JSC English First Paper | Unit: 4, Lesson: 5 | Check your reference | 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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Lesson: 6 | Meanings of words