USING THE DICTIONARY

I. Use your dictionary to Iook up the underIined word in each of the

foIIowing sentences. Find the meaning that best fits the context.

a. Children often miss their beds when they are far from home.


b. The hotel could not bed all the tourists.


c. Wound healing, or wound repair, is an intricate process in which the skin
(or another organ) repairs itself after injury.


d. The wound will start healing after the application of the treatment


II. Look up the word in boId print in your dictionary and say what part of speech it
is

1. Run: a) Adjective b) Verb c) Adverb

2. SiIver: a) Adverb b) Pronoun c) Noun


III. Using your dictionary, choose the best answer for each question.

a. The word timid means: a) shy b) rude c) loud d) terrible

b. The word tame means: a) funny b) gentle c) wild d) stupid

c. How many syllables does the word student have? a) four b) three c) two
d) one

d. The plural of mouse is: a) mouse's b)mouses c) mice d) mices

e. On what syllable do we place the accent in the word ministry?

a) first b) none c) second d) third