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Beginner
Exercise 1

Choose the best answer to each question.

1 .       If you want to know how to say a word, look at the 



2 .       The word you are looking up is called the 



3 .       You wonder about the history of a word. What gives you the word’s history or origin? 



4 .       You wonder if the word you are looking up is a noun or a verb. To find out, you would look for the 



5 .       The words at the top of the dictionary page that help you find the word you are looking for are called 



6 .       You want to know the meaning of a word. To find the meaning, you would look at the  



7 .       You want to know how to make a word mean “more than one”. To find out, you would look for the word’s 



8 .       To find out how a word can be divided, you should look at the  



9 .       Words formed by adding beginnings or endings to base words are called 



10 .       If you wanted to find out how a word would be used for a specific topic or field of study, you would look for 



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