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Grade 2 Context Clues
If your friend is excited, she might be
  1. sleeping during lessons.
  2. jumping up and down with joy.
  3. raising her hand to ask a question.
Grade 2 Context Clues
"Look up at the tall saguaro. It is a giant among cactus plants."

What is a saguaro?
  1. a place
  2. a type of cactus
  3. a weird word
  4. a length in time
Grade 2 Context Clues
Read the example sentence: The tadpole will CHANGE into a frog. Which sentence uses the same meaning for the word CHANGE as the example sentence?
  1. Night will change into day.
  2. I have some change in my pocket.
Grade 2 Context Clues
I'm reading a book and I don't know what's going on.

I feel                .
  1. confused
  2. angry
  3. sad
  4. tired
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RI.2.4

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Which definition best fits the word mysterious as it is used in the passage?
  1. Scary or worrisome
  2. Hard to see or explain
  3. Very weird or unusual
  4. Fake or made-up
Grade 2 Context Clues
If your leg ACHED, how would it feel?
  1. Sore or in pain
  2. Tingly or itchy
  3. Relaxed or limp
Grade 2 Context Clues
Lucas and Cole both love baseball, this is a                interest.
  1. unusual
  2. individual
  3. common
Grade 2 Context Clues
What would be worthwhile to do on a hot day?
  1. Run a marathon
  2. Go swimming
  3. Watch the weather report
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4, L.2.4a
Dad hung the swing from the largest branch on the tree.

BRANCH means:
  1. a part sticking out from a tree
  2. a leaf on a tree
  3. a small part of a tree
  4. the trunk of a tree
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RI.2.4
In the fireman's letter, he says "I must ask from now on, that you refrain from using anything that burns, smokes, or even gets hot." What do you think the word refrain means?
  1. keep using
  2. make sure of
  3. avoid or stop using
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4, L.2.4a
The sun was so bright I had to put on my sunglasses.

BRIGHT means:
  1. shining with light
  2. really cold
  3. very dark
  4. burning with heat
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4, L.2.4a
Jason liked to collect rocks. He had rocks in many shapes, colors, and sizes.

COLLECT means:
  1. catch something from someone
  2. keep expensive things
  3. take things from others
  4. gather items of a certain type
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4, L.2.4a
The general challenged his enemy to a duel.

ENEMY means:
  1. someone who is good at fighting
  2. someone who is a friend
  3. someone against someone else
  4. someone who is very outgoing
Grade 2 Context Clues
Farmers take their vegetables to a market. A market is                                  .
  1. a place where things are for sale
  2. a place where you go swimming
  3. a fruit tree
Grade 2 Context Clues
I made a mistake.

I feel                .
  1. crazy
  2. embarrassed
  3. nervous
  4. loving
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4, L.2.4e
I took my FLOAT to the pool.

Which dictionary definition best fits the word in all caps above?
  1. a raft
  2. make smooth
  3. to sit on the water
  4. pass from one to another
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4, L.2.4e
The workers at the PLANT worked hard to meet their goal.

Which dictionary definition best fits the word in all caps above?
  1. a green thing that grows
  2. a factory
  3. to put a seed in the ground
  4. to stay put
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4, L.2.4e
The scientist was the best in his FIELD.

Which dictionary definition best fits the word in all caps above?
  1. a clear open area
  2. a surface for playing sports
  3. a circle of people in a certain profession
  4. a job location
Grade 2 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.2.4, L.2.4a
Noah was a very curious child who was always asking questions.

CURIOUS means:
  1. not very smart
  2. eager to learn
  3. likes to talk a lot
  4. quiet and shy
Grade 2 Context Clues
If your responsibility is your pet, what do you have to do?
  1. feed it
  2. make sure it sleeps all day
  3. lock it out of the house
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