Dictionary Skills Worksheet
A Grade 3 ELA worksheet to practice dictionary skills including alphabetical order, guide words, and finding word meanings.
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Dictionary Skills Practice
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. Use your dictionary skills to answer the questions.
Put the following words in alphabetical order. Write them on the lines below.
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Which pair of guide words would you find the word 'happy' between?
gum - hat
hand - hope
house - jump
hungry - ice
Look up the word 'brave' in a dictionary. Write down its definition.
A dictionary tells you how to spell a word.
True
False
Guide words are found at the bottom of each dictionary page.
True
False
Imagine you are reading a book and you find the word 'enormous'. How would you use a dictionary to find out what it means?