Context Clues Hunt

Read over the four different context

clues definitions and examples.

Read each context card.

Follow the steps to decide if the context clues are

antonyms, synonyms, examples, or definitions.

Place the card on the right spot on the mat and

check your work by scanning the QR code.

Then, use the clues to help match the definition to

the underlined word. Check the key to see if you
are correct.

CHALLENGE: Find your own examples of context

clues!
Context Clues
Step 1: Read the Step 2: Can you find Step 3: Are the clues a
underlined word. the clues that help you definition, synonym,
discover the word’s antonym, or
meaning? description?

Definition Synonym Antonym Description

1. The people decided
to restore the Statue
of Liberty and make
her look new again.
3. Owls are nocturnal 12. He performed well
7. The dog retrieved
birds. They have in school. He especially
the ball and brought it
adaptations that help excelled at math and
back to me.
them hunt in the dark. science.

5. The teacher gave

2. My hamster was
immobile in her cage.
Since she was
motionless, she was
unable to get exercise.
4.
I don’t like doing homework,
I know that it will bore me.
But now I am much happier
‘Cause Freddie does it for me!
11. Making people laugh 16. Jessica was free
them a silhouette. The
is an effortless talent to go home anytime, but
students had to use the
for some, however it it seems she would
outline to draw the
does not come naturally rather stay here and
features of the girl’s
to everyone. play with the dogs.
face.
9. As the kites rise
8. James you need to 15. After studying for
into the night sky, they
cease tapping your two hours, Rob’s eyes
make an unforgettable
pencil so that the noise became droopy as he
display of shimmery
will stop disturbing grew weary.
light that will stick in my
others.
memory forever.

10. With great haste, 13. After finding 14. The sound jolted,
6 Alice woke up feeling
we gathered our things crumbs on the dog’s or shook, him awake.
wretched. She was
and hurried out the door bed, Mom concluded the He jumped out of bed
covered with sweat
to try and make it to dog had stolen the and pushed aside the
and had a headache.
the movie on time. cookies. curtains.
 1. restore 2. immobile 3. nocturnal 4. bore

5. silhouette 6. wretched 7. retrieved 8. cease

9. unforgettable 10. haste 11. effortless 12. excelled

13. concluded 14. jolted 15. weary 16. free

a. d. p. m.
to bring back to a active at night to recover or regain do extremely well
former condition

g. b. i. n.
incapable of moving the outline or general easy able to do something
shape of something at someone’s own
will; at liberty

L. h. e. o.
to weary by dullness impossible to forget to stop; discontinue fatigued; tired
or tedious
repetition

c. f. j. k.
miserable speed to determine to make alert
 Definition Match Answer Key

1. a 2. g 3. d 4. L

5. b 6. c 7. p 8. e

9. h 10. f 11.i

12. m 13. j 14. k

15. o 16. n
 Challenge
In a text of your choice,
find your own examples of
sentences with context
clues that help determine a
word’s meaning. Fill in your
examples on the grid.
Challenge: Context CLues