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. source
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
2. construct
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► What something does or is used for.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
3. reflection
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
4. influence
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
5. diminish
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
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.