CBSE Class 5 English Dictionary Skills Worksheet Set 01

Answer: To find or learn something for the first time.

Teacher's Note:
1. A dictionary meaning explains a word in simple terms.
2. Check that your meaning fits the word type, here a verb.

Answer: Great beauty or grandness, as in a splendid palace.

Teacher's Note:
1. Splendour is a noun.
2. Its related adjective is splendid.

Answer: Freedom from the control of others.

Teacher's Note:
1. India celebrates its independence on 15 August.
2. Use the word in a sentence to check you understand it.

Answer: A serious disagreement or a fight.

Teacher's Note:
1. Conflict can be a noun or a verb.
2. Write the meaning that matches the sentence you have read.

Answer: bake, delight, dinner, draw, drink

Teacher's Note:
1. Words on a page fall alphabetically between the two guide words.
2. Check the first letter, then the second.

Answer: fantasy, foil, foolish, green, group, hoping

Teacher's Note:
1. Fantasy comes just after fan, and hoping comes before ice.
2. Check each word against both guide words.

Answer: ignite, jump, little, loop, mirror

Teacher's Note:
1. Ignite comes after igloo because n comes after l.
2. Mirror comes before noise because m comes before n.

Answer: Yes. Crab comes after cat and before dog.

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare the first letters and then the second letters.
2. C-r comes after c-a, and c comes before d.

Answer: No. Cart comes before cat (r comes before t), so it is on an earlier page.

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare letter by letter until the words differ.
2. Here the third letter decides it.

Answer: No. Doll comes after dog (l comes after g), so it is on a later page.

Teacher's Note:
1. The first two letters match, so look at the third.
2. L is later in the alphabet than g.

Answer: Yes. Dance comes after cat and before dog (a comes before o).

Teacher's Note:
1. Words starting with d can lie before dog.
2. Check the second letter to be sure.

Answer: marsh, mass, match, mayor

Teacher's Note:
1. The first two letters are the same, so look at the third.
2. R, s, t and y are in alphabetical order.

Answer: guess, guest, guide, guilt

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare the fourth letters: s, s, d, l.
2. Guess comes before guest because s comes before t.

Answer: laser, launch, lawn, lead

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare the third letters: u, a, w, s.
2. Lead comes last because e comes after a.

Answer: trial, tribe, trick, trifle

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare the fourth letters: i, b, c, f.
2. So the order follows a, b, c, f.

Answer: ant, apple, arm, axe

Teacher's Note:
1. All start with a, so compare the second letters.
2. N comes first, then p, r and x.

Answer: can, car, cart, cat

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare the third letters: n, r, r, t.
2. Car comes before cart because it is shorter.

Answer: bread

Teacher's Note:
1. The first four letters match, so compare the fifth: d and k.
2. D comes before k.

Answer: v. (also written vb.)

Teacher's Note:
1. Dictionaries use short forms to save space.
2. Other common ones are n. for noun and adj. for adjective.

Answer: They mean adjective, a word that describes a noun.

Teacher's Note:
1. The part of speech is given after the headword.
2. Use it to pick the right meaning.

Answer: It is called the headword.

Teacher's Note:
1. Entries are arranged by headword in alphabetical order.
2. The meaning and an example sentence follow.