Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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Action words

The people in these pictures are all

doing something. The words in the

list are all “action words,” or verbs.

Can you match the right verb to each

of the pictures? There are more verbs

than pictures, so choose carefully.

Check your answers by looking up

the words in the dictionary.

Odd word out

If you look carefully at these

pictures of animals and

objects, you will see that in

each group there is an “odd

word out.” Which is it and

why? If you get stuck,

the special full-page entries

in the dictionary will help you.

Triceratops

fiddle balalaika sitar Tyrannosaurus rex

bassoon

gray whale

angelfish

Stegosaurus

crested water dragon

juggle

kneel

climb

throw

hit

crouch

bend

stretch

drum

explore

mandarin fish

great white shark