Word Detective
Word Detective
Word Detective
Be a Word Detective
Use the context clues in each sentence to figure out
the meaning of the highlighted word. Circle the
correct definition.
Mr. Ferris was infuriated when the boys hit a baseball through
Spelling and
Vocabulary
a. delighted
b. very angry
c. interested
Context clues
The tired farmer had toiled in his field all day planting crops.
a. played
b. run
c. worked hard
a. smell
c. heat
b. color
Mr. Garcia ascended the ladder to reach the roof of his house.
a. climbed up
b. climbed down
c. took away
a. dirty
b. common
c. real
a. soft
c. fancy
b. normal
a. rewarded
b. promised
c. warned
a. slow
b. busy
(Workman, 2008).
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c. annoying
Brain Box
When you come
across a word you
dont understand, you
can often figure out its
meaning by looking at
the surrounding words.
These words are called
context clues.
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