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Vocabulary in Context

Junior High 6 questions
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What vocabulary in context means

You work out a word's meaning by looking at the sentence around it. This helps you understand passages faster and answer reading questions with more accuracy.

What you will practise

  • Use nearby words to guess an unfamiliar word
  • Match a word to its meaning in context
  • Choose clues from the sentence to support your answer
  • Check whether a word means angry, weak, or unwilling

Before you start

You should be able to read simple sentences with confidence. It also helps if you know common words and basic opposites.

Not confident yet? Work through Reading Comprehension first.

Worked example

One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.

Question

In the sentence "The teacher was furious when the pupils were noisy", the word furious means

  • very angry
  • very happy
  • very tired
  • very hungry
Answer: very angry

Working: Furious describes a state of being very angry.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Picking the first meaning you know instead of the one used in the sentence
  • Ignoring clue words that show feeling, strength, or willingness
  • Confusing similar words such as angry and annoyed
  • Answering from memory without checking the full sentence

Curriculum and exam alignment

Ghana GES Basic 7 to 9 syllabusBECE

This skill usually appears in Junior High School English reading and word study work. It supports comprehension tasks at Basic 7 to Basic 9 and prepares you for BECE reading questions.

Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.

Related skills

Other Comprehension & Vocabulary Booster skills in English, at the same point in the course.

Other English topics

Early Reading and WritingSHS English and LiteratureAcademic and Professional WritingGrammarVocabularyReading Comprehension

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Exams that assess vocabulary in context

Junior High work on this skill feeds directly into these exam papers. Each page lists the English topics that appear on it.

BECEBECE practice questionsFree BECE practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.GESGES practice questionsFree GES practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.WASSCEWASSCE practice questionsListed as a related subject on the WASSCE practice page.

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