Dictionary Skills - Part 1

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Dictionary skills: Part 1

Knowing what part of speech each word is can help you place the word correctly in a sentence.

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Exercise 1: Parts of speech

What parts of speech are these words?

Look at each word and decide what part of speech it is.

Note that some of them have more than one function.

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cheap ​ ​

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earn ​

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full ​

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flat ​ ​ ​

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flight ​

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guess ​

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hard ​

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kind ​

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On the online dictionary click on WORD FORMS to see the different forms of the word.

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​Irregular past tenses

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bend

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bleed

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burst

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cling

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creep

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deal

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dig

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flee

In the online dictionary, look for OTHER ENTRIES

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Compounds

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business ____________ – a special area for offices and small factories

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cash ____________ – the place in a shop where you pay for your goods

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coffee ____________ – a short period of time when you stop working to drink something

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ice ____________ – a small piece of ice you put in a drink to make it cold

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luggage ____________ – a shelf above the seats on a train or bus used for storing bags during a journey

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taxi ____________ – a place where taxis wait for customers

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weather ____________ – a report on likely weather conditions for a period of time in the future

These give very brief definitions for each meaning in the order of priority in which they are presented in the dictionary

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These words all have more than one meaning in English. Fill the gaps using the words in the list.

Main Meanings

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base lowest ​ ​

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of something (sth)

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part

temperature

cooked

cooking

full

periods

higher

serving

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dish for cooking/​ ​

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food

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serving

temperature

part

cooking

full

periods

higher

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fill make something (sth) ​

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full

temperature

cooking

cooked

part

periods

higher

serving

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hot very high in ​

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temperature

cooked

cooking

part

full

periods

higher

serving

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lift move to ​

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position

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higher

temperature

cooking

cooked

part

periods

serving

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pan container for ​

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cooking

cooked

temperature

higher

part

periods

serving

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raw not ​

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cooked

temperature

cooking

part

periods

higher

serving

full

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season one of four ​

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of the year

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periods

temperature

cooked

cooking

part

higher

full

serving

Adding a suffix usually changes the class of the word (for example, verb to noun).

For example:

Root/Base word: Entertain (verb)

Suffix: -ment

New word: Entertainment (noun)

Word building

​Word-building

Adding a suffix can mean the class of the word remains the same but the meaning of the new word changes.

For example:

Root/Base word: quest (noun)

Suffix: -ion

New word: question (noun)

Word change

Adding a suffix can cause a spelling change.

For example:

Root/Base word: supervise

Suffix: -or

New word: supervisor

​​Spelling Change

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct noun form of this verb

CORRECT

• CORRECTION

• CORRECTAGE

• CORRECTENCE

• CORRECTESS

Multiple Choice

PERMIT

• PERMITTANCE

• PERMISSION

• PERMITANCE

• PERMITTERY

Multiple Choice

EXPLAIN

• EXPLAINAGE

• EXPLANANCE

• EXPLANATION

• EXPLAINERY