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. attentive
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► What something does or is used for.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
2. narrate
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► A process of compensation for losses.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
3. economy
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
4. foresight
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
5. clarify
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
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.