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Karnataka 1st PUC English Workbook Answers Articulation Dictionary Use
Rearrange the following words as they would appear in a dictionary.
starvation, fatty, calories, vegetarian, nutrition, dairy, protein, pumpkin, preserve, pepper, peel, potato calories, dairy, fatty, nutrition, peel, pepper, potato, preserve, protein, pumpkin, starvation,
vegetarian.
(a) Find the guide words which will help you to look up each of the following words. You can refer to any dictionary.
| Word | Guide Words | |
| buffalo | ||
| element | ||
| forest | ||
| language | ||
| persuade | ||
Answer:
| Word | Guide Words | |
| buffalo | brow | bugbear |
| element | electrode | eloquence |
| forest | forego | forsake |
| language | landgrave | laser |
| persuade | periwinkle | pertain |
b) Write the full form of the following abbreviations used in the dictionary.
1. pl
2. pp
3. ∼
4. fml
5. v
6. adj
7. N [U]
8. N [C]
9. prep
10. sth
11. sb
12. Adv
Answer:
- pI — plural
- pp — past partIciple
- ∼ — replaces the headword of an entry
- fmI — formal
- v — verb
- adj — adjective
- N [U] — Noun uncountable
- N [C] — Noun countable
- prep — preposition
- sth — something
- sb — somebody
- Adv — Adverb
(c) Read the following sentences and use the dictionary entry on the word “collapse” in different contexts and complete the table below.
1. All the buildings in the town collapsed in the earthquake.
2. He had pneumonia and one of his lungs collapsed.
3. The terrorists caused a collapse of communications in the fishing village.
4. The children collapsed with laughter as they watched the clown’s antics.
5. The collapse of the rupee caused an economic crisis in the country.
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SentenceNo. |
Part of Speech for ‘collapse’ | The sentence talks about | Dictionary meaning and number for collapse |
| 1. | Verb | buildings | to fall down or fall in suddenly (1) |
| 2. | Verb | lungs | to fall in and become flat (7) |
| 3. | Noun | communication | failure (1) |
| 4. | Verb | children | started laughing uncontrollably, (no meaning given in the list is suitable) |
| 5. | Noun | rupee (currency) | a sudden fall in value (4) |