Context Clues - Week 8

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CONTEXT Clues CONTEXT = Look at the words/phrases around the difficult word. Write the meaning of the highlighted words from their context: the words surrounding the new vocabulary word.

1. “. . . has found a new faster.”

training method to courage his pupils to swim

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2. “ ‘Swimming up and down a pool can be quite boring,’ says a member of the squad.” ___________________________________________________________________

3. “’I’ve noticed a different atmosphere in the club. The children have become a lot closer . . .” ___________________________________________________________________

4. “It’s free to swim around as it pleases. The swimmers don’t

race the crocodile.”

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5. “The swimmers don’t race the crocodile. It usually just stays in the shallow water.” ___________________________________________________________________

6.

“Some people don’t think it’s a good idea. They think it’s cruel and they’ve phoned the pool’s manager to complain. The Australian Institute of Sport has criticized Mr. Davies.” ________________________________________________________________ ___

7. “The crocodile has come from the tourist park so it’s quite friendly. However, we put

tape around the crocodile’s mouth and cut its claws, just to be sure. ___________________________________________________________________

8. “’. . . we put tape around the crocodile’s mouth and cut its claws, just to be sure. We’ve never had any problems.’” ___________________________________________________________________

_________________________ 2 July, 2009 M3 - ESC Write the vocabulary word on the line underneath its definition.

training shallow

squad complain

atmosphere tape

race claws

1. Not deep. _______________________________________________________ 2. A competition between people, animals or cars to see which is the fastest _______________________________________________________ 3. To say you are not satisfied, or unhappy about something. _______________________________________________________ 4. Teaching a person to do something which is difficult and needs practice. _______________________________________________________ 5. One of the long, curved nails on the end of an animal’s or bird’s foot. _______________________________________________________ 6. A group of people who work as a team. _______________________________________________________ 7. The mood or feeling of a place or situation. _______________________________________________________ 9. A long, narrow band of plastic, etc. with a sticky substance on one side that is used for sticking things together. _______________________________________________________

Oxford Student’s Dictionary of English. Oxford University Press: 2001