Vocabulary 1
In the _______ _______, the categories name what the companies do - for example, "Hotels" or "Towing."
yellow pages
A ______ is a list of words in alphabetical order that shows you synonyms for the word.
thesaurus
The little box to the right of a bar graph is called the _______. It explains what each bar stands for.
legend
My internet isn't working at home. Where can I go to use a computer?
The library.
I need to look at a map of Montana.
What type of book should I look in?
An atlas.
______ have maps of states, countries, or even the whole world.
Atlases
line graph
You can call an ________ _______ if someone gets hurt, there is a fire, or you need the police.
emergency number
I need to find a book about sports.
I should search for it in the library's catalogue by _____.
subject
I need to find pictures of puppies for my school project that I'm creating on the computer. Where should I go to find pictures?
The search engine
A ______ _______ looks like a circle divided into pieces. It is useful for showing the differences among parts of a whole.
pie chart
The ______ _____ _______ is in the front of a book. It lists the titles of all the chapters in a book and the pages they start on.
table of contents
By clicking on a ______, you can find out more information about the subject.
link
I need to call my local city hall. Where should I look in the phone book to find the number?
The government pages
I need to read about a few different subjects.
What type of book should I look in?
Encyclopedia
The _______ is a section that has ads for everything from cars to apartments to job openings.
classifieds
An ______ is a group of books that contain short essays about almost every subject.
encyclopedia
Magazines carry the very latest ______, or short essays, about a subject.
articles
noun
verb
adjective
are all examples of
part of speech
I need a job! I have a newspaper. Which section should I look in?
The classifieds
The _____ ____ _______ tells you whether the word is a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, etc.
part of speech
The _______ is a list of all the important words and subjects in a book and the pages on which they appear.
index
A _______ ______ is a special web site that helps you find the information you want on the internet.
search engine
My neighbors house is on fire! I don't know the number to the fire department. Where are the emergency numbers located?
In the front of a phone book.
I need to find a synonym for school.
What type of book should I look in?
Thesaurus