Real-life examples of using a dictionary to understand new words (5th grade)

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔍 A dictionary helps you find the meaning of words you don't know.
• 📖 Dictionaries also show you how to pronounce words correctly.
• ✍️ They provide information about the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc.).
• 🌍 Dictionaries can tell you the origin or history of a word.
• 💡 Some dictionaries include example sentences to show how a word is used.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of these is the MOST important reason to use a dictionary?

   1. To find out how many letters are in a word.
   2. To learn the meaning of a word.
   3. To see if a word is long or short.
   4. To find words that rhyme.

   5. You are reading a book and encounter the word "effervescent." What should you do FIRST?

      1. Ask a friend what it means.
      2. Skip the word and keep reading.
      3. Look up the word in a dictionary.
      4. Guess the meaning based on the surrounding words.

      5. The dictionary entry for the word "run" includes (v). What does this tell you?

         1. "Run" is a vowel.
         2. "Run" is a verb.
         3. "Run" is a very common word.
         4. "Run" is a valuable word.

         5. You want to know how to say the word "onomatopoeia" correctly. Where can you find this information?

            1. In an encyclopedia.
            2. In a thesaurus.
            3. In a dictionary.
            4. In a cookbook.

            5. Which part of a dictionary entry tells you where a word originally came from?

               1. The pronunciation.
               2. The etymology.
               3. The definition.
               4. The part of speech.

               5. You read the sentence: "The verdant hills stretched out before them." Using a dictionary, you learn that "verdant" means:

                  1. Dry and barren.
                  2. Covered in snow.
                  3. Green with vegetation.
                  4. Rocky and steep.

                  5. Why might a dictionary provide multiple definitions for the same word?

                     1. Because the dictionary is trying to confuse you.
                     2. Because words can have different meanings in different contexts.
                     3. Because the dictionary is not sure of the correct meaning.
                     4. Because all words have the same number of definitions.
                     Click to see Answers

                     1. B
                     2. C
                     3. B
                     4. C
                     5. B
                     6. C
                     7. B