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. method
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
2. observe
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
3. element
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
4. destination
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
5. weather
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
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.