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. sabotage
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
2. convey
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
3. narrate
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► To completely engage the attention of.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
4. momentum
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
5. reference
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
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.