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PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS ARTICULATION DICTIONARY USE
UNIT – C
REFERENCE SKILLS
9. DICTIONARY USE
Primary uses of a dictionary
Dictionary:
Spelling, pronunciation, grammatical function, meaning.
How to refer a word?
·
Alphabetical Arrangement
·
Guide Words
ALPHABETICAL
ARRANGEMENT
·
Note that all entries are arranged in
alphabetical order. Words are arranged according to their first letter. Words
beginning with the same letter are arranged according to their second letter.
Example: able, action
·
On the top of every page, you will find two
words in bold type. The word on the left is found as the first word on the
page. The word on the right is the last word on the page. These two words are
called ‘Guide Words’. They guide you to the word you are looking for.
·
Each word defined in a dictionary is called
an entry word. The entry word is printed in dark type.
·
The spelling of the word comes right after
the entry. This special spelling shows the word’s pronunciation, or how to say
it aloud.
·
The letter or letters after the pronunciation
tell the part of speech. Most dictionaries use abbreviations.
·
The definition tells the meaning of the word.
When a word has more than one meaning, the definitions are numbered.
·
Some dictionaries show the infected forms of
the word.
·
Some definitions have an example sentence
that shows how the word is used.
REARRANGE
THE FOLLOWING WORDS AS THEY WOULD APPEAR IN A DICTIONARY.
(starvation, fatty, calories,
vegetarian, nutrition, dairy, protein, pumpkin, preserve, pepper, peel, potato)
Ans: calories, dairy, fatty, nutrition, peel,
pepper, potato, preserve, protein, pumpkin, starvation, vegetarian.
(a)
Find the guide words which will help you to look up each of the following
words. You can refer to any dictionary.
|
Word |
Guide
Words |
|
|
buffalo |
brow |
bugbear |
|
element |
electrode |
eloquence |
|
forest |
forego |
forsake |
|
language |
landgrave |
laser |
|
persuade |
periwinkle |
pertain |
b)
Write the full form of the following abbreviations used in the dictionary.
1) pl 2) pp 3) ∼ 4) fm l 5) v 6)
adj
7) N [U] 8) N [C] 9)
prep 10) sth 11) sb 12)
Adv
Ans:
1) pI — plural
2) pp — past partIciple
3) ∼ — replaces the headword of
an entry
4) fmI — formal
5) v — verb
6) adj — adjective
7) N [U] — Noun uncountable
8) N [C] — Noun countable
9) prep — preposition
10) sth — something
11) sb — somebody
12) Adv — Adverb
(c)
Read the following sentences and use the dictionary entry on the word
“collapse” in different contexts and complete the table below.
1. All the buildings in the
town collapsed in the earthquake.
2. He had pneumonia and one
of his lungs collapsed.
3. The terrorists caused a collapse of communications in the
fishing village.
4. The children collapsed with laughter as they watched
the clown’s antics.
5. The collapse of the rupee caused an economic
crisis in the country.
|
Sentence
No. |
Part
of Speech for ‘collapse’ |
The
sentence talks about |
Dictionary
meaning and number for collapse |
|
1) |
Verb |
buildings |
to fall down or fall in
suddenly (1) |
|
2) |
Verb |
lungs |
to fall in and become
flat (7) |
|
3) |
Noun |
communication |
failure (1) |
|
4) |
Verb |
children |
started laughing
uncontrollably, (no meaning given in the list is suitable) |
|
5) |
Noun |
rupee (currency) |
a sudden fall in value
(4) |
