After You Read

Vocabulary – Strategy 1: Using the Context to Understand Words

1.

The word SWEET has several meanings. Each sentence below has a word that could be replaced by SWEET.

Identify the word that means SWEET in each of the sentences below. The correct answers will turn blue when you click on them.

  1. “Good morning, my dear. Would you like sugar in your coffee?”
  2. “You’re coming home to see your father and me? Fantastic!”
  3. “I’m supposed to cut down on sugary drinks and snacks.”
  4. “Roshan ate one candy after another until the package was empty.”
2.

Verbs, or action words, such as DROP may combine with a preposition or pronoun to make a phrase. The meaning of the phrase is not exactly the same as the verb alone.

Identify the preposition or pronoun that can be used to fill in the blank after the verb DROP in each sentence below. Fill in each blank with one of the following prepositions or pronouns. Drag the preposition or pronoun into the correct blank:

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  1. Many first-year university students stop studying before a term is over. They drop .
  2. Roshan never travelled to his aunt’s home without a plan. He never dropped .
  3. When Roshan argued with his dad, his mother would say: Just drop .
  4. Kerry pulled over to the side of the road to drop Roshan .
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