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. establish
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. impending
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► A measurement one can compare to.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
3. grueling
► To completely engage the attention of.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
4. element
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
5. unsightly
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
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.