Dictionary Skills

Guide words are the words printed at the top of a dictionary page that indicate the first and last words on that page.

To find a word, look at the guide words to determine which page it might be on, then scan the page alphabetically.

A part of speech is a category of words with similar grammatical properties, such as noun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

A verb is a word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being.

Words are in alphabetical order when they are arranged based on the first letter of each word, then the second letter, and so on.

A dictionary entry provides information about a word, including its definition, part of speech, pronunciation, and sometimes its origin.

The origin of a word refers to the language or source from which the word is derived.

A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word, while an antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning.

You can tell by looking at the part of speech listed in the dictionary entry.