Tag Archives: context clues

Corrupt (adj) and Corruption (n)

Here are a pair of context clues worksheets on the noun corrupt and the adjective corruption. As I looked at these this morning, I realized that one could, with a minimum of work, turn the noun worksheet into a verb worksheet.

Something else to think about, I guess.

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Naive (adj)

Over the years, I’ve developed a lot a material to aid struggling students As the documents pile up, I don’t always succeed at properly cataloging them. At least that is the best explanation I can produce to explain how I ended up with these two context clues worksheet for the adjective naive. I imagine this is a word that students know when they leave high school–but I like to make sure.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Quota (n)

Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun quota. By any measure, this is a key word for any vocabulary.

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Array (n) and Array (v)

Here are two context clues worksheets on the word array, the first as a noun and the second as a verb.

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Errant (adj)

Here is a context clues worksheet on the adjective errant. You may know it means: “a : straying outside the proper path or bounds <an ~ calf>  b : moving about aimlessly or irregularly <an ~ breeze>  c : behaving wrongly <an ~ child>  d : FALLIBLE,” (Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (Kindle Locations 143332-143334). Merriam-Webster, Inc.. Kindle Edition).

You can use it to say things like “As he is wont to do, at his professional development session the principal advanced an argument of errant nonsense.”

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Entrepot (n)

Although it doesn’t appear often in texts in secondary school texts (I did encounter it frequently in text while working on my undergraduate degree), entrepot might pop up once or twice. While I realize that might be a relatively thin rationale for the existence of this context clues worksheet on the noun entrepot, I offer it to you nonetheless.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Sacrifice as a Noun and a Verb

Here are two context clues on the word sacrifice, the first of which uses it as a noun, the second as a verb.

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Revolve (v)

If memory serves, I wrote this context clues worksheet on the verb revolve last fall to attend a lesson on the French Revolution, so that students could understand what happens to governments and societies in revolutionary situations. Of course, there are any number of uses for this document.

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Omen (n)

Over the years, I’ve found that I can take little for granted in terms of the prior knowledge that my students possess, a fact that moved me to write this context clues worksheet on the noun omen.

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Inscrutable (adj)

You might find this context clues worksheet on the adjective inscrutable useful. It’s a good word to know when discussing the motivations of people, particularly characters in literature.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.