Grade Six English
Answers to last week’s exercises:
Grammar
1 a) I don’t like any of these dresses.
b) I like none of these dresses.
2 a) They couldn’t go anywhere last night.
b) They could go nowhere last night.
3 a) We didn’t see anybody on the entire trail.
b) We saw nobody on the entire trail.
4 a) Mary hasn’t got any money for lunch today.
b) Mary got no money for lunch today.
5 a) Haven’t you heard of William Shakespeare?
b) Have you ever heard of William Shakespeare?
Comprehension
1) D 2)C use the correct tense for your topic.
COMPREHENSION WITH MY FRIEND
-Read and discuss these notes.
THE DICTIONARY
The dictionary is a book which lists in alphabetical order and explains the words of a language. In the English dictionary the following can be found:i. pronunciation ii. syllabication iii. parts of speech iv. etymology v. different meanings of the same word.
Usually, at the front of the dictionary there is a pronunciation guide which would help you to interpret the pronunciation symbols.
Here are some explanations for you.
• Guide words – These are found at the top of the page. They are the first and last words which are defined on that page.
• Special Spelling – This follows the entry of each word to show how to pronounce the word.
• Syllabication – This is indicated by dots between syllables e.g. cut. lass
• Part of Speech – This label follows the pronunciation. e.g. n-noun; (pron.)- pronoun
• Definitions – These follow the part of speech and are numbered if there are several.
• Etymology- This is the word origin and may be shown at the end of an entry e.g. [L] Latin
THE DICTIONARY AS A REFERENCE AID
The dictionary may also be used as a source of reference to find the following about places: population location geography history
Also, there may be abbreviations, weight and measure, alphabet used in other languages, main countries of the world and punctuation marks.
ON MY OWN Exercise 1.
USING THE DICTIONARY
Use your personal dictionary when necessary to answer these questions in compete sentences.
1. What name is given to the words at the top of each dictionary page? 2. How many meanings does the word diet have?
3. What is the meaning of the word tranquility?
4. From which language did the word cutis originate?
5. Why is the dictionary an important reference book.
Exercise 2
Read the instructions carefully then Then draw a heavy black line through the letter (A, B, C or D ) which is near the answer you choose.
1. The guide words on pages 84- 85 of a dictionary are and CAPITAL. Which line contains all the words which will most likely be found on the double page spread?
A) candy, canteen, cane, capitalism
B) candle, canvas, cancer, cape
C) capsule, canoe, carbon, camera
D) canary, cake, cage, camp
Choose the row of words which is written in
2. A) pharmacy, specimen, technician, porter
B) casualty, doctor, hospital, medicine
C) specialist, surgeon, ward, vaccine
D) ambulance, injured, patient, emergency dictionary order.
3. A) distance, disguise, discord, disrupt, disown B) discord, disown, disguise, disrupt, distance C) disown, disguise, discord, distance, disrupt D) discord, disguise, disown, disrupt, distance Goodbye boys and girls!
CANCEL