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8th Grade Context Clues Practice Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Context clues let a reader figure out an unfamiliar word from the words around it. There are 6 sheets for 8th grade here, all with answer keys. Students find synonym clues in an Erie Canal article and across pairs of sentences about deep sea vents, antonym clues in debate speech lines and contrast clues signaled by whereas, unlike and rather than. An imagined journal of an ice crossing covers five clue types, and a route puzzle checks antonym clues. The sheets practice L.8.4.A.

Frequently Asked Questions

The writer gives the meaning again in other words, often after or, that is or in other words. Workers had to excavate, that is, dig out, the canal. Synonym Clues in History Articles practices this.

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