Want to see correct answers?
Login or join for free!
  ELA Worksheets
Looking for ELA worksheets?
Check out our pre-made ELA worksheets!
Share/Like This Page
Filter By Grade

You are browsing Grade 8 questions. View questions in All Grades.

Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Continuing Education

Browse Questions

Eighth Grade (Grade 8) Context Clues Questions

You can create printable tests and worksheets from these Grade 8 Context Clues questions! Select one or more questions using the checkboxes above each question. Then click the add selected questions to a test button before moving to another page.

Previous Page 4 of 7 Next
Grade 8 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.8.4, L.8.4d
Which of the following could EXHILARATE a person?
  1. a rollercoaster
  2. sky diving
  3. a powerful waterfall
  4. bungee jumping
  5. all of the above
Grade 8 Context Clues
In order to make it to the district tournament, the soccer team has to vanquish the opposing team in tonight's game. What does vanquish mean as it is used in this sentence?
  1. a feeling of friendship and goodwill
  2. to defeat thoroughly
  3. to annoy or irritate
  4. a violent or intense attack
Grade 8 Context Clues
The father put his chess piece into unnecessary perils. What does the word PERILS mean?
  1. forest
  2. danger
  3. a good postion
  4. a water zone
Grade 8 Context Clues
The old lady was placidly knitting by the fire. What does the word PLACIDLY mean?
  1. feverishly
  2. happily
  3. furiously
  4. calmly
Grade 8 Context Clues
As the car approached the icy curve, the driver needed to                .
  1. accelerate
  2. decelerate
  3. digression
  4. regression
Grade 8 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.8.4, L.8.4d
A RECLUSE is the type of person who...
  1. enjoys having people over for dinner
  2. enjoys looking for clues over and over again
  3. enjoys reading a book in a quiet corner of the library
  4. enjoys watching TV all night long
Grade 8 Context Clues
In which of the following sentences is the word sauntered used correctly?
  1. The boy sauntered down the hall to get to the cafeteria quickly.
  2. The boy sauntered down the hall because he didn’t want to go to class.
  3. The girl was a sauntered person because she didn’t have a life.
  4. He was in a sauntered state of confusion because of a bad grade.
Previous Page 4 of 7 Next