📚 Topic Summary
Dictionary skills are essential for understanding new words and expanding your vocabulary. Sometimes, you'll come across a word you don't know, but the sentence it's in can give you hints about its meaning. These hints are called context clues. Using context clues and your dictionary together will make you a word detective! This worksheet will help you practice using context clues to confirm the correct definition from a dictionary.
📖 Part A: Vocabulary
Match the word to its correct definition. Draw a line connecting them.
| Word |
Definition |
| 1. Flourish |
a. To move with a sudden jerky motion |
| 2. Wince |
b. To grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way |
| 3. Grueling |
c. Extremely tiring and demanding |
| 4. Emerge |
d. To become known or apparent |
| 5. Lurch |
e. To move out of or away from something and come into view |
✍️ Part B: Fill in the Blanks
Read the paragraph and fill in the blanks with the correct word from the vocabulary list above.
The farmer hoped his crops would ________ after the rain. The marathon was a ________ race, leaving the runners exhausted. The cat ________ from behind the bush. He saw the needle and ________, anticipating the shot. The bus began to ________ forward, nearly causing everyone to fall.
🤔 Part C: Critical Thinking
Think about a time you learned a new word. Did you use context clues to figure out what it meant? Explain how you figured out the meaning of the new word.