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. interpret
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
2. pertinent
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
3. impact
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
4. majority
► More than half (50%) of some group
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
5. malleable
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary