Reading Comprehension #14019

Practice Exercise 4 B

Context Clues

  1. Use context clues to help you pick the word or words that mean the same as the underlined words in
    the story.
1. inclination a. preference
b. slope
2. watch a. keeps time
b. view with your eyes
3. glasses a. drinking container
b. binoculars
4. shoot a. to kill
b. a young plant
5. game a. to play
b. the hunted
6. hold a. grasp with hands
b. storage area in a boat
7. fire a. discharge a gun
b. to burn
8. jam a. to stick
b. a fruit spread
9. shell a. part of a bullet used in a gun
b. outer part of a nut
10. handle a. the part grasped by your hand
b. to control

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