This Grade 3 worksheet introduces definition context clues, where an unknown word is explained in the same sentence. Students work with short examples that use signal words like 'or' and 'which means' to set off a quick definition. Kids practice sentence correction, fill-in, and true or false questions. Every item includes a hint and why so Grade 3 readers understand how definition clues work and strengthen their vocabulary.
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Context Clues
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
A cartographer helps travelers find their way.
Rewrite: A cartographer, or mapmaker, helps travelers find their way.
2. Fix the sentence:
The archaeologist studies old things from long ago.
Rewrite: The archaeologist, a scientist who studies ancient objects, works at the dig.
3. Fix the sentence:
We saw a nocturnal animal in the dark forest at night.
Rewrite: We saw a nocturnal animal, one that is active at night, in the dark forest.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A cartographer, or a mapmaker, draws maps of cities.
2. An herbivore is an animal that eats only plants.
3. The meteorologist, a person who studies weather, predicts rain.
4. A lexicon, which means a dictionary, lists word meanings.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. Grade 3 readers can use a definition inside a sentence as a context clue.
True False
2. A definition clue never uses commas around the meaning.
True False
3. The phrase 'or a mapmaker' can define the word cartographer for Grade 3 readers.
True False
Context Clues
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
A cartographer helps travelers find their way.
Rewrite: A cartographer, or mapmaker, helps travelers find their way.
2) Fix the sentence:
The archaeologist studies old things from long ago.
Rewrite: The archaeologist, a scientist who studies ancient objects, works at the dig.
3) Fix the sentence:
We saw a nocturnal animal in the dark forest at night.
Rewrite: We saw a nocturnal animal, one that is active at night, in the dark forest.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A cartographer, or a mapmaker, draws maps of cities.
2) An herbivore is an animal that eats only plants.
3) The meteorologist, a person who studies weather, predicts rain.
4) A lexicon, which means a dictionary, lists word meanings.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) Grade 3 readers can use a definition inside a sentence as a context clue.
True
False
2) A definition clue never uses commas around the meaning.
True
False
3) The phrase 'or a mapmaker' can define the word cartographer for Grade 3 readers.
True
False
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