6th Grade Common Core | Reading Literature Worksheets - Free Printable

Here’s the completed Context Clues Worksheet (Writing Part 1) with correct word choices and explanations for each answer.

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✔ Completed Worksheet:

1. The teacher had great _influence_ over his students.
→ *Influence* means the power to affect or change someone’s behavior or opinions. Teachers often have influence over students.

2. Do you know when the movie will be _available_?
→ *Available* means something that can be obtained, used, or accessed. Movies become “available” at a certain time (e.g., in theaters or streaming).

3. That boy has a great _ability_ to learn.
→ *Ability* refers to skill or talent in doing something. Having a “great ability to learn” means he learns easily or quickly.

4. Will you give me the _opportunity_ to succeed?
→ *Opportunity* is a chance or favorable moment to do something. Asking for the “opportunity to succeed” means asking for a chance to try and do well.

5. The play was performed in front of the _audience_.
→ *Audience* is a group of people watching a performance. Plays are performed “in front of the audience.”

6. Did you measure your _height_ when you grew up?
→ *Height* is how tall someone is. Measuring height is common as children grow.

7. I hope that all your teachers _support_ you.
→ *Support* means to encourage, help, or stand behind someone. Good teachers support their students.

8. She had to _convince_ her mom to let her go.
→ *Convince* means to persuade someone to believe or do something. She needed to persuade her mom.

9. What _instrument_ do you play?
→ *Instrument* refers to a musical device (like piano, guitar, drums). This question asks about a musical instrument.

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📚 Vocabulary Review:

Here are the words from the box with simple definitions:

- influence – power to affect others
- height – how tall someone or something is
- audience – group of people watching or listening
- support – to help or encourage
- available – able to be used or obtained
- instrument – tool or device, especially musical
- opportunity – a chance to do something
- convince – to persuade someone
- ability – skill or talent

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✔ Final Answer Key:

1. influence
2. available
3. ability
4. opportunity
5. audience
6. height
7. support
8. convince
9. instrument

This worksheet helps students use context clues — surrounding words — to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. Great job practicing! 🎯