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What is a dictionary?
A reference book that contains words which are arranged in alphabetical ordergives information about word meaning, pronunciation, etymology and uses
An etymological dictionary
traces a word’s development over timegives examples to show how a word has
changed over timeOn-line etymological dictionary
http://www.myetymology.com/
A Rhyming Dictionary
words are grouped together by their end sounds
used more frequently in poetry than prose
Rhymes
e.g. run & sun
sand & and
A glossary
A list of words or phrases and their meanings
often found at the back of a book as an appendix
What is alphabetical order?Words start with ‘A’ are grouped together; words start with ‘B’ are grouped together, and
so on.Look at the first letter eg. apple, catIf words start with the same letter, look at the
second letter eg. sing, slideIf the two letters are the same, look at the third
letter, and so on. eg. chair, change
Exercise 1
Organize these words in alphabetical order
a) fox giraffe animal monkey animal fox giraffe monkeyb) white candy shirt grape candy grape shirt whitec) pretend phone perhaps photo perhaps phone photo pretendd) see sew servant serve see servant serve sew
Which of the words below would fit between the two words underlined alphabetically?
Exercise 2
Example: few and pen mat egg gift farm pencilA. mine and mouse minor map mark minister moralB. sand and send same stamp seek see sawC. monkey and money mouse moon monk mop Monday
How do I Use A Dictionary?• Guide Words
Two guide words at the top of each page
1.the first word at the top of the page
2. the last word on the page
The words on the page fit between the two guide words.
Exercise 31. Turn to p.844 of your dictionary
2. What is the guide word on this page? otherwise3. Circle the words that you can find on this
page? other outback ocean our
Exercise 4
Find the following words. On which pages can you find them?
1. angry
2. sausage
3. excellent
p.45p.1069p.407
References
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/dictionary-types.html
Support Materials and Exercises for Dictionary Skills