Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
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Q 1/11
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Barney tells Fred that he “never could make heads or tails of sums or spelling.”
What does this sentence mean?
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Barney thought it was difficult to understand subjects at school.
Barney tossed a coin to decide what to study first.
Barney had trouble learning how to spell “heads” and “tails.”
Barney disliked learning about animals.
Q 2/11
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Read the sentence:
My brother has a hard and fast rule against others using his things when he is not home.
What does the idiom "hard and fast" mean in the sentence?
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strict
direct
speedy
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Barney tells Fred that he “never could make heads or tails of sums or spelling.”
What does this sentence mean?
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L.7.5.A
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Read the sentence:
My brother has a hard and fast rule against others using his things when he is not home.
What does the idiom "hard and fast" mean in the sentence?
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L.7.5.A
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Read the sentence:
While waiting for the results of my math test, I paced the hallway restlessly.
What feeling does the word "restlessly" suggest?
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L.7.4.B
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Why is “human wave” enclosed in quotation marks in paragraph 2?
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L.7.4.A
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In the context of paragraph 5, what is the meaning of "unveiled"?
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L.7.4
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Based on the context of paragraph 11, what is antagonism?
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L.7.4.A
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According to the selection, why is there controversy over the creation of the wave?
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Why did the author include the subheading “The Science of the Wave”?
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How does the first sentence affect the reader’s understanding of the rest of the selection?
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L.7.4.A
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Which statement gives support to the assertion that George Henderson created the wave?
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What is the summary of the section “The Science of the Wave”?
