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3 Cmoun rd 4
Rview 20
4 Prt f th Bdy 24
5 Gt Mving! 30
6 Pole 36
7 Pole Actin 42
Rview 48
8 Fmily 52
9 At Hm 58
0 Lt’ Et! 64
Rview 70
1 Animl 74 2 Bug 80
3 ht’ Tht Sun? 86
Rview 92
4 Ntur 96
5 In th City 02
6 hl ie Wrl 06
Rview 12
i Inex 16
Anwrs 19
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Word ListREAD the words and their meanings.
ad• jec•tive—AJ-ihk-tihv noun a word that describessomething, like pretty or blue
def•i•ni•tion—dehf-uh-NIHSH-uhn noun the meaning of a word
de•scribe—dih-SKRIB verb to make a picture withwords, like “a pretty girl in a blue dress”
dic•tion•ar•y—DIHK-shuh-nehr-ee noun a book filledwith definitions of words
mean•
ing—MEE-nihng noun the idea of a word, whatit means
noun—nown noun a word that stands for a person,place, or thing
verb—verb noun a word that stands for an action,
like run
Lok I Up
A d j e c t i v e
A d j e c t i v e
D e s c r i b e D e s c r i b e
D i c t i o n a r y
D i c t i o n a r y M e a n i n g M e a n i n g
NounNoun
Verb Verb
D e fi n i t i o nD e fi n i t i o n
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1Match the MeaningWRITE the words next to their definitions. LOOK at the word box for help.
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1. to make a word picture
2. the idea of a word
3. an action word
4. a word for a person, place, or
thing
5. a word that describes something
6. a book filled with definitions
7. the meaning of a word
adjectivenoun
definitiondescribe
dictionaryverb
meaning
describe
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ABC-123Words in a dictionary go in alphabetical order. That means words that start with “A”
go before words that start with “B.”READ the words in the word box. Then WRITE them in alphabetical order.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5. 6.
7.
8.
machineballoon
octopustrouble
jellyangry
whisperlearn
angry
A B C D E F G H I J K LMNO P Q R S T U VWX Y Z
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Pick the OneA dictionary tells you whether a word is a noun, adjective , or verb.
Those are parts of speech.CIRCLE the correct part of speech for each word.
HINT: If you’re not sure, look up the words in a dictionary.
1. eat noun adjective verb
2. purple noun adjective verb
3. draw noun adjective verb
4. animal noun adjective verb
5. young noun adjective verb
6. wash noun adjective verb
7. tooth noun adjective verb
8. stove noun adjective verb
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Dictionary DareGuide words are the first and last words on a page in a dictionary. They help you figure out
if the word you’re looking for is on that page.READ the guide words. CIRCLE the word in each row that comes between them.
HINT: The words are in alphabetical order. Use the second letter of each word tofigure out which word should come in between.
1. folk g football food frost find
2. preschool g president peace puppy present
3. trade g train tuck taxi traffic
4. robot g roller coaster recess rock rumble
5. babble g balloon bagpipes beaver blob
6. mold g money missile monarch mucus
7. uniform g unlucky umpire useless unique
8. haunt g hazy hawk hero hungry
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Blank OutA dictionary also tells you how many syllables a word has. A syllable is each part of
a word that takes one beat to say. So mean has one syllable and meaning has twosyllables. A dot shows the break for each syllable: mean• ing .
READ each word out loud. Then WRITE the number of syllables.
1. ad• jec•tive
2. def•i•ni•tion
3. de•scribe
4. dic•tion•ar•y
5. mean•ing
6. noun
7. syl•la•ble
8. verb
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