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Looking up words in a dictionary

অষ্টম শ্রেণি (মাধ্যমিক) - English for Today - Check your reference | | NCTB BOOK
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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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