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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's 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. minority
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
2. knoll
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
3. malleable
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
4. current
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
5. source
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant