Dictionary skills

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Dictionary skills

have your dictionary at the ready!

On what part of your body would
you wear galoshes?

Which word comes first in the dictionary?

1. contraband
2. boycott
3. boy-band
4. contradict

American or British English:
vacation

1. AE
2. BE

Bonus question: what is the British word for vacation?

How are an emu and a grouse
alike?

Which word comes first in the dictionary?

1. gorilla
2. gorgeous
3. group
4. great

American or British English:
pavement

1. AE
2. BE

Bonus question: what is the American word for pavement?

In which order do you find these words in a dictionary?

spy-glass

squadron

spinach

sparkling

sporty

stability

square

staircase

What color is an emerald?

Which word comes first in the dictionary?

1. strange
2. study
3. student
4. stranger

American or British English:
biscuit

1. AE
2. BE

Bonus question: what is the American word for biscuit?

Does a jackal look like a dog,
a horse, or a walrus?

Which word comes first in the dictionary?

1. shoulder
2. school
3. scholar
4. solid

Is an impala a mammal, bird, a sea creature or a dinosaur?

What would you keep in a larder?

Which word comes first in the dictionary?

1. photography
2. photographic
3. photograph
4. photographer

If you were on a brig, what type
of vehicle would you be riding?

Woorden staan niet altijd hetzelfde in het woordenboek zoals ze in de teksten staan. Zie jij het verschil?

Wel zo in het woordenboek

Niet zo in het woordenboek

took

predictable

applied

tipically

cargo

necessary

injuries

cattle

Which word comes first in the dictionary?

1. handy
2. hard
3. heat
4. hand

A zither is a musical instrument.
Would you pluck it or blow into it?

What type of animal is a wren?

On which page do you find: nevertheless?

What is the Dutch translation of: nevertheless?

All of these words are parts of the body.                    Which of these words are also verbs (werkwoorden)? Look them up in the dictionary and drag them to Verb!

Verb

arm

head

leg

eye

stomach

hand

toe