Which guide words would show me the dictionary page for "subtraction?"
sandal - separate
sublet - subtle
subset - subway
subject - submarine
Which dictionary entry would tell me the length of the longest river in the world?
Africa
Nile
Missississippi
Egypt
What guide words would direct me to information about the Niger River?
next - nickname
new - nicotine
nickname - nitrogen
nilotic - nitrogen
What part of a dictionary entry tells me how to pronounce a word?
phonetic spelling
etymology (word origin & history)
part of speech
definition
What does adj. next to a dictionary word mean?
The word is an adjective.
The word is a verb.
The word is a noun.
The word is an adverb.
Which guide words would direct me to the entry for the capital of Italy?
italic - itinerary
robin - run
rib - roll
palm - paris
What word would I look up to find the past tense of this?
dove
swim
dive
swam
What entry would tell me the word history and origin of this?
Hindi
India
jungle
forest
Marie-Antoinette was an Austrian princess who became Queen of France. What would I look up to find out when she was beheaded?
France
Austria
queen
Marie-Antoinette
Sir Isaac Newton wrote about the law of universal gravitation in a book, Principia, that he published in 1687. What would you look up to learn more about gravity?
Newton, Isaac
gravity
law
Isaac Newton
What would you look up to find when William Shakespeare was born?
Shakespeare, William
famous playwrights
William Shakespeare
genius
What guide words would direct you to what this animal is doing?
doctor - doll
dander - daughter
doggeral - dogma
daisy - data
Which pair of guide words is INCORRECT?
zen - zoo
buck - buzzard
queen - queue
armadillo - arch
Alpaca is a Quechua word. What would you look up to find out what part of the world it comes from?
Peru OR Ecuador
altiplano OR Bolivia
alpaca OR Quechua
Andes OR alpaca
Why do dictionaries exist?
To give us the meaning and other facts about words.
To take up space on bookshelves.
To help us learn about geography.
To solve math problems
What would you look up to find how long the Trojan War lasted?
war, Trojan
mythology
Troy
Trojan War
