
Use context to choose the meaning of "telegraph": The museum displayed a telegraph that sent messages across long distances.
- watch over or direct
- a device for sending distant written signals
- able to be known before it happens
- a picture made with light
Which clue helps explain "predictable"?
- the same clouds arrived every afternoon
- messages across long distances
- carry between rooms
- from farms to the river market
Which strategy best helps with "transport"?
- use Greek roots tele and graph
- use the Latin root port
- use the Greek root photo
- use the prefix super-
What does the word part "dis-" suggest?
- light
- far
- apart or away
- able to be
What should a reader check if a dictionary gives more than one meaning for "submerge"?
- which meaning is longest
- which meaning fits the sentence context
- which meaning is first every time
- which meaning has the fewest letters