Let’s learn to use context clues!
Context Clues Worksheets
Part of reading comprehension involves using the other words in a sentence or passage to understand an unknown word. An author often includes hints, or clues, to help the reader expand vocabulary and grasp the meaning of the passage. Skill in using context clues enables a reader to comprehend advance texts. Below are free, printable worksheets to help your student hone this skill. They may be used at home or in class. Be sure to check out all of our reading worksheets. If you're looking for more activities, check out www.readingvine.com's context clues reading passages.
Word Meaning Game
Here’s a fun game for context clues!
Word Meaning Game 2
More of the fun context clue game!
Find the Meaning from the Text
Your student will find the word meanings in the words from “The Velveteen Rabbit.”
Finding the Meaning with Clue Words
In this worksheet your student will learn about helpful clue words for finding the meaning of unknown words.
Look for the Meaning
Your student will determine the meaning of a word by using context clues in this worksheet.
Play the Word Meaning Game!
This context clue game uses slightly more advanced words.
Word Detective: The Ugly Duckling
It’s word detective time with this context clue worksheet featuring “The Ugly Duckling.”
Word Discovery
In this worksheet your student will use context clues to find the word meaning.
Context Clues: The Secret Garden
With a passage from “A Secret Garden,” this worksheet helps your student find the meaning of unknown words.
Context Clues: Using the Helpful Grid
This worksheet includes a grid to help your student determine word meanings.
Context Clues: Words in Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic is the text for this worksheet on context clues.
Context Clues:The Meaning Is There!
This worksheet helps your student learn to find the meaning of unknown words with context clues.
Determine the Meaning
Your student will select the word with a similar meaning in this context clue worksheet.
Using Context: Complete the Grid
The context clue grid in this worksheet helps your student discover the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Analyzing Words with Context Clues
A riveting piece of journalism provides the text for this context clue worksheet.
Look Around! Meaning in Context
It’s all about spotting the context clues in this worksheet!
Shakespeare’s Language: Using Context Clues
It’s time to decipher Shakespearean English using context clues!
Using Antonyms for Context Clues
In this worksheet, if you understand the antonym, you understand the word!
Using Context Clues with Literature
Finding the meaning with context clues is the focus of this middle school worksheet.