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
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
2. swarm
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Capable of doing many things competently
3. multitude
► Capable of doing many things competently
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
4. acquire
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► To completely engage the attention of.
5. attentive
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
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.