Types of Context Clues Worksheet, Free Printable
Solitary, obsolete and intercept are among five underlined words students define from their sentences, writing both the meaning and the clue that revealed it.

- Grades
- Grades 2–5, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Reading, Language Development, Vocabulary
- Topic
- Context Clues, Inference
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
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What's inside this resource
This worksheet is perfect for students who need help understanding how to use context clues to figure out definitions of unknown words in a sentence. This is a skill that is essential for reading comprehension.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Work out the meanings of words such as compensate and obsolete from the surrounding sentence
Skills covered
- Clue identification — writing the words in each sentence that reveal the meaning
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Core concepts
- Context clues
- Word meaning
- Vocabulary
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