A thesaurus is a book that gives synonyms of words. Some thesauruses list words alphabetically. Other thesauruses group the words that are alike. Each group has a number. An alphabetical index shows in which group a word appears.
Read the thesaurus entry from the index on the right. Each word is listed is a different meaning of "point". Decide which synonym you would look up for each underlined word in the following sentences. Choose the correct answer. 1. The point of the pencil broke.
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2. A touchdown is worth six points.
3. What is the point of this activity?
4. He sneezed at that point in the talk.
5. The water reached its boiling point.
