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Multiple Meaning Words. Omarion , Jeffery, Courtney, Kristen Davis 2 nd Grade. act. To do something. Firefighters have to act quickly to put out fires. To be in a play or a movie. Everyone in our class is going to act in the school play. miss.
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Multiple Meaning Words Omarion, Jeffery, Courtney, Kristen Davis 2nd Grade
act • To do something. • Firefighters have to act quickly to put out fires. • To be in a play or a movie. • Everyone in our class is going to act in the school play.
miss • Means not to do something that you plan to do. • If we don’t hurry, we will miss the beginning of the movie. • Means to be sorry that you don’t have something, or that someone you like isn’t with you. • I miss my sister when she goes to camp in the summer.
dull • Not sharp • The knife is so dull that it is not sharp. • Not interesting • The program was very dull.
check • To find out if something is the way it should be . • The teacher told us to check our spelling . • is also a mark to show that something has been looked at or is correct. • Amy put a check next to each answer.
comic • Means funny. • A mouse chasing a cat is a comic thing to see. • Are cartoons put in a row to tell a story. • Comics are printed in newspapers and in thin paper book.
date • A date is the day of the month or the year when something happens • Amy marked the date of her birthday on the calendar. • A date is a dark sweet fruit that grows on trees. • The date is a fruit that is good to eat.
deck • A deck is a set of cards that people use in playing games. • Most decks have 52 cards and they are all different. • A deck is also the floor on a ship or a boat. • A deck may have a roof or cover over it or be all open.
diamond • A diamond is a hard clear shiny stone . • Some rings have diamonds in them . • A diamond is also a shape. It has four sides and four corners. • A baseball field is shaped like a diamond.
drill • Drill means to cut a hole in wood. • Derek measured the wood carefully before drilling holes. • A drill a way of training people. • A spelling drill helps us learn to sp.
fair • To behave toward each person in the same way. • Janice was fair when she gave each person an apple. • A place where people show and sell things they have grown or made. • Benito won first prize for his pet pig at the state fair.
The definitions in this PowerPoint are from the Primary Dictionary published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. • Levey, J.S. (Ed.). (1991). Primary Dictionary. New York, United States: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
