Resources for Teachers and Students
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
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
2. potential
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
3. relationship
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
4. observe
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
5. pertinent
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
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