Dictionary

Exercises
3.1 Use the dictionary to find/check the answers to the questions
1. What does dreadful mean?
The meaning of dreadful is inspiring dread, bad, awful, frightful, shocking; terrible.2. How do you pronounce lose? (Is it the same as “choose” or “chose”?)
lz is pronounce as lose. Is it the same as choose
3. What part of the speech is choose?
Choose is a verb.
4. What part of thespeech is homesick?
Homesick is an adjective.
5. Homework and chaos are both nouns, but what type of noun are they?
Homework and chaos are both nouns and are common , abstract and uncountable.6. What adjectives are often used before chaos? (give two examples).
Bad, horrible, dreadful are the adjectives used before chaos.
7. What two prepositions are often used after choose?
To, between,from are the preposition used after choose.
8. Write down a sentence example of choose used with a preposition.
Between a river or beach, I choose beach because is more funny.

3.2 When youlook up a word, you can also use your dictionary to increase your vocabulary by learning related words and phrases. Find out if your dictionary helps you to answer these questions, also about words fromthe opposite page.
1. Choose is a verb, but what is the noun with the same meaning?
Choice is the noun with the same meaning.
2. Advice is a noun, but what is the verb with the same meaning?The verb with the same meaning of advice is advise.
3. Advice is also uncountable, but you can make it countable using another word. Can you complete the sentences: ‘He gave me a very useful piece ofadvice’
4. What adjective is formed from chaos?
The adjective formed from chaos is chaotic.
5. What the opposite of dirty?
The opposite of dirty is clean.
6. What is the difference betweenhomework and housework?
The difference between homework and house work is:
-Homework refers to task assigned to students by teachers to be completed mostly outside of class, and derives its name from...