Context Clues

Lenny was late for his club meeting. He ran our of the house and slammed the door. He left in such HASTE that he forgot to take the key. He was very sorry when he got home and found that he had locked himself out!

I could see Neal and Jeffrey from a block away. They walked in my direction. As they APPROACHED, I could see from the look on their gace that they were happy.

There is a VACANT lot across the street from where I live. My friends and I use it as a playground because nothing is built on it. The only game we can't play there is "hide and seek," because there is nowhere to hide.

The air in the country smelled fresh. I walked by myself and sat down on a rock. The sun was about to set. I GAZED at the pretty colors in the sky for more than an hour.

The puppy was very little. When my mother picked it up, the puppy was frightened. It began to WRIGGLE. After a while, it felt safer and lay still.

My friends came to visit me when I was sick. They brought me some bright flowers to cheer me up. They sat and talked to me and made me feel better. My friends are very CONSIDERATE.

We have had our cat for six years. He is soft, and he lets us play with him. He is a good pet, and we ARE FOND OF him.

The boy in the water was drowning. The lifeguard swam out to where he was. He reached out and GRASPED the boy. Then the lifeguard brought the boy back to the shore.

I was running down the hall. When i got to the corner, Jill was there. She had been running too. We COLLIDED and we both fell. It's a good thing we didn't get hurt.

When people go camping, they must follow many rules. If they don't they can ruin the park. Some parks do not PERMIT people to camp. That is because they don't want people to damage the trees of leave garbage around.

The man knew it was coming for him and he was very scared. He saw the monster coming at him and his whole body began to TREMBLE.

I visited my uncle's horse ranch. He takes good care of his horses. He brushes their manes and bodies until they are clean and SLEEK.

My brother and I always used to argue over what to watch on TV. We asked our parents to buy another TV. They said that if we continued to QUARREL, they would get rid of the one we had. So now we don't QUARREL and take turns watching.

There was a show on TV last night that I wanted to watch. It started at 11 o'clock. By 10 o'clock I got DROWSY. I did not see the show because I couldn't stay awake late enough.

I like houses that have many windows. The light comes in and makes me feel cheerful. If the light cannot get in, then the house is GLOOMY.

I was helping my grandmother move. I carried a box of glasses carefully. Glasses are very FRAGILE. I did not want to damage any of them.

The store owner saw that no one was buying tomatoes at $1.39 a pound. He REDUCED the price to $1.00 a pound, and more people started to buy tomatoes.

The stairs in the house are made of wood. One of the stairs was so DECAYED that it fell through when I stepped on it. The carpenter came to fix it.

The library is a place I enjoy. It has to be quiet in a library so that people can read. When someone comes in and makes noise or talks in a loud voice, it DISTURBS me.

I have three friends who went to camp for the summer. Last week I wrote a letter to each friend. This week, two of them RESPONDED, but I still have not heard from the third one.

I couldn't lift the box by myself. I asked two of my friends to come and ASSIST. All three of us moved the box out of the way.

I like sports very much. So I decided to ENROLL in a swimming class. I paid fifty dollars. After that I could use the pool as often as I wanted.

As we walked in the woods, we saw a deer. We knew that we had to stand STILL or else the deer would get frightened and run off.

The little boy was new in the group. When we gave out the fruit during recess, I could tell that he wanted some. He did not ask for any because he was too TIMID.