Merriam-Webster Elementary Dictionary - Prestwick House

[Pages:2]Merriam-Webster's

Elementary Dictionary

--SCAVENGER HUNT--

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. What is the number of the last page in the dictionary? _ _________________________________________________ 5. How many pages of words starting with the letter "Q" 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 marathon. How many syllables does it have? ___________________________________________ 9. Turn to the I section in your dictionary. What is the first noun that has two syllables?__________________________ 10. What is the first word in the O section of the dictionary that includes a picture?_ ___________________________ 11. What is the last word in the J section of the dictionary? ________________________________________________ 12. Look up the word mauve. Mauve is a shade of ________________________________________________________ 13. Look up the word forsythia. Forsythia is a type of _ ____________________________________________________ 14. What is the first adjective in your dictionary that starts with the letter "w"? _________________________________ 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. A 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 that include pictures? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 _________, an ____________, and a _________

Merriam-Webster's

Elementary Dictionary

--SCAVENGER HUNT--

Name: ________________________________________________________ Date: _________________

Use a dictionary to answer the following questions:

1. Write the name of the dictionary. ____________________________M__e_r_r_ia_m__-_W_e_b_s_t_e_r_'s_E__le_m__e_n_t_a_r_y_D_i_c_t_io_n_a_r_y____ 2. What is the first word listed in the dictionary?_____________________________________a_____________________ 3. What is the last word listed in the dictionary? _____________________________________z_y_g_o_t_e________________ 4. What is the number of the last page in the dictionary? _ ____________________________8_2_4___________________ 5. How many pages of words starting with the letter "Q" are in the dictionary? ___________5_____________________ 6. Look up the word head. In addition to being a noun, it is also an ______a_d_j_e_c_ti_v_e______ and a________v_e_rb________ 7. Look up the word croquet. Croquet is a type of ___________________________________g_a_m__e_________________ 8. Look up the word marathon. How many syllables does it have? ______________________t_h_r_e_e_________________ 9. Turn to the I section in your dictionary. What is the first noun that has two syllables?_____ib__e_x__________________ 10. What is the first word in the O section of the dictionary that includes a picture?_ ______o_a_s_i_s_________________ 11. What is the last word in the J section of the dictionary? ___________________________ju__v_e_n_il_e_______________ 12. Look up the word mauve. Mauve is a shade of ______________________________p_u_r_p_l_e_/_v_i_o_le__/_li_la_c___________ 13. Look up the word forsythia. Forsythia is a type of _ _______________________________b_u_s_h__/_fl_o_w__e_r__________ 14. What is the first adjective in your dictionary that starts with the letter "w"? ____________w_a_c_k_y_________________ 15. What is the first word in the K section of your dictionary that ends with the letter "o"? __k_a_n_g_a_r_o_o______________ 16. Look up the word roadrunner. A roadrunner is a type of _ _________________________b_i_rd___________________ 17. Look up the word ladybug. How many syllables does it have? ______________________t_h_r_e_e_________________ 18. Turn to the C section of your dictionary. What are three words that include pictures? ________c_a_b_,_c_a_b__a_n_a_,_c_a_d_d_i_s_f_ly_,_c_a_l_l_ig_r_a_p_h_y_,_c_a_m__e_r_a_,_c_a_m__p_s_it_e_,_c_a_n_d__id_a_t_e_,_c_a_n_t_i_le_v_e_r_,_c_a_p_i_to__l,_c_a_p_s_u_l_e________ 19. Turn to the Q section of your dictionary. Name a bird that starts with the letter "q."_____q_u_a_i_l_________________ 20. Look up the word back. In addition to being a noun, it is also an __a_d_v_e_r_b__, an ___a_d_je__ct_i_v_e__, and a ____v_e_rb___

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