Practice with context clues
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The document provides 10 sentences with context clues to define bolded words. Students are directed to read each sentence, define the bolded word based on context, and identify which of five types of context clues is used. The sentences provide context clues about words such as vociferous, pedagogical, parsimonious, pertinacity, clandestine, ecclesiastics, churlish, conflagration, languid, and haven.
Practice with context clues
- 1. Practice with Context Clues
- 2. Directions Read the following sentences and define the bolded word based on the context clue. Then identify which of the five types of clues is used.
- 3. #1 The girl who used to be very vociferous doesn’t talk much anymore.
- 4. #2 Pedagogical institutions, including high schools, kindergartens, and colleges, require community support to function efficiently.
- 5. #3 He was so parsimonious that he refused to give his own sons the few pennies they needed to buy pencils for school. It truly hurt him to part with his money.
- 6. #4 His pertinacity , or stubbornness, is the cause of most of his trouble.
- 7. #5 Rather than be involved in clandestine meetings, they did everything quite openly.
- 8. #6 Ecclesiastics , such as priests, ministers, and pastors, should set models of behavior for their congregants.
- 9. #7 The girl was churlish ---rude, sullen and absolutely ill-mannered
- 10. #8 Because the conflagration was aided by wind, it was so destructive that every building in the area was completely burned to the ground.
- 11. #9 On hot, humid summer afternoons, I often feel languid .
- 12. #10 When the bank robber reached his haven , he breathed a sigh of relief and began to count his money.