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Grade 5 Reading Foundation - Context

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Some words will be unknown to 5th graders. Students need to determine the meaning of the words. Instead of consulting a dictionary, students can use context clues in a sentence to determine the meaning of unknown words. Students should think about the situation in these sentences. In this quiz, students will determine the meaning of a word based on the context clues in the sentence.

1 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
The community paid HOMAGE to the local hero by giving him a parade.

to pay someone for a service

to bury someone

to honor someone publicly

to act unsure about something

A local hero would be honored

2 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
As the youngest member in my family, my mom and dad PAMPER me with lots of presents and money.

take

refuse

spoil

understand

When a person or thing is pampered, they are usually spoiled with gifts

3 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
After listening to the ORATION, everyone applauded the speaker.

silence

argument

speech

written report

Since the person is a speaker, oration would be a speech

4 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
When the mechanic came out from under the car, he rubbed his GRIMY hands on a rag.

clean

dirty

straight

curvy

After working on a car, the mechanic would be dirty

5 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
Once we know the problem, we will PONDER a solution.

separate

think about

misunderstand

worry

People would think about a problem

6 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
The teenager would RANT about how unfair her punishment was.

to confess something

to poison something

to argue

to speak in an angry tone

A teenager might speak in an angry tone about a punishment

7 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
It was UNCANNY when my unqualified friend got the job.

determined

eager

accepted

strange

For something to be uncanny, it would be unexpected

8 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
The model stood POISED while waiting for her photograph to be taken.

balanced

crumbled

bent over

slumped

A model would be standing in a balanced pose

9 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
As my father has gotten older, his hair has RECEDED so it looks like he is getting a bigger forehead.

to move forward

to move back

to get cut

to be displayed in a crazy manner

Some men have a receding hairline

10 .

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
The animated minister would BELLOW his sermon from the pulpit getting everyone's attention.

to raise the voice

to lower the voice

to focus

to listen

If someone bellows, he or she would almost be shouting

Author: Amy Flanders