Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

NameDateCOURSE: Destination Reading IVUNIT 11: Who Are You?: Finding OutThrough TechnologyTMVocabulary Strategy: Context Clues(Homophones and Homographs)Complete the following items to practice the vocabularystrategy for this unit.Read the sentences below. Then, use context clues to determinethe meanings of the bold words. Circle the correct definition.LearningObjective:• Use context cluesto determinethe meanings ofhomophones andhomographs.1. With a microwave, you can reheat a meal in seconds.A. noun: an increment of timeB. noun: another serving of a dishC. adjective: coming next after the first© 2008 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Your Turn is a trademark of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.2. Because of this appliance, you don’t have to wait as long for meals to cook.A. verb: to remain until something expected happensB. noun: how heavy something isC. verb: to serve food at a meal3. The food that people used to store in cellars can now be refrigerated.A. noun: a person who sells somethingB. noun: a room below groundC. noun: a small container for salt4. You can check how much you weigh using a scale.A. noun: the watery part of milkB. noun: a directionC. verb: how heavy something is5. When driving to a new place, you can use a map to help you figure out theroute.A. verb: to completely defeat an armyB. noun: the path travelled from one place to anotherC. verb: to direct someoneDestinationReading

NameDateTMNow, use context clues to determine the meaning of the homophone orhomograph in each sentence. Write the definition of the boldfaced word onthe line.1. Documents you once had to initial or sign now allow electronic signatures.2. A simple medication can treat an illness that was a mystery years ago.3. New technology has raised a new set of problems.4. Broken down cars need to be towed to the junkyard.5. Sensors on the things you buy sound an alarm if you leave the storewithout paying.6. Some movies are censored for children under 13.7. Airplanes make it easier to roam around the world.8. Computers and the Internet have become symbols of technology andforward progress.© 2008 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Your Turn is a trademark of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.DestinationReading

NameDateTM9. You can have a rose sent anywhere in the country with online flowerdelivery.10. Rundown and unsafe buildings are razed so new ones can be built in theirplace.© 2008 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Your Turn is a trademark of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.DestinationReading