Use Context Clues to Determine Word Meanings: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.4.A

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1

Using the sentence below, what does the word "image" mean?

Look at the images in the photo book. They show happy family memories.

picture

words

mind

places

Explanation

We can use context clues from the sentences to help us decide what "image" means.

"Look at the images in the photo book. They show happy family memories."

Photo books usually have pictures in them. An image is a picture.

2

Using the sentence below, what does the word "giggling" mean?

The clown was so funny. This girls could not stop giggling at his jokes.

laughing

funny

stomping

crying

Explanation

We can use context clues from the sentences to help us decide what "image" means.

"The clown was so funny. This girls could not stop giggling at his jokes."

When jokes are funny we normally laugh. Giggling means laughing .