English · Stage 2
Clues in the Sentence
Vocabulary — work out what a new word means from the words around it
✦ English📘 Stage 2 · S2⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 6–7★ Free to start
work out the meaning of a new word from the sentence around it — the sentence gives the clue
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Kavi Finds a Mystery Word
Kavi was reading and bumped into a word he did not know. "Don't stop!" he hooted. "The other words are clues. If a book says a puppy was famished and had not eaten all day, then famished must mean very hungry. Let's use the clues to unlock new words!"
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What your child will learn
1Find the clue for the new wordTap each line in order. A new word is in bold. The nearby words tell you what it means.
2New word → clue → meaningWhen you meet a word you don't know, read the rest of the sentence. The nearby words are the clue.
3Four new words from cluesTap each card to hear the word and its meaning. The clue in each sentence helped us work it out.
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A peek inside
Read this: "The elephant was so enormous it filled the whole doorway." What does enormous mean?
clue = filled the whole doorway → something very big
Try this at home: What are the words around a new word called, that help you work out its meaning?
Part of English · Stage 2 · S2 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.