DICTIONARY REFERENCE SKILL PART- 2 (WORD-- LABOUR AND POINT )

·       A popular dictionary gives the following meaning for the words “labour”. Match the meaning with the corresponding words in the sentences that follow.

 

(LABOUR)

MEANINGS:

a.      Physical or mental work.

b.     Workers as a group.

c.      Contraction of the womb.

d.     To try hard.

e.      To try to explain sth.

SENTENCES:

i.          You do not need to labour the point.

ii.          The woman had a different labour.

iii.          You should labour to get first class.

iv.          All his labour went in vain.

v.          We need skilled labour for our firm.

 

 

ANSWERS:

a	iv
b	v
c	ii
d	iii
e	i

 

·       A popular dictionary gives the following meaning for “point”. Match the meaning with the corresponding words in the sentences that follow.

POINT

MEANINGS:

a.      Direct people extending fingers.

b.     Aim or direct something.

c.      Face in a particular direction.

d.     Give force to something.

e.      Fill in the places between bricks.

 

SENTENCES:

 

i.          Close the points in the wall with cement.

ii.          He pointed the gun at the deer.

iii.          The teacher pointed at me and said “Stand up”.

iv.          The story points to a moral lesson.

v.          A hedgehog’s spine points backwards.

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

 

a	iii
b	ii
c	v
d	iv
e	i