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Grade 3 Context Clues

Free Grade 3 printable context clue worksheets with 1–50 questions and an answer key.

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Vocabulary in Context

Read each sentence. Use its clues to choose the missing word.

1.The audience was ___; everyone watched the show without looking away.fascinated / distant / tired
2.Tariq ___ the game until the rain stopped and moved it to a later day.postponed / forgotten / started
3.The directions were ___; they named each step to follow.precise / gentle / distant
4.Nora ___ at the clock, then continued working.underground / glanced / carelessly
5.The two solutions were ___; both worked in almost the same way.opposite / similar / unfinished
6.The team shared the work and helped one another. They ___.disappeared / competed / cooperated

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Grade 3 learners can use sentence clues to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

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