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. document
► The extent to which something matters; importance
2. counter
► The source or reason of an event or action
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
3. tactic
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
4. headway
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
5. observe
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
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.