Practice - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

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You can figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word by using
context clues, the words around the unfamiliar word.
Read each sentence. Use context clues to help you define the
boldface word. Then write the letter of the best choice on the line.
1. During the game my opponent was the best player on the other team.
An opponent is .
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Vocabulary Strategy:
Use Context Clues
a. a competitor b. an ally c. a coach
2. The athletes trained at a high altitude because it is much more diffi cult to
run in the mountains.
Altitude is .
a. an underwater cave b. the height above sea level c. a plateau
3. The winning women’s basketball team looked regal with their gold medals
and fl owers on top of the podium.
Regal means .
a. deprived of food b. serious c. like royalty
4. Joe was accompanied by his guide dog, who escorted him into the
gymnasium.
To be escorted is to be .
a. complex b. guided c. called
5. For months the team practiced their maneuvers until the exercises became
natural to them.
Maneuvers are .
a. movements b. schedules c. relationships
At Home: Find an unfamiliar word in a favorite story. Then
make a poster that explains the word with context clues.
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