Dictionary Skills - Part 1

Knowing what part of speech each word is can help you place the word correctly in a sentence.

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Exercise 1: Parts of speech

Look at each word and decide what part of speech it is.

Note that some of them have more than one function.

On the online dictionary click on WORD FORMS to see the different forms of the word.

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​Irregular past tenses

In the online dictionary, look for OTHER ENTRIES

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These give very brief definitions for each meaning in the order of priority in which they are presented in the dictionary

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These words all have more than one meaning in English. Fill the gaps using the words in the list.

Main Meanings

Adding a suffix usually changes the class of the word (for example, verb to noun).

For example:

Root/Base word: Entertain (verb)

Suffix: -ment

New word: Entertainment (noun)

Word building

​Word-building

Adding a suffix can mean the class of the word remains the same but the meaning of the new word changes.

For example:

Root/Base word: quest (noun)

Suffix: -ion

New word: question (noun)

Word change

Adding a suffix can cause a spelling change.

For example:

Root/Base word: supervise

Suffix: -or

New word: supervisor

​​Spelling Change