Context Clues Worksheet (Grade 8)
Free printable Grade 8 context clues worksheet. Students use restatement, contrast, and example clues to work out the meaning of grade-level academic vocabulary. Answer key included.
Grade 8 · Vocabulary worksheet
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Context Clues
Writers often restate, contrast, or give examples of a hard word inside the sentence. Find the clue, then choose the meaning it supports.
- 1.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'indifferent': He was indifferent to the score, shrugging whether his team won or lost.
- a) not caring either way
- b) deeply concerned
- 2.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'tenacious': The tenacious reporter kept asking questions for months until the truth came out.
- a) refusing to give up
- b) quick to quit
- 3.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'plausible': Her excuse was plausible: buses on that route really are often late.
- a) impossible to believe
- b) believable
- 4.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'ambiguous': The note's ambiguous wording could mean the meeting was moved to Tuesday or cancelled altogether.
- a) perfectly clear
- b) open to more than one meaning
- 5.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'exacerbate': Scratching will only exacerbate the rash, making it redder and itchier.
- a) make worse
- b) heal
- 6.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'eloquent': Her eloquent speech moved the audience with its graceful, well-chosen words.
- a) fluent and expressive
- b) clumsy and unclear
- 7.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'meticulous': A meticulous editor, Priya checked every comma and footnote twice.
- a) extremely careful about details
- b) careless
- 8.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'transient': Fame proved transient; within a year, hardly anyone remembered the song.
- a) lasting only a short time
- b) permanent
- 9.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'scrutinize': Border officers scrutinize each passport, examining every stamp and seal.
- a) glance at carelessly
- b) inspect closely
- 10.Use the context to choose the meaning of 'arduous': The arduous trek up the pass took nine exhausting hours in thin mountain air.
- a) quick and easy
- b) very difficult and tiring
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