Dictionary - School Specialty

[Pages:2]Dictionary

Scavenger Hunt

Worksheet

Name: ________________________________________________________ Date: _________________

Use a dictionary to answer the following questions:

1. Write the name of the dictionary. ____________________________________________________________ 2. What is the first word listed in the dictionary? __________________________________________________ 3. What is the last word listed in the dictionary? __________________________________________________ 4. How many pages does the dictionary have? ___________________________________________________ 5. How many pages of words starting with the letter "z" are in the dictionary? _________________________ 6. Look up the word head. In addition to being a noun, it is also an ______________ and a _______________ . 7. Look up the word croquet. Croquet is a type of _______________________________________________ . 8. Look up the word fluff. How many syllables does it have? ________________________________________ 9. Turn to the B section in your dictionary. What is the first noun that has three syllables? ________________ 10. What is the first word in the N section of the dictionary with a picture next to it? ____________________

11. What is the last word in the P section of the dictionary? __________________________________ 12. Look up the word mauve. Mauve is a shade of _________________________________________ . 13. Look up the word crocus. Crocus is a type of __________________________________________ . 14. What is the first adjective in your dictionary that starts with the letter "g"? ___________________ 15. What is the first word in the K section of your dictionary that ends with the letter "o"?

____________________________________ 16. Look up the word roadrunner. Roadrunner is a type of __________________________________ . 17. Look up the word ladybug. How many syllables does it have? ______________________________ 18. Turn to the C section of your dictionary. What are three words with pictures next to them?

_________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Turn to the Q section of your dictionary. Name a bird that starts with the letter "q."

____________________________________ 20. Look up the word back. In addition to being a noun, it is also an ____________, a____________,

and a ________________.

--From your friends at Merriam-Webster.

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