Context Clues:
Directions: Fill in the blanks so that the sentences and the story make sense! You must use ALL of the words in the word bank and only use the words once!
WORD BANK:
Motive red herring sleuth breakthrough Suspect witness alibi hunch Deductive reasoning inductive reasoning
The Case of the Missing Cheeseburgers
Billy was an angry man. He was jealous that all of the other guys in town got to eat cheeseburgers for free. Every ___1____ in town knew this, so when they were assigned to the case of the missing cheeseburgers, their first _____2_____ was Billy! Billy would definitely have a ____3____ to steal cheeseburgers, since he was so bitter and angry about the situation.
Detective Sesame was at the crime scene, Mama’s Burger Joint, collecting clues. While collecting clues, he was very careful not to jump to any conclusions, as a ________4_________ had distracted and fooled him before! He questioned all of the employees, but nobody saw anyone leave with cheeseburgers: “Oh, no! No _____5_____!?” exclaimed Detective Sesame. “How am I supposed to catch this burger burglar if nobody saw him??”
Detective Sesame and his partner Detective Angus didn’t give up. They went straight to Billy’s house to see if he knew anything about this. They thought maybe they could catch him in a lie. They wrapped on his door.
“Billy, where were you two nights ago??” They knew he wasn’t going to have a good answer. They were wrong. Billy had an ______6____. He was at work and his boss could prove it.
Days went by and there wasn’t a ______7________ in the case. No new clues. The detectives used their logical thinking. They eliminated many possible suspects by ________8________. Then, Detective Sesame got a ____9_____; he had a feeling that he didn’t get all of the information from the employees. He went back to Mama’s Burger Joint and re-interviewed three of the cooks and one cleaner. Finally, he put all of the pieces of the puzzle together through _____10_______. He figured out what happened to the missing cheeseburgers!! Did you??
1. Suspect
2. hunch
3. motive
4. red herring
5. witness
6. alibi
7. breakthrough
8. deductive reasoning
9. hunch
10. inductive reasoning