UIL+Dictionary+Skills

“Thorough knowledge of the dictionary is a way to increase a student’s ability to find the information that is needed for class work as well as everyday living. The subject matter of all tests is taken from Merriam Webster’s Intermediate Dictionary.” Section 1422: Dictionary Skills UIL Official Rules ** Students are given 20 minutes to answer 40 objective and short-answer questions ** Contestants use dictionaries during the competition, which may be tabbed. Contest questions cover word origins and histories, parts of speech, pronunciation, variant spellings, plurals, alphabetizing and other such elements. Test questions are also taken from charts, tables and lists contained in the dictionary.
 * Dictionary Skills grades 6-8 **

Helpful websites to prepare for the competition:

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