Name: ____________________________ Dictionary Skills
Finding Words In a Dictionary
If you want to find a word quickly in a dictionary,
think about whether you d find the word in the
front, middle, or back.
In the front of the dictionary, you ll find words...
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Name: ____________________________ Dictionary Skills
Finding Words In a Dictionary
If you want to find a word quickly in a dictionary,
think about whether you d find the word in the
front, middle, or back.
In the front of the dictionary, you ll find words starting with A, B, C, D, and E.
In the middle, you ll find words starting with F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, and P.
In the back, you ll find words starting with Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.
Tell where each word would be found in the dictionary.
Write front, middle, or back.
1.
jacket - ________________ 2.
storm - ___________________
3.
blizzard - ________________ 4.
hail - ___________________
5.
thunder - ________________ 6.
rain - ___________________
7.
tornado - ________________ 8.
gust - ___________________
9.
breeze - ________________ 10.
snow - ___________________
11.
Which word is closer to the front
of the dictionary- freeze or icicle? ________________________
12.
Which word is closer to the back
of the
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