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Dictionary Skills (Part 1a)

Dictionary Skills (Part 1a). SKH CHU OI PRIMARY SCHOOL. What is a dictionary?. A reference book that contains words which are arranged in alphabetical order gives information about word meaning, pronunciation, etymology and uses. Purposes.  Find the meaning of words  Check spelling

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Dictionary Skills (Part 1a)

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  1. Dictionary Skills(Part 1a) SKH CHU OI PRIMARY SCHOOL

  2. What is a dictionary? A reference book that contains words which are arranged in alphabetical order gives information about word meaning, pronunciation, etymology and uses

  3. Purposes Find the meaning of words Check spelling Pronounce (say) words correctly

  4. Types of dictionary

  5. Bilingual dictionary gives words in two languages provides translations of the English word/ original

  6. Monolingual dictionary • uses the same language for the meaning/ explanation

  7. An etymological dictionary • traces a word’s development over time • gives examples to show how a word has changed over time • On-line etymological dictionaryhttp://www.myetymology.com/

  8. 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

  9. A mini-dictionary • a little dictionary • a pocket dictionary • designed to be carried around easily

  10. A thesaurus • Synonyms or words with similar meanings are grouped together

  11. A glossary • A list of words or phrases and their meanings • often found at the back of a book as an appendix

  12. 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, cat • If words start with the same letter, look at the second letter eg. sing, slide • If the two letters are the same, look at the third letter, and so on. eg. chair, change

  13. Exercise 1Organize these words inalphabetical order • a) fox giraffe animal monkey animal fox giraffe monkey • b) white candy shirt grape candy grape shirt white • c) pretend phone perhaps photo perhaps phone photo pretend • d) see sew servant serve see servant serve sew

  14. Which of the words below would fit between the two words underlined alphabetically? Exercise 2 Example: few and pen mat egg gift farm pencil A. mine and mouse minor map mark minister moral B. sand and send same stamp seek see saw C. monkey and money mouse moon monk mop Monday

  15. 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.

  16. Exercise 3 1. Turn to p.844 of your dictionary • What is the guide word on this page? otherwise • Circle the words that you can find on this page? other outback ocean our

  17. Exercise 4 • Find the following words. On which pages can you find them? 1. angry 2. sausage 3. excellent p.45 p.1069 p.407

  18. References • http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/dictionary-types.html • Support Materials and Exercises for Dictionary Skills

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