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English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 1 Reading Foundation - Context (Questions)

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When students see a word that they don't understand, they should use the rest of the sentence to figure out the word. With first graders, they should confirm and self-correct the word recognition. The first graders will still need to use context clues to figure out unknown words. There are clues in a sentence to understand what is happening in the sentence. In the quiz, the students will use the context clues to figure out the definition of the capitalized word.

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1. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
My FAVORITE color is red. I have a red shirt. I have a red room. I have a red bike.
[ ] Hate it
[ ] Best
[ ] Ugly
[ ] Dark
2. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
I told a joke. My friends will LAUGH at it.
[ ] To be mad
[ ] To cry
[ ] To giggle
[ ] To be sad
3. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
Karen put her toys away. She made her bed. Karen's room is CLEAN.
[ ] Dirty
[ ] Neat
[ ] Bad
[ ] Happy
4. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
I like pizza. My sister hates pizza. We are DIFFERENT.
[ ] Sisters
[ ] Pretty
[ ] The same
[ ] Not the same
5. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
The food tasted TERRIBLE. The men had to spit it out.
[ ] Very good
[ ] Very bad
[ ] Very hot
[ ] Very cold
6. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
The girl picked up her PENCIL. She began to write on the paper.
[ ] A line
[ ] A stick
[ ] Something people write with
[ ] Something people paint with
7. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
The boy got a good grade. He felt WONDERFUL.
[ ] Very sad
[ ] Very happy
[ ] Very mad
[ ] Very dark
8. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
Mom went to sleep. She woke up TOMORROW.
[ ] The next day
[ ] Today
[ ] The day before
[ ] Never
9. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
The boy threw the ball. I CAUGHT it in my hand.
[ ] To grab
[ ] To let go
[ ] To toss
[ ] To drop
10. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
I wrote five sentences. I wrote a PARAGRAPH.
[ ] One word
[ ] A few words about one thing
[ ] One sentence
[ ] A few sentences about one thing
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English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 1 Reading Foundation - Context (Answers)
1. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
My FAVORITE color is red. I have a red shirt. I have a red room. I have a red bike.
[ ] Hate it
[x] Best
[ ] Ugly
[ ] Dark
Favorite means that someone likes it the best.
2. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
I told a joke. My friends will LAUGH at it.
[ ] To be mad
[ ] To cry
[x] To giggle
[ ] To be sad
Since a joke was told, people will giggle or laugh.
3. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
Karen put her toys away. She made her bed. Karen's room is CLEAN.
[ ] Dirty
[x] Neat
[ ] Bad
[ ] Happy
When a room is clean, it is neat.
4. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
I like pizza. My sister hates pizza. We are DIFFERENT.
[ ] Sisters
[ ] Pretty
[ ] The same
[x] Not the same
Since one person likes pizza and the other does not, they are not the same.
5. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
The food tasted TERRIBLE. The men had to spit it out.
[ ] Very good
[x] Very bad
[ ] Very hot
[ ] Very cold
Since the men spat the food out, it probably tasted bad.
6. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
The girl picked up her PENCIL. She began to write on the paper.
[ ] A line
[ ] A stick
[x] Something people write with
[ ] Something people paint with
A pencil is something people write with.
7. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
The boy got a good grade. He felt WONDERFUL.
[ ] Very sad
[x] Very happy
[ ] Very mad
[ ] Very dark
Since the boy made a good grade, he would be very happy.
8. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
Mom went to sleep. She woke up TOMORROW.
[x] The next day
[ ] Today
[ ] The day before
[ ] Never
The mother went to sleep so she probably woke up the next day.
9. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
The boy threw the ball. I CAUGHT it in my hand.
[x] To grab
[ ] To let go
[ ] To toss
[ ] To drop
If you caught something, you grabbed it.
10. Read the sentence. What does the capitalized word mean?
I wrote five sentences. I wrote a PARAGRAPH.
[ ] One word
[ ] A few words about one thing
[ ] One sentence
[x] A few sentences about one thing
A paragraph contains several sentences.