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. economy
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
2. contributions
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
3. area
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► A particular geographic region.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
4. commotion
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
5. unsightly
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
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.