Context Clues  

 Vocabulary 20A 

Using
Context
Clues

The meaning of
of a story helps
to understand
unknown words.

They lived in a
little house that
was very snug.

little, snug

Use the whole sentence as a clue.

Susan likes to  ?
on her bicycle.

1.  race  roar
   race  

We call him Sleepy
because he likes to  ? .

2.  nap  jump
________

Josh took a quick run
around the school  ? .

3.  office  field
________

Jose jumped when his
 ?  clock went off.

4.  atomic  alarm
________

He was up a creek
without a  ? .

5.  paddle  puppy
________

We had fun watching
cowboys at the  ? .

6.  store  rodeo
________

I needed four cups of
milk and bought a  ? .

7.  quart  cow
________

He loves hot, yellow
 ?  on his hotdog.

8.  meat  mustard
________

The king lived in a
 ?  at the top of a hill.

9.  cabin  castle
________