Context Clues for Multiple Meaning Words

Master multiple meaning words with context clues! Perfect for 6th & 7th grade.

Read this sentence and dictionary entry below:The banks of the Mississippi have slowly eroded over time.bank, noun. 1.an institution for receiving, lending, and exchanging money 2. a special storage place 3. a slope immediately bordering a body of water 4. a long pile or heapWhich meaning of the word bank is used in the sentence? definition 1 definition 2 definition 3 definition 4 Read this sentence and dictionary entry below:Martha is so strong in math, she has no peers in her grade level. peer, noun. 1.a person of the same legal status 2. a person who is equal in abilities verb 3. to come into view 4. to look narrowly or searchinglyWhich meaning of the word peer is used in the sentence? definition 1 definition 2 definition 3 definition 4 Read this sentence and dictionary entry below:Kiki wanted to move to Hawaii and disappear without a trace. trace, noun. 1. surviving mark or evidence of a former existence 2. a piece in a machine that transfers energyverb 3. to follow the footprints or tracks of 4. to follow around the shape of an objectWhich meaning of the wordtraceis used in the sentence? definition 1 definition 2 definition 3 definition 4 Read this sentence and dictionary entry below:Peter had to strike the match three times before he could get it lit.strike, verb. 1. to deal a blow as with a fist 2. to enter the mind of 3. to use friction to produce a spark 4. to make a military plan of attackWhich meaning of the wordstrikeis used in the sentence? definition 1 definition 2 definition 3 definition 4 Read this sentence and dictionary entry below:Marlena had to hail a ride every morning in New York City.hail, verb. 1. to cheer or salute 2. to approve enthusiastically 3. to call out to in order to stop 4. to pour downWhich meaning of the word hail is used in the sentence? definition 1 definition 2 definition 3 definition 4