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10.57 Use Context Clues Worksheet

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Worksheet Overview & Skills Covered

Core academic competencies and curriculum alignment

This World Literature English worksheet provides structured practice on 10.57 Use Context Clues. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Skill 10.57: Use Context Clues Standard ELA.10.57: Grade 10 vocabulary and word study skill focus: Use Context Clues.

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Grade

World Literature

Subject

English

Domain

English Curriculum

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

The enervating heat drained the hikers, turning confident strides into slow shuffles by noon.

As used above, "enervating" most nearly means

Arefreshing and cooling

Bbright and colorful

Csudden and surprising

Dweakening and exhausting

Solution & Explanation:Choice D is correct because weakening and exhausting. The surrounding words and ideas point to that meaning in context, not to an unrelated dictionary meaning.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

The scientists waited for propitious conditions: clear skies and steady winds that would make the launch safe.

As used above, "propitious" most nearly means

Adangerous

Bordinary

Cfavorable

Dimpossible

Solution & Explanation:Choice C is correct because favorable. The surrounding words and ideas point to that meaning in context, not to an unrelated dictionary meaning.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Because the plan was malleable, the committee could reshape it as new information arrived without starting over.

In the passage, "malleable" most nearly means

Afragile and likely to break

Bflexible and able to be changed

Cillegal under the rules

Dboring and repetitive

Solution & Explanation:Choice B is correct because flexible and able to be changed. The surrounding words and ideas point to that meaning in context, not to an unrelated dictionary meaning.

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QWhat grade level and standards does this worksheet align with?

This worksheet is designed specifically for World Literature English students. It aligns with educational standard ELA.10.57 (Grade 10 vocabulary and word study skill focus: Use Context Clues.).