LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.
Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary Words
Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!
1. deft
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
2. boundary
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
3. method
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
4. guarantee
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
5. monotonous
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch