This document provides information about how words are organized in a dictionary. It discusses: - Words are arranged alphabetically from A to Z. Words starting with the same letter are ordered one after the other. - Guide words at the top of each page indicate the first and last word on that page to help the user quickly locate a word. - Examples show how to use the guide words to determine if a search word like "science" would be on a given page in the S section of the dictionary. - An activity asks students to find words between "tea" and "technique" in their dictionary and arrange other words alphabetically.

1. Class- VIIIClass- VIII
English 1st paperEnglish 1st paper
Presented by:Presented by:
Fauzia JesminFauzia Jesmin
Asst. TeacherAsst. Teacher
Department of EnglishDepartment of English
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2. Let’s see some pictures
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3. Today’s Lesson
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Unit – 4Unit – 4
Lesson-5Lesson-5

4. Learningoutcome
After we have studied this unit we
will be able to
 read and understand text
 look up words in a dictionary
 learn new word
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5. Loud Reading
The words in a dictionary are presented in alphabetical
order. It follows the alphabetical order of letters. It means
words starting with the letter D will be before the words
starting with the letter E. In the same way words starting
with the letter F will come after the words starting with E.
Again the words starting with the same letter are also
arranged one after another in alphabetical order in the
dictionary. For example, the words dark, doctor and deep
all start with the letter D. These words appear in the
dictionary in the order of dark, deep and doctor.
To find the words with a letter, look at the words at the top
of the page. While doing the activities, use a dictionary or
a dictionary page as much as you can.
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6. How is a Dictionary Organized
•To make
dictionaries easier
to use, the words
are organized in
alphabetical order.
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7. GuideGuide
wordswords
The two Guide
words at the top
of each pageFirst
word on
the page
Last word
on the
page

8. The First Guide WordThe First Guide Word
is the first word on
the page

9. The Second Guide WordsThe Second Guide Words
tells you the last word on the
page

10. Entry WordsEntry Words
Your word needs to fall in
between these two guide words

11. How it’s in orderHow it’s in order
The words are all in alphabetic (A-B-C)
order.

12. •Since there are so
many words in a
dictionary, guide
words are used to
help you locate a
word quickly.
•Guide words are
found at the top of
each page. They
tell you the first and
last word that is
found on that page.
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13. How do guide words help you
find a word quickly?
•Look at the guide
words
•Use what you know
about alphabetizing to
decide if your word
falls between the two
guide words
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14. Let’s see what that means-
Let’s pretend we are
looking up the word,
science. First we would
turn to the S section.
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15. Then we would use the guide
words and what we know
about alphabetizing to decide
the correct page in the S
section.
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16. We would look at the guide
words at the top of each page
and decide which ones our
word would come between in
alphabetical order.
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17. Let’s do that for the word
science-
Which one of these pages
would contain the word
science?
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18. The page with the guide words-
stamp - summer
Or the page with the guide words-
sandwich - seventy
science
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19. Find and write the words coming between
the words tea and technique under
the letter ‘t’ in your dictionary.
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20. •entertainment
• knowledge
• culture
• art
• painting
• thought
• interest
• heritage
• yellow
•future
Arrange the following words in alphabetical order.
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Find and write the words coming between the words tea
and technique under the letter ‘t’ in your dictionary.

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