Deducing Meaning from Context

Learn how to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words from context. Practise using clues in a text to understand new vocabulary more confidently.

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Clear advice on using context and word clues to guess meaning.

Practical reading tips for understanding unfamiliar vocabulary in context.

Overview of B2 reading question types, including understanding words and phrases from context.

Practice choosing meanings and identifying the clues that help you.

Interactive quiz for guessing vocabulary meanings from sentence clues.

Self-study reading tasks with practice deducing unfamiliar vocabulary from context.