Cambridge Learner's Dictionary- Work Sheet
CAMBRIDGE LEARNER’S DICTIONARY
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Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary Worksheets These exercises and activities have been designed for use with the Cambridge Learner?s Dictionary. They can be used with students from intermediate to
upper-intermediate level.
Their aim is to give students practice in a variety of language areas including grammar, vocabulary, using different varieties of English, and collocation. They are also designed to give students greater confidence and skill in using a monolingual dictionary.
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1. ALPHABET TRIVIA QUIZ:how much do you know about the English alphabet?
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?How many vowels and how many consonants are there?
What are the three most common letters at the beginning of words?
Look in your dictionary and see which letters have the most pages.
What are the three least common letters at the beginning of words?
Look in your dictionary and see which letters have the fewest pages.
2. SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION
How do you spell .........?
I’m sorry, could you spell that, please?
Knowing how to pronounce and understand the letters of the alphabet can be very important.
Look at the words below and match the sounds with the sounds of the letters of the alphabet. Some have already been done for you.
o kay
dee p see v isa pie ce are eye en d
why eff ort ea sy
jai l
you
zed
queue jea ns
ess ay
em pty
be
o pen
ex pert
A d ay
J S B K T tea
C L el ephant
U D M V E N W “double you”
F O X
G P Y
H "aytch"
Q Z
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“zee” (US)
3.Look at the abbreviations below, how do you pronounce them?
Check the meanings of any of the abbreviations you don’t know in the dictionary.
DIY B&B asap GMT www IOU CIA
BSE
BBC
PTO
OAP
UFO
4. ALPHABETICAL ORDER
To find words in the dictionary, you need to know alphabetical order. Put the words below into alphabetical order – the first two have been done for you.
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study
course
learn
blackboard
revision
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2. classroom
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Certain words are often used together in English. Learning these common combinations can help you to speak English more naturally.
Important word combinations are shown in heavy type in the example sentences in the dictionary.
Look up the words in the box below in the dictionary to check whether they are usually used with the verb “make”or the verb “do”. The first two have been done for you.
MAKE
DO a phone call friends a promise
a choice
a promise
an exercise
business your homework progress an appointment an exercise
a decision
a mistake research a suggestion
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0115804174.html,plete the following sentences using the correct form of “make” or “do”.
Look up the words in CAPITALS to check which verb to use.
1. We ______________ a LIST of everything we needed.
2. Some CHANGES have been __________, but there is still more work to be done.
3. He __________ an EXPERIMENT to test his theory.
4. The next day, he ___________ an astonishing DISCOVERY.
5. He ___________ a 6-week COURSE in Computer Aided Design.
6. She ought to __________ more EXERCISE to keep fit.
7. Mum asked me to __________ the WASHING and IRONING.8. Everyone ___________ an EFFORT to be there on time.3.Many words are often used with a particular preposition.
Choose the correct preposition for the sentences below.
Look up the words in CAPITALS in the dictionary.
1. She APOLOGIZED from/to/for the mess.
2. Lots of people are SCARED of/to/at spiders.
3. My parents WORRY for/on/about me if I come home late.
4. We need to make some CHANGES with/to/on the design.
5. There will be an investigation about/into/over the accident.
6. It DEPENDS of/on/from how much it’s going to cost.
7. They finally SUCCEEDED in/for/to getting the car started.
8. I wrote to the manager to COMPLAIN for/about/on the service.4
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EXERCISE 3 – FINDING THE RIGHT MEANING
1.MULTIPLE MEANINGS: In the sentences below the underlined word has a number of different meanings. Choose the word which best fits the meaning in the sentence.
In the dictionary words with several different meanings have GUIDEWORDS to help you find the
right meaning.
1. Which top do you think I should wear - the red one or the blue one?
a. HIGHEST PART
b. SURFACE
c. LID
d. CLOTHING
2. She’s suffering from a bad case of flu.
a. SITUATION
b. COURT OF LAW
c. CRIME
d. ILLNESS
3. I’m quite fair like my Mum, so I try to keep out of the sun.
a. EQUAL
b. RIGHT
c. HAIR/SKIN
d. WEATHER
4. Serve this warming winter soup with a fresh crusty roll.
a. ROUND OBJECT
b. BREAD
c. LIST
d. SOUND
5. Why not have a second line put in so that the kids can surf the Internet?
a. MARK
b. ROW
c. ROPE
d. TELEPHONE
6. A party of schoolchildren have been reported missing in the mountains.
a. EVENT
b. POLITICS
c. GROUP
d. LEGAL
2.PHRASES:Sometimes when words are used as part of a phrase, they have quite a different meaning.
Phrases are shown as separate senses in a dictionary entry in heavy type.
Look up the entry for “now” in the dictionary to find the correct meaning of the phrase below.
I see Amanda in town every now and then.
a. every time I go
b. sometimes, but not often
c. now and in the past
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0115804174.html,plete the following phrases so that they match the definition on the right.
1. There were round……………… 50 people there.approximately
2. We all worked flat……………to get it finished on https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0115804174.html,ing all our effort/energy
3. I'll phone him ……………… thing on Monday.at the beginning of the day
4. Don't worry, we'll be there ……… ……… time.very soon
5. When we arrived the race was ……………… way.already happening
6. We'll have to count them ………… ………… again.repeat from the beginning
7. Preparations for the wedding are all ……… hand.being dealt with now
8. We've had ………… end of problems with the new system. a lot
9. What a mess! There are clothes ……… ………… ……… place.in many different places
10. The cash machine was …………… ……… order.not working
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EXERCISE 4 – VERB PATTERNS
1.When you have two verbs in a sentence, it is important to choose the correct form of the second verb. You can find out which form to choose by looking at the example sentences in the dictionary.
+ to do sth (infinitive form)+ doing sth (gerund form)
decide to do something enjoy doing something
Put the following verbs into two groups according to which pattern they are followed by.
Check in your dictionary to see which of the patterns are possible.
+ to do sth + doing sth
decide
risk
promise
admit
consider
agree
expect
imagine
want
manage
regret
need
2.Some of these sentences contain the wrong verb pattern and some of them are correct. Decide which sentences contain mistakes and write the correct form.
Look up the word in CAPITALS in your dictionary to check which pattern should be used.
Example:He REFUSED to say anything until his lawyer arrived. ?
I LEARNED driving when I was eighteen. ?
1. He AVOIDS to do the washing up whenever he can.
2. She had the CHANCE to spend a year in the USA.
3. My mum SUGGESTED moving it to a warmer place.
4. Because of the weather, we had a lot of DIFFICULTIES to get to school.
5. Small companies can't AFFORD installing expensive safety equipment.
6. I'm LOOKING FORWARD to seeing you again soon.
7. People are USED to take the car wherever they go.
8. It's a great film, it's definitely WORTH to see.
9. The government has MANAGED reducing unemployment.
10. Clive INSISTED on paying for the meal.
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EXERCISE 5 – NOUN, VERB OR ADJECTIVE?
1.Some words, for example LIGHT, keep the same form as a noun, verb and adjective.
I’ll just switch the light off first.NOUN
Shall I light the candles?VERB
We should go home now while it’s still light.ADJECTIVE
Some words have different forms:
We will know their decision next week.NOUN They carried out a detailed chemical analysis. They have to decide by Thursday.VERB We need to analyse the figures.
It was a decisive5-1 victory.ADJECTIVE He has a very analytical approach.
In the following sentences choose the correct label for the word in CAPITALS.
Look up the words in the dictionary and look for the labels noun, verb and adj if you are not sure.
e.g. I waited for nearly an hour at the bus STOP. Noun
1.I STUDY every day for about an hour.
2.Many shops are CLOSED in the afternoon.
NOUN 3.They gained INDEPENDENCE from Britain in 1965.
VERB 4.The company EMPLOYS around 500 hundred people.
or 5.Many people have private HEALTH insurance.
ADJECTIVE? 6.It’s IMPORTANT that parents read to their children.
7.Many of the young children were really SCARED.
8.The new government promised tax CUTS.
9.Is there a station CLOSE to where you live?
10. There’s been a DROP in house prices.
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0115804174.html,plete the tables below by adding the correct noun, verb or adjective.
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different complain
medicine choose
danger suggest
angry correct
safe advice
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0115804174.html,plete the following sentences with the correct form of the word in CAPITALS.
1.The art gallery is one of the city’s main visitor …………………………….ATTRACT
2.Being a teacher can be a very ………………… job at times.STRESS
3.We may never know the …………… about what happened.TRUE
4.She has to deal with a lot of …………………… clients.FOREIGN
5.All the major …………………… parties support the idea.POLITICS
6.People don’t like the …………………………… of taking bottles back for recycling.INCONVENIENT
7.In the summer he works as a ………………………… guide.TOURIST
8.There’s been enormous ……………………… in the area of e-commerce.GROW
9.We hope to improve access for ………………… people.DISABLE
10. I don’t think the library is ………………… until 9 o’clock.OPEN
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EXERCISE 6 – BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH
1.All the items in the pictures below are called different things in British and American English.
In the dictionary, American words are labelled US and British words are labelled UK
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Find the missing British or American word with the same meaning as the word shown.
British American British American 1.tyre .................... 5.....................eggplant 2.....................airplane 6.plait ....................3.....................bangs 7.....................cilantro 4.waistcoat
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8.spanner
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2.Look at each of these sentences and decide whether they are British or American English.
Check the words in CAPITAL LETTERS in your dictionary if you are not sure.
e.g.Don’t leave your clothes on the floor – put them in the CLOSET.American
1.I'll meet you at the CINEMA at 8.00.
2.Has the POSTMAN been yet?
3.It's on the sixth floor - shall we take the ELEVATOR?
4.We can stop at the next PETROL STATION to fill up with PETROL.
5.They met while they were on VACATION in Hawaii.
6.Send a copy of your RéSUMé.
7.I’ll meet you back in the CAR PARK in about an hour.8.I never was very good at MATHS when I was at school.
9.You shouldn’t eat so many SWEETS – they’re bad for your teeth.10. I think I’ve got some BAND-AIDS in my PURSE.
3.Now “translate” the sentences US ?UK or UK ?US.e.g.
Don’t leave your clothes on the floor – put them in the WARDROBE.
dinner jacket UK ,tuxedo US
tap UK ,faucet US
trainers UK ,sneakers US
biscuits UK ,cookies US
bin UK ,trash can US
EXERCISE 7 – SPORT
1.There are 17 sports hidden in the box – can you find them? Look at horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines.
E F O O T B A L L T I A L O G S U S P E O T A I B O X I N G N Q R A N A H O C K E Y N E B O N U M N T L B E R Q U M T A W I G A I L E A S O I B E L D B X B C S E T S K O C C S A M O A Y I O H I K A F E T K N I A T S H R Y C E T L H F I E N R L A E K O S T I G O D I F T D I V P B H I B N O C K N I O I M O A R A W A G B K C G K N N N L S X U L L A G E F E D A G
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2.WHO, WHERE and HOW?
What do you call a person who plays football, tennis or golf? What do you call someone who does athletics or skiing?
Where do you do these sports?court track pitch slope course What do you use?
clubs skis shoes boots racket
3.Now complete the table below.
SPORT PERSON PLACE
EQUIPMENT
Football Footballer
Football ....................Football .....................Tennis ……………………………Tennis .......................Tennis ........................Athletics ……………………………...........................
Running ......................Golf ……………………………Golf ...........................Golf ............................Skiing
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Ski .............................
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4.“WHAT’S THE SCORE?”
zero lost all love tied nil won drew
1. Lucky Lad ..................... the race and Southern Belle came second.
2. England ..................... two three against Pakistan.
3. Liverpool ..................... two two with Real Madrid.
4. The competition was ..................... six six after the third round.
5. It’s fifteen ..................... to Venus Williams at the moment.
6. The score was one ..................... at half time.
7. At the moment, Australia are leading twelve ..................... 8. The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds five to .....................
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1. Lucky Lad
2.Southern Belle England 2 – 3 Pakistan Liverpool 2 – 2 Real Madrid USA 6 – 6 Europe Williams 15 – 0 Hingis Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal Australia 12-0 New Zealand Chicago Cubs 5-0 Cincinnati Reds
EXERCISE 8 – IRREGULAR PAST TENSES
Verbs with irregular past forms are shown in the dictionary.
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0115804174.html,plete the sentences with the correct past form of the verbs in brackets.
1.She has .......................... (write) to the hotel manager to complain.
2.When they .......................... (see) the policeman, they .......................... (run) away.
3.The vase .......................... (fall) off the table and .......................... (break) into pieces.
4.We .......................... (go) on holiday to Florida last year.
5.I only ......................... (sleep) for a few hours and .................... (wake) up very early in the morning.
6.I have .......................... (speak) to my dad and he says it’s OK.
7.They ....................... (find) the photographs and ........................ (send) them to Michael in America.8.I'm sorry, he's not here. He .......................... (leave) about ten minutes ago.9.Angela .......................... (feel) dizzy and had to sit down.10. Tom and Anna .......................... (meet) at college.2.GEORGE AND THE WARNING
Complete the story with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Be careful, some of the verbs are irregular and some are regular (ending with -ed).
Check any unknown words in the dictionary.
George 1.................... (turn) silently and 2.................... (begin) to walk back to the house. He 3...................(keep) close to the wall, hoping that they wouldn't see him. When he 4.................... (reach) the end of the wall, he
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..................... (start) to run back across the garden – when suddenly his foot
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George 7................... (fall) to the ground but 8................... (not drop) the book. He 9...................
(lie) there for a few seconds and 10................... (look) back towards the wood. Then he 11................... (get) to his feet and 12................... (set) off again through the darkness. He had to warn Lucy.
Out of breath, George finally 13................... (arrive) at the house. He 14................... (push) the huge wooden door and it
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................... (swing) open with a loud creak. George
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(know) that Lucy would be in the kitchen and headed along the hallway. Suddenly he 17................... (hear) a noise behind him. He 18................... (spin) round and then 19................... (stand) completely frozen by what he 20................... (see)https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0115804174.html,prehension check:
When did George start to run?Why did George fall over? What was he carrying?
What noise did the door make?Where was Lucy?
Why did George spin round?
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EXERCISE 9 – THE RICH AND FAMOUS
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0115804174.html,plete the crossword
ACROSS 3 Where an actor gets ready for a performance (8,4)7 The words an actor reads (6)
10 When a band is travelling to different towns or countries to perform (2,4)12 The signature of a famous person (9)14 A big car fit for a star! (9)
15 When the band comes back on stage to play just one more song (6)16 EMI, Virgin, A&M etc (6,5)DOWN
1Where you can read about the private lives of the stars (6,6)2The good guy in a film (4)
4The place where a film is made (3)5Annual Hollywood film prize (5)6An American cinema (5,7)
8 A luxury apartment at the top of a building (9)
9 A person whose job is to protect a famous person (9)11The first public showing of a new film (8)13 To clap at the end of a performance (7)2.WELL-Put the words below into three groups according to meaning:
wealthy famous prosperous fashionable elegant
rich a celebrity glamorous a household name WELL-DRESSED
WELL-OFF
WELL-KNOWN
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EXERCISE 10 – IDIOMS
1.Colours:each of these sentences contains an idiom with a colour in it. Choose one of the colours below to complete the idioms – some colours are used twice.
Check any idioms you don’t know in the dictionary.
See the study page on idioms, centre page 26, if you are not sure where to look.
blue white black red green colours
1. They told me the results over the phone, but I didn’t really believe it until the letter arrived
and I could see it in ..................... and .....................
2. Then one day, completely out of the ....................., the phone rang and it was George.
3. My sister lives in Alaska, so I only get to see her once in a ..................... moon.
4. Making fun of his football team was like a ..................... rag to a bull.
5. I’m afraid I don’t have ..................... fingers. My plants always seem to die.
6. She took her final accountancy exams in December and passed with flying .....................
7. When I heard he’d hit my sister, I just saw .....................
8. He was beaten ..................... and ..................... in the attack.
9. Hannah’s going on an all expenses paid trip to the Caribbean for three weeks and we're all
..................... with envy.
2.Food:check the meaning of the idioms in the sentences below, all containing food words, and choose the correct meaning. Look up the word in bold to find them in the dictionary.
1.She looks as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth but I've seen her fighting with the
younger kids.
a. she doesn’t look very strong
b. she looks like she wouldn’t do anything wrong
c. she seems very quiet
2.You can’t have your cake and eat it.
a. have two things which you can’t usually have at the same time
b. have more than everybody else
c. stay healthy if you eat too much
3.I was just content to see my daughter happily married, but a grandchild - that was really the
icing on the cake.
a. a big surprise
b. something which makes a good situation better
c. something which will cause financial problems
4.I’ve had to take the carrot-and-stick approach to disciplining my kids.
a. only allow them to have healthy food, not sweets and chocolate
b. tell them traditional stories to explain to them what is right and wrong behaviour
c. reward them if they behave well and punish them if they do not
5.I don’t have anything in common with my brother. We’re like chalk and cheese.
a. completely different from each other
b. one is very clever, the other is stupid
c. like different food
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6.ABC News was left with egg on its face after announcing the result of the presidential
election before all the votes were counted.
a. were better than their competitors
b. seemed stupid
c. were taken to court
7.I tend to take what they write in the newspapers with a pinch of salt.
a. never read it
b. read it very quickly
c. don’t completely believe it
8.She thinks her new boyfriend is the best thing since sliced bread.
a. very modern
b. more reliable than her last one
c. wonderful
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a. smile
b. make yourselves look smart
c. wave
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EXERCISE 11 – PHRASAL VERBS
1.Look up the verb “cut” in the dictionary. How many different meanings does the verb have? How many phrasal verbs are there?
2.Now look up the following verbs and fill in the correct prepositions to form phrasal verbs which match the definitions.
.................... (sth)to demand sth CALL
(sth) ...................to cancel an event (sb) ....................
to telephone sb again
...............................to move to the side of the road
PULL
(sth) .....................to succeed in doing sth (sth) .....................to destroy a building ..................... (sb/sth)to chase sb/sth
RUN
(sb/sth) ....................to hit sb in a car and drive over them .....................................
to use all of sth so there is none left
3.Now use phrasal verbs from the exercise above to complete the following sentences:
1.A gang of diamond thieves nearly ........................... a dramatic robbery at the Millennium Dome.
2. Workers ........................... the strike after management agreed to their demands.
3. The tractor finally ........................... to let the cars go past.
4. The photocopier has ........................... of paper. Can you go downstairs and get some more?
5. Consumer groups are ........................... a change in the law.
4. A really bad day!Complete the e-mail message below, from Julie to her friend Kate, using the correct form of the phrasal verbs from the boxes on the right. The message has been divided into three sections with a choice of phrasal verbs for each section.Kate,
You won’t believe the day I've had today. It got off to a bad start when I 1................ late because my alarm didn’t 2................. Then on my way to work, my car 3.................! I tried to get it started, but after about 5minutes I 4................. and walked to the nearest bus stop. It was pouring with rain and by the time a bus finally 5................. about 20 minutes later,I was completely soaked.
To make matters worse, I had an important meeting at 9.30. I 6................to the office at 9.45 and rushed upstairs only to 7................. that the guy I was meant to be meeting hadn’t 8.................! It 9................. that he was ill and had phoned to 10................ the meeting ............... until next week.It’s now 5.30, it’s been a miserable day, and I think I’ve got a cold 11................ . I’m waiting for my boyfriend to 12............... me .............. and give me a lift home. I can tell you, I’m really 13.............. ......... to a nice long soak in a hot bath!Julie :-(
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go off break down get up come along give up
find out turn up get in turn out put off
pick up come on look forward
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E X E R C I S E 12 - I T T R A I L
1.C o n n e c t e d t o t h e I n t e r n e t
2.B u y i n g a n d s e l l i n g o v e r t h e I n t e r n e t
3.M o n e y i n e l e c t r o n i c f o r m t o b u y t h i n g s o n t h e I n t e r n e t
4.T h e f i r s t t h i n g y o u s e e w h e n y o u g o t o a w e b s i t e
5.A s y s t e m o f s e n d i n g m e s s a g e s e l e c t r o n i c a l l y
6.C o n n e c t i o n s b e t w e e n d i f f e r e n t I n t e r n e t p a g e s
7.W h a t y o u c a n u s e t o s e a r c h f o r t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e I n t e r n e t (6,6)
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T o m o v e t e x t o r p i c t u r e s f r o m o n e p l a c e t o a n o t h e r i n a c o m p u t e r d o c u m e n t (3.3.5)8.T o p r e s s a b u t t o n o n y o u r m o u s e 9.T o i l l e g a l l y g e t i n t o s o m e o n e ’s c o m p u t e r s y s t e m 9.
T h e p a r t i n s i d e a c o m p u t e r w h i c h s t o r e s l a r g e a m o u n t s o f i n f o r m a t i o n (4,4)
10.T h e s e t o f n u m b e r s a n d l e t t e r s w h i c h y o u p r e s s t o u s e a c o m p u t e r 11.T h e l a s t p a r t o f m a n y e m a i l a n d I n t e r n e t a d d r e s s e s (3,3)12.T h e p i e c e o f e q u i p m e n t w h i c h c o n n e c t s a c o m p u t e r t o a t e l e p h o n e l i n e 13.
T h e s m a l l , r o u n d p i e c e o f e q u i p m e n t w h i c h h e l p s y o u t o m o v e a r o u n d a c o m p u t e r s c r e e n 14.
A n a r e a o n t h e I n t e r n e t w h i c h t e l l s y o u a b o u t a p a r t i c u l a r o r g a n i z a t i o n o r s u b j e c t 14.A s y s t e m w h i c h l e t s y o u u s e t h e I n t e r n e t t h r o u g h a m o b i l e p h o n e 15.A c o m p a n y w h i c h c o n n e c t s y o u r c o m p u t e r t o t h e I n t e r n e t 15.T o p u t s o f t w a r e o n a c o m p u t e r 16.A c o m p u t e r w h i c h i s s m a l l e n o u g h t o c a r r y a r o u n d 17.
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TEACHER’S NOTES
EXERCISE 1 – THE ALPHABET Level: All levels
Quiz:Students can make guesses about the most and least common initial letters by looking at the number of pages taken up by each letter in their dictionary. Especially with a monolingual class, a comparison with their own language can be interesting and useful to highlight the differences.
Spelling & pronunciation: Even advanced students can sometimes struggle to spell words aloud, especially getting vowels (e,a and i) confused, so this is a good revision exercise with any class.
Follow-up activity: Use English names and addresses for students to dictate to each other in pairs, spelling out any unknown words. To make the task more challenging, pairs can be sat some distance apart so that they have to speak louder and more clearly to be heard above other pairs.
EXERCISE 2 – COLLOCATION
Level: Pre-intermediate – upper intermediate Study page:centre 21
Make or do:Students can fill in as many of the words in the table as they know and then check them in the dictionary. For some of these words other collocating verbs are also possible e.g. keep/break a promise,conduct/perform an experiment. If there is time, it can be interesting to discuss the other possibilities and how they differ in meaning and usage.
EXERCISE 3 – FINDING THE RIGHT MEANING Level: Pre-intermediate - upper intermediate How to use this dictionary: page 6
Note: Many students have a tendency to look only at the first few lines of a dictionary entry, when often the meaning which they are actually searching for is further down the entry. GUIDEWORDS help students to locate the correct sense more easily without having to read through the whole entry. Phrases also appear in bold to help students pick them out more easily. These exercises are designed to encourage students to scan a whole dictionary entry to find exactly what they are looking for and to make long entries seem less daunting.
EXERCISE 4 – VERB PATTERNS
Level: Pre intermediate - upper intermediate Study page: centre 42
Infinitive or gerund:This activity could be done in teams as a race. After going through the correct answers, pairs or groups of students can be allocated two or three words each to produce example sentences for using the dictionary examples as models.
Error correction: Note that question 10 contains a preposition as part of the construction. Other examples of verbs which are followed by a preposition plus a gerund which might be worth pointing out include:apologise for doing sth, forgive sb for doing sth, thank sb for doing sth, prevent sb from doing sth, accuse sb of doing sth and dream of doing sth.
EXERCISE 5 – NOUN, VERB or ADJECTIVE?Level: Intermediate – upper intermediate
Noun, verb or adj?With higher level students, pick out several of the sentences and ask them to rewrite them using the noun instead of the verb etc. Here are a few suggestions:1. I do about an hour’s study every day.2. Many shops close in the afternoon.
3. They became independent from Britain in 1965.
4. The company has around 500 employees.8. The new government promised to cut taxes.9. House prices have dropped.
EXERCISE 6 – BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH Level: Intermediate – advanced Study page:centre 41
Lead-in:Students discuss whether they are more likely to need to use/understand British or American English. Points to discuss might include:
Who they might need to communicate with Where they might travel to
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Which variety is required for exams
What they might read/listen to – many films, tv programmes and adverts which are seen around the world use US English
EXERCISE 7 – SPORT Level: All levels
Picture: centre 15 and 16
Word search: If students struggle or you want to speed up the activity, write up the sports on the board for the students to search for. Alternatively, brainstorm sports at the beginning and then mark those which students should look for in the word search, adding any which they didn't think of.
EXERCISE 8 – IRREGULAR PAST TENSES Level: Elementary – intermediate
Follow-up activity: Feedback suggestions and write up any useful vocabulary. Ask students to guess what is happening. Who are George and Lucy? What does george have to warn Lucy about? Students continue the story either individually or in groups.
EXERCISE 9 – THE RICH AND FAMOUS Level: Intermediate – upper intermediate
well-Discuss the meaning of the prefix well- and elicit other words beginning in the same way.
e.g. well-behaved, well-connected, well-educated, well-informed, well-organized, well-paid etc
Follow-up activity: Students use the vocabulary to write a profile of a famous person - an actor, pop star or famous business person.
EXERCISE 10 – IDIOMS
Level: Intermediate – advanced Study page: centre 26
Colours: Write up a number of colours on the board and ask students to suggest what they signify - you might have to give an example to get them started. The symbolism of colours varies between different cultures – discuss what differences (if any) there are between British/American culture and your students’.In the UK/US: red = anger/passion green = envy (also connected nowadays with the environment) blue = sadness white = purity black = sth negative or evil (e.g. blackmail, the black market, black magic)Note: It is important to stress to students that idioms are used to give extra emphasis or for humorous or literary effect. They are particularly used by journalists to make stories more colourful but they cannot just be dropped into essays or conversation without sounding strange or often inappropriate. They are useful as part of a student’s passive vocabulary but should be used with care.
EXERCISE 11 – PHRASAL VERBS
Level: Pre-intermediate – upper-intermediate Study page: centre 34
Students look up “cut” first, then feedback as a class to check that they understand the format of the entry with phrasal verbs listed separately after the main senses of the verb. It is worth noting that phrasal verbs which are used in different grammatical patterns, such as “cut sth down” and “cut down (sth)”, are given separate entries because the meaning and usage changes. Also check that students understand the abbreviations sb and sth and know that either of these shown in brackets indicate that the object is optional.Students look up “call”, “pull” and “run” on their own or in pairs. Check the answers before going onto the gapped sentences.
Follow-up activity: Students write an email reply from Kate to Julie.
EXERCISE 12 – IT TRAIL Level: All levels
Study page: centre 27
Lead-in: Students discuss how much they use computers/the Internet. Brainstorm any vocabulary they know, possibly dividing it into sets such as “equipment”, “actions”, “uses of the Internet”, “Internet tools” etc.This could be set as a homework task in advance so that students can go and look at their own/school computers for ideas.
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ANSWER KEY
THE ALPHABET
Alphabet Trivia Quiz:
26 letters
5 vowels (a,e,i,o,u) and 21 consonants
3 most common initial letters – S (2238 entries in CLD), C (1851 entries in CLD), P (1449 entries in CLD)3 least common initial letters – X (7 entries in CLD), Z (25 entries in CLD), Y (63 entries in CLD)Spelling & pronunciation
A d ay J jai l S ess ay
B be K o kay T tea
C see L el ephant U you
D dee p M em pty V vi sa
E ea sy N en d W "double you"
F eff ort O o pen X ex pert
G jea ns P pie ce Y why
H "aytch"Q queue Z
"zed" (UK)I
eye
R
are
"zee" (US)
Alphabetical order 1. blackboard 2. classroom 3. course 4. learn 5. pen 6. pencil
7. revision 8. student
9. study
10. teacher
11. test
12. textbook
COLLOCATION
MAKE a promise, a phone call, friends, a choice, progress, an appointment, a decision, a mistake, a suggestion DO an exercise, business, your homework, research 1. made 2. made 3. did 4. made 5. did 6. do 7. do 8. made 1. for 2. of 3. about 4. to 5. into 6. on 7. in 8. about FINDING THE RIGHT MEANING
1. d
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. d
6. c Phrases:(every) now and then – b. sometimes, but not often 1. round about 2. flat out 3. first thing 4. in no time 5. under way 6. all over again
7. in hand 8. no end 9. all over the place 10. out of order
VERB PATTERNS + to do sth decide, promise, agree, expect, want, manage, need + doing sth risk, admit, consider, imagine, regret
1. incorrect - avoid doing
2. correct
3. correct
4. incorrect - had a lot of difficulties getting to school
5. incorrect - can't afford to install
6. correct
7. incorrect - people are used to taking
8. incorrect - worth seeing
9. incorrect – has managed to reduce 10. correct NOUN, VERB OR ADJECTIVE?
1. verb
2. adj
3. noun
4. verb
5. noun
6. adj
7. adj
8. noun
9. adj 10. noun adj noun verb noun different difference complain complaint medical medicine choose choice dangerous danger suggest suggestion angry anger correct correction safe safety advise advice 1. attractions 2. stressful 3. truth 4. foreign 5. political 6. inconvenience 7. tourist (tour)8. growth 9. disabled 10. open
BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH
1. tire
2. aeroplane
3. fringe
4. vest
5. aubergine
6. braid
7. coriander
8. wrench 1. UK I’ll meet you at the movie theater at 8.00. 6. US Send a copy of your CV.2. UK Has the mailman been yet?7. UK I’ll meet you back in the parking lot …3. US It’s on the sixth floor – shall we take the lift?8. UK I never was very good at math …
4. UK We can stop at the gas station to fill up with gas.9. UK You shouldn’t eat so much candy – it’s …
5. US They met while they were on holiday in Hawaii.10. US I think I’ve got some plasters in my handbag.
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SPORT
Football
Boxing Hockey Golf
Volleyball Snow boarding Rugby
Tennis Athletics Basketball
Ice skating Ice hockey Skiing Badminton
Squash
Baseball
Cricket F O O T B A L L
S E T I
B O X I N G
N Q R N H O C
K E Y B O U N L B E R
A W G A I E A S I D
B B S T S K
C C S M O A Y H I K A
E K I A S C E T
H I E N R E S T I
O I T D B B N
C N O I A A G
K G N N L L
E G
O L F V O L L
E Y B
A L
L
SPORT PERSON
PLACE
EQUIPMENT Football Footballer Football pitch Football boots Tennis Tennis player Tennis court Tennis racket Athletics Athlete Track
Running shoes Golf Golfer Golf course Golf clubs Skiing Skier
Ski slope Skis
What’s the score?
1. won
2. lost
3. drew
4. tied
5. love
6. all
7. nil
8. zero IRREGULAR PAST TENSES 1. written 2. saw, ran 3. fell, broke 4. went 5. slept, woke 6. spoken
7. found, sent 8. left 9. felt 10. met George and the Warning 1. turned 2. began 3. kept 4. reached 5. started 6. hit
7. fell
8. didn’t drop 9. lay 10. looked 11. got 12. set 13. arrived 14. pushed
15. swung 16. knew 17. heard 18. spun 19. stood 20. saw
Comprehension Check
When he reached the end of the wall.His foot hit a stone.He was carrying a book.The door creaked.
Lucy was in the kitchen.
He heard a noise behind him.THE RICH AND FAMOUS
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WELL-DRESSED elegant, glamorous, fashionable
WELL-OFF rich, wealthy, prosperous
WELL-KNOWN famous, a celebrity, a household name
IDIOMS
Colours: 1. black and white 2. blue 3. blue 4. red 5. green
6. colours
7. red
8. black and blue
9. green
Food: 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. a 6. b 7. c 8. c 9. a
PHRASAL VERBS
CUT 4 meanings (KNIFE, REDUCE, INJURE, REMOVE)10 phrasal verbs
CALL call for (sth)PULL pull over RUN run after (sb/sth)
call (sth) off pull (sth) off run (sb/sth) over
call (sb) back pull (sth) down run out
1. pulled off
2. called off
3. pulled over
4. run out
5. calling for
A really bad day: 1. got up 2. go off 3. broke down 4. gave up 5. came along
6. got in
7. find out
8. turned up
9. turned out 10. put the meeting off
11. coming on 12. pick me up 13. looking forward
IT TRAIL
O N L I N E
C
O
M
M
E
R H A R D D I S K
C A E
E C A S H C Y
O C L I C K B I N S T A L L
M U O S A
E T A W A P P
P A R E T
A N D O T C O M
B O
G D O S P C
E M A I L P D I
I A E T
N S M O U S E
K T
S E A R C H E N G I N E