CN:

UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST

Basic Education Department
Manila

ACTIVITY NO. 2.6

Name: Gabe Austin Bondoc ____________________ Score: ____________________

Grade and Section: 9-Gold_ _____________________ Date: 10/20/20______________
SUBJECT:
Filipino English Science Math AP TLE Values MAPEH

Activity Title: Types of Context Clues __________________________________

Type of Activity: Individual Activity __________________________________________________
Learning Target: Apply strategies to identify unknown words using context clues.______________
Reference: ___________________________________________________________________________
CONCEPT NOTES:
Context clues are hints of information that help us figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Context
clues are the words and sentences that surround a word and help explain the word’s meaning. Context
clues are hugely important because their comprehension and effective usage leads to academic success.
They can increase the child’s vocabulary, reading comprehension, and make children better readers.

TASK 1: Read the passage and then answer the questions after reading the passage.
1. What does veritable mean? Truthful
2. If something is infinite, it does not _____. end
3. What is a synonym for antipathy? Hostility
4. An advance in science is a move: Forwards
5. If communications break down amid chaos, they break down: in the midst of chaos
6. Another word for feeble is: weak
TASK 2: Study the different types of Context clues on pages 76-78 and then answer the activity
on pages 78-79. (Asynchronous time)
1. Meaning: large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use.
Context Clue: Antonym or Contrast
2. Meaning: a natural or synthetic substance used to add a color to or change the color of something.
Context Clue: Definition or Explanation
3. Meaning: a main branch of a tree.
Context Clue: Inference and Conclusion
4. Meaning: unable to think clearly.
Context Clue: Cause and Effect
5. Meaning: an independent person or body officially appointed to settle a dispute.
Context Clue: Definition or Explanation
6. Meaning: generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person.
Context Clue: Inference and Conclusion
7. Meaning: accept something reluctantly but without protest.
Context Clue: Cause and Effect
8. Meaning: describe or portray (something) precisely.
Context Clue: Synonym or Restatement
9. Meaning: lasting for a very short time.
Context Clue: Cause and Effect
10. Meaning: move along slowly, typically in a small irregular group, so as to remain some distance
behind the person or people in front.
Context Clue: Inference and Conclusion