STUDY SKILLS 9 USING the DICTIONARY

TRUE or FALSE: The dictionary is a valuable tool, and you can benefit greatly by owning it.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: Paperback dictionary is a kind of dictionary that you should kept in the room where you study.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Paperback dictionary is one you can carry with you while desk0size, hardcover edition, should kept in the room where you study.

TRUE or FALSE: Hardbound dictionaries contain a good deal more information than paperback editions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: Dictionaries are often updated to reflect changes that occur in the languages.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: If your computer is connected to the Internet, you find it hard to check words online.

• TRUE

• FALSE

It is the first bit of information, in the boldface entry itself.

• Syllabication

• Pronunciation

• Spelling

• Vowel Sounds

It is the third bit of information in the dictionary entry. It also helps you how to pronounce the words.

• Syllabication

• Pronunciation

• Spelling

• Vowel Sounds

It is the second bit of information that the dictionary gives, also in the boldface entry. It separates each syllable (or part) in the word.

• Syllabication

• Pronunciation

• Spelling

• Vowel Sounds

The symbol looks like an upside-down e. It stands for the unaccented sound in such words as ago, item, edible, gallop, and circus.

• Vowel Sounds

• Accent Marks

• Full Pronunciation

• The Schwa

What is the past participle form of the verb eat?

• ate

• eating

• eaten

• eats