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Dictionary Skills - Part 1

Dictionary Skills - Part 1

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English

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Hard

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Liam Egan

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8 Slides • 34 Questions

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Dictionary skills: Part 1

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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

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What parts of speech are these words?

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

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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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Dropdown

guess
​ ​

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hard

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Dropdown

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

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In the online dictionary, look for OTHER ENTRIES

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

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

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 ​ ​
of something (sth)
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part
temperature
cooked
cooking
full
periods
higher
serving

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dish for cooking/​ ​
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 ​
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 ​
of the year
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periods
temperature
cooked
cooking
part
higher
full
serving

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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

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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

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Multiple Choice

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Choose the correct noun form of this verb

CORRECT

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CORRECTION

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CORRECTAGE

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CORRECTENCE

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CORRECTESS

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Multiple Choice

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PERMIT

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PERMITTANCE

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PERMISSION

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PERMITANCE

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PERMITTERY

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Multiple Choice

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EXPLAIN

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EXPLAINAGE

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EXPLANANCE

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EXPLANATION

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EXPLAINERY

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