Dictionary Practice

What part of speech is the word gentle?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

What does the second definition say?

• adjective

• Not aware of something

• (ig-nur-uhnt)

• Not educated, or not knowing about many things.

What does the 1st definition say?

• A way of doing something.

• Mode

• noun

• In mathematics, the most frequent number in a set of numbers.

What can you learn from this dictionary definition?

• What the word pest means

• What part of speech pest is

• how to pronounce the word pest

• all of the above

What reference material does this definition come from?

• encyclopedia

• atlas

• dictionary

• thesaurus

Read the sentence:

The math teacher told us to find the mode of the group of number.

Which definition for mode is used in the sentence above?

• 1

• 2

What does the 5th definition for settle say?

• verb

• to sink

• To make yourself comfortable

• To calm

What part of speech is the word happy?

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• adverb