7. Since there are so many
words in a dictionary,
guide words are used to
help you locate a word
quickly.
What are guide
words?
8. Guide words are
found at the top of
each page. They tell
you the first and last
word that is found
on that page.
9.
10. How do guide words
help you find a word
quickly?each word
Instead of looking at
on a page, which could take
forever, you just look at the
guide words and then use what
you know about alphabetizing
words to decide if your word
would be found on that page.
11. Let’s pretend you
are looking up the
word, science. First
we would turn to the
S section
12. Then you would use
the guide words and
what you know about
alphabetizing words
to decide the correct
page in the S
section.
13. You would look at the
guide words at the
top of each page and
decide between which
ones our word would
come in alphabetical
order.
14. Let’s do that for the
word science-
Which one of
these pages
would contain
the word
15. science
The page with the guide words-
stamp - summer
Or the page with the words-
sandwich - seventy
16. science
The page with the guide words-
stamp - summer
Or the page with the words-
sandwich -
seventy
17. Dictionary entries have
multiple parts: entry term,
pronunciation, part of
speech, plural spelling, and
definition.
19. Dictionaries use abbreviations, or
shortened forms of words to make
definition lengths more
manageable.
adj. Adjective inter. interjection
adv. Adverb n. noun
approx. Approminately pl. Plural
Brit. British prep. Preposition
def. Definite sl. Slang
e.g. For example s.o. Someone
esp. Especially sth. Something
indef. Indefinite usu. Usually
inf. Informal v. verb