3. Reread these sentences from the passage. We worked hard to make our farm profitable and in time were able to hire convicts who had
recently been freed to work the land with us. My father bought more land with his profits and
became a respectable member of the community. I took on more and more carpentry work until
could earn a living at my trade.
Use context clues to figure out the meaning of profitable and write it on the line below. Then
circle a word or phrase you used as a clue to the meaning.
(5 Points)