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Grade 3 Context Clues
Many animals are meat eaters, but rabbits are HERBIVOROUS animals.

What does the word "herbivorous" mean?
  1. meat-eating
  2. dangerous
  3. plant-eating
Grade 3 Context Clues
Read the sentence below.

No one will be home to manage the dog.

In this sentence the word manage means...
  1. walk
  2. feed
  3. take care of
  4. work
Grade 3 Context Clues
What do you think the capitalized word means in the following sentence?
Dad asked me to ABSORB as much sunlight as I could during the summer, since the rain and snow was coming soon.
  1. find and keep
  2. end up
  3. soak up
Grade 3 Context Clues
What do you think the capitalized word means in the following sentence?
Our class visited an art museum, which was full of MAGNIFICENT and famous paintings.
  1. very beautiful
  2. very loud
  3. very strong
Grade 3 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.3.4, L.3.4d
She wrote the address on the envelope.

Which meaning of ADDRESS best fits the sentence above?
  1. a speech to an audience
  2. the place where someone lives
  3. the process of giving a speech
  4. a way of speaking to someone
Grade 3 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.3.4, L.3.4a
"We drove past the broken-down shacks in the desolate old mining town, which people had abandoned after the gold rush ended."

Based on this sentence, which of the following words is the meaning of desolate?
  1. dry
  2. distant
  3. deserted
Grade 3 Context Clues
What is the meaning of the word frequent in the following sentence?

It was so hot outside that we made frequent trips to the water fountain.
  1. happening often
  2. few
  3. heat
  4. vacations
Grade 3 Context Clues
"Over long periods of time, animals must make crucial adaptations to their changing environments."
The word CRUCIAL means                .
  1. important
  2. small
  3. big
  4. unimportant
Grade 3 Context Clues
Which sentence matches the definition of the word "bow?"

Definition 1: Bow-a tool used for hunting.
  1. I tied a bow around my sister's present.
  2. The musician uses a bow to play the violin.
  3. Robin Hood fought with a bow and arrow.
Grade 3 Context Clues
The police officer patrols the neighborhood.

The word patrols means:
  1. plays games in
  2. keeps watch over
  3. dances around
  4. adds danger to
Grade 3 Context Clues
Which definition of the word "yard" matches the sentence below?

Quintavious measured the door using a yard stick.
  1. an outdoor space around a building/house
  2. a large sum of money
  3. a unit of measurement for length
  4. a football field
Grade 3 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.3.4
a substance that is not a liquid or a solid
  1. touch
  2. gas
  3. cents
  4. glass
Grade 3 Context Clues
The track runner trained every day to IMPROVE her times. What does the word IMPROVE mean?
  1. use easily
  2. become better
  3. keep healthy
  4. cause to have fun
Grade 3 Context Clues
The leaves on the trees quiver in the wind.

The word quiver means:
  1. fall
  2. stay
  3. shake
  4. grow
Grade 3 Context Clues
Jill and Joe are partners, so they will help each other answer the science questions.

The word partners means:
  1. people who are bosses
  2. people who like the same food
  3. people who work together
  4. people who are friends
Grade 3 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.3.4, L.3.4a
The mother horse licked her new colt clean.

COLT means:
  1. a young male horse
  2. an old female horse
  3. a horse trainer
  4. a horse's hoof
Grade 3 Context Clues
My baby blanket was so old and tattered. TATTERED means:
  1. comfortable
  2. threadbare
  3. colorful
  4. dull
Grade 3 Context Clues
Alex          always          says hello.
Grade 3 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RI.3.4
Even though birds can help us recycle some of our junk by using it to build nests, they also need to use lots of natural materials.

What feeling does the word junk create?
  1. alarm
  2. dislike
  3. uncertainty
  4. worry
Grade 3 Context Clues
Jumping from the top of a building without protection is very
  1. fun.
  2. sad.
  3. dangerous.
  4. boring.
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