Vocab Lesson 1 Homework

 10. A completely phonetic spelling of the phrase "tough luck"

8. Dictionary publicists often publish both abridged and unabridged versions.

7. Pear and pair are _____ words.

The first English dictionary with word entries was published in the 1600s. True or False?

9. A reason you might abridge a play

10. You can find dictionaries of homonyms, antonyms, and abbreviations.

7. They must also consider changes in pronunciation for their phonetic representations.

8. After the conference on child development, a _____ of the lectures was published.

4. Reading material that many people browse through

9. Encyclopedia _____ are in alphabetical order.

5. When reading ancient Greek texts, it is helpful to have a good _____.

4. I found information for my geography report in a _____.

1. The oldest dictionary that we know about is a compendium of word lists.

10. I included many _____ of primary sources in my history report.

There is only one type of dictionary. True or False?

6. The _____ for the word origin showed that it comes from the Latin oriri, which means...

1. Andrew _____ through the books on the library shelf.

2. The most likely etymology of the word "student"

2. This was the first English dictionary to have real entries.

8. Sean enjoys _____ in stores, but he has a hard time deciding what to buy.

5. Today's dictionaries are researched by teams of lexicographers.

3. Sometimes it is necessary to _____ a long story to keep people's attention.

5. Someone who would most likely receive a citation for bravery

2. I checked several _____ in the dictionary.

1. The best title for a compendium of literature

3. An example of homonyms

1. Many young children use _____ spellings; for example, they might write enuff instead...

4. The first etymological dictionary was published in 1721.

9. When writing a research paper, it is important to _____ your sources.

6. Yoshi checked a _____ to find out the names of important rivers in Africa.

5. The _____ text was much shorter than the original version.

4. The _____ of essays by Mr. Rongo's seventh-grade class was distributed to the whole school.

8. Information you would find in a gazetteer

6. Each year, these researchers collect over 100,000 citations of word use to support their...

7. The usual entry to a house

Most dictionaries are put together by one or two language experts. True or False?

10. The _____ studied the origins of English words.

2. The _____ of medicine includes many scientific words.

3. In 1703, Lawrence Echard wrote the Gazetteer's or Newsmen's Interpreter.

Challenge: Dictionary _____ include a word's pronunciation, definition, and _____.

7. In their writing, people often confuse the _____ there and their.

6. A reason why you would consult a lexicon

3. The _____ spelling showed that the final e in the word is silent.

9. Browse through any large bookstore, and you will see hundreds of different types.