Using a Dictionary: Definitions 1

Some words have more than one meaning. In the dictionary, the different meanings will be numbered.

You’ll find dictionary definitions in a box over each set of sentences. Write the number of the definition that matches the word’s use in each sentence. Use the first item as an example.

companion 1: a person who goes along with or spends time with another 2: either one of a pair of matched things

1._____ Ms. Ramon is lonely and needs a 1 companion. 2._____ Where is the 2 companion to this sock?

really 1: in fact, actually 2: very, to an extreme

3._____ It was a really hot day.

4._____ Is that really you under the mask?

5._____ No one would baby-sit for Owen Baker because he was so naughty.

6._____ Owen used naughty words and threw toys around the room.

7._____ The idea of a pop quiz disturbs me.

8._____ The roar of the snowmobile disturbed the silent meadow.

9._____ The child cried when someone disturbed his sandcastle.

naughty 1: behaving badly 2: not nice or proper

disturb 1: to break up the peace and quiet 2: to make worried or upset 3: to put into disorder