English for today Class Eight, Unite 4, Lesson 5 : Looking up words in a dictionary
Unit Four
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Lesson 5 : Looking up words in a
dictionary
A. Talk in groups about the text in Lesson 4 and about the
questions below. Then read the text.
1.
Is there any connection between the alphabet and a dictionary?
2.
What do you understand by alphabetical order?
The
words in a dictionary are presented in alphabetical order. It follows the
alphabetical order of letters. It means words starting with the letter D will
be before the words starting with the letter E. In the same way words starting
with the letter F will come after the words starting with E.
Again
the words starting with the same letter are also arranged one after another in
alphabetical order in the dictionary. For example, the words dark, doctor and
deep all start with the letter D. These words appear in the dictionary in the
order of dark, deep and doctor.
To
find the words with a letter, look at the words at the top of the page.
While
doing the activities, use a dictionary or a dictionary page as much as you can.
B. Arrange the following words in alphabetical order.
entertainment,
knowledge, culture, art, painting, thought, interest, heritage, yellow, future
C. Work in pairs. Arrange the following words under the
letter ' S' in alphabetical order as they appear in the dictionary.
single should system
sufficient
solar source steel
sweet
D. Find and write the words coming between the words 'tea'
and 'technique' under the letter 't' in your dictionary.
E. Show in which order are the following words
arranged in Lesson 3.
fit fitted fitful fitness fitting fitter fitment
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