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. affect
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
2. apprehensive
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
3. conclude
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
4. document
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
5. acquire
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
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.