Sentence Clues  

 Vocabulary 25B 

Using
Sentence
Clues

Phrases can be
clues to help you
understand the
whole sentence.

I needed grease
to lubricate the
bike chain.

grease,
lubricate

Use the red highlighted phrase as a clue.

Corn was  ?  that year
and the tribe had
more
than enough
for winter.

1.  abundant  scarce
   abundant  

Some of you think the
 ?  is a
bird that brings
babies
to people.

2.  stork  doctor
________

The teacher was almost
 ?  by the boy's quite

convincing arguments
.

3.  mad  persuaded
________

Jim built a wonderful
 ?  with
two masts
and very colorful sails
.

4.  schooner  canoe
________

The Northwest  ?  was
a vast land
explored
by Lewis and Clark.

5.  Territory  Sea
________

She had to overcome
her habit to  ?  a nasty
case of nail biting.

6.  digest  conquer
________

In an  ?  to learn skiing,
the girls had
to try hard
to keep their balance.

7.  attempt  aloof
________

The pressure of the
championship
game was
starting to  ?  our team.

8.  relax  distress
________

In reply to the question,
Sue confidently  ?  that
she had never been there.

9.  answered  asked
________