Dictionary Skills

Between which guide words is the word engine found?

• A. emblem - empathy

• B. entertain - entrails

• C. empty - energy

• D. enfeeble - enhancd

2.Use this dictionary entry to answer question #2

pop, verb

1. to open wide
2. to move quickly
3. to make a short, sharp sound
4. to let go of

Read this sentence.

The car's tire mad a loud pop when it drove over the nail.

Which dictionary entry gives the BEST meaning for the word pop?

• A. Definition 1

• B. Definition 2

• C. Definition 3

• D. Definition 4

Use the dictionary entry to answer the following question.

rare, adj

1. Not often seen or found
2. excellent
3. not dense, then
4. cooked for a short time

Read this sentence.

Snow in San Diego is rare.

Which dictionary entry give the BEST meaning for the word rare as it is used in the sentence in the box.

• A. Definition 1

• B. Definition 2

• C. Definition 3

• D. Definition 4

4 Use the dictionary entry to answer the following questions.

break, verb

1. stop or interrupt
2. split into pieces
3. not follow
4. to tame or train

Read the sentence.

Please don't run around. I don't want you to break my mother's glass vase.

• A. Definition 1

• B..Definition 2

• C. Definition 3

• D. Definition 4