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UNIT 5: Math as Art: Moving Beyond the Numbers
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Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues
(Synonyms and Antonyms)
Complete the following items to practice the vocabulary
strategy for this unit.
Use context clues to help you choose the correct word to fill in the
blank. Then say whether the underlined word and the word you
chose are synonyms or antonyms.
Learning
Objective:
• Use knowledge
of context clues
to determine
the meaning of
synonyms and
antonyms.
past
pain
truthful
fuzzy
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friends
1. Paul had an ache in his back, but the
went away after he
took some aspirin.
2.Tom’s aunt gave him a woollen sweater that is
and warm.
3.My brother prefers to watch new movies about the future, but I like to watch
old movies from the
.
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4.Jennifer thought the mean dog next door and her cat would be
enemies, but they curled up together like best
.
5. Denise almost lied and said that she didn’t take the cookies from the jar,
but her mother told her to be
so Denise decided to be
honest instead.
Use context clues to help you decide whether the underlined words are
synonyms or antonyms.
tackle him. Dennis, who had often tackled Jeff during practice, thought Jeff
was a weak player.
2.Mr. Ringle had quite a bit of knowledge about mathematics. On the first day
of school, I could barely keep up with all the new information he taught us.
3.Cassie told me that the space station cost a large amount of money to
build. I asked her how much, but she couldn’t remember an exact
number.
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1. Jeff thought he was a tough football player, because other players couldn’t
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4. When the other team advanced, they ran toward us with frightening
speed. We were so scared that we retreated to the goal line.
Read the following sentences. Explain how you can use context clues to figure
out the meaning of the underlined word.
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1. Building model airplanes is a hobby of Gretchen’s, but I don’t share that
interest.
2.Tim said there was a pattern in the painting, but there were so many
different colors and shapes that it looked like chaos to me.
3.The sign on the museum exhibit said that the document, which I could
barely read, had to be kept under glass because the paper was so old and
fragile.
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