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Activity 14
• Encourage your students’
Underline the word that best completes the following sentences.
14. Underline the word that best completes the following sentences. autonomy by leaving them on
their own on the first attempt
a) The word damages is a(n)… IV. adverb. V. preposition. at carrying out this activity.
preposition.
preposition.
I. noun. II. adjective. III. verb.
• Provide additional support if it
b) The word daily is a(n)… IV. verb. V. adverb. takes longer than expected.
adverb.
adverb.
I. noun. II. preposition. III. adjective.
Activity 15
c) The word dance is a(n)… IV. verb. V. adverb.
V. adverb.
I. preposition. II. noun. III. adjective. • Sometimes, thorough use of
d) The word of is a(n)… IV. preposition. V. adverb. a bilingual dictionary may
adverb.
I. verb. II. noun. III. adjective. be hindered due to lack of
e) The word damage is… knowledge about its graphic
I. singular. II. plural. Remember components. This is an
important reason to verify that
To identify word
class, you should
your students have gotten the
try to use the
word in a sentence.
gist of how to use one (even if
Depending on
its word class, a
word may be used this is not the main purpose
15. Look up the abbreviations used in a bilingual dictionary with some, but not
that are listed below. Write the word they abbreviate. all other words. of this practice).
Look at the example.
• Show the class both the
dictionaries you got, as well
Abbreviations as those your students may
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have gotten, so you can look
n. ________________ ____________ ______
noun
pl. ________________ ____________ ______ at a variety of examples.
plural
adv. ________________ • You may want to point out
adverb
s. ________________ ____________ ______ Word meaning
singular
adj. ________________ ____________ ______ that there are many types of
adjective
v. ________________ ____________ ______ symbols. Help by answering
verb
coll. ________________ ____________ ______
colloquial
m.f. ________________ ____________ ______ questions about those
male female
symbols.
• You may also want to point out
the difference between the
Studentʼs Book / Practice 3 51 numbers within the definitions
and the page number at the
top of the page, which are two different uses of the same component.
• Dictionaries may use different ways of representing pronunciation: one way is to make an approximation to
the way an English word is pronounced in the target language (for example, Spanish). The other way is to
use a phonetic alphabet. On page 51, the dictionary uses IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). It is quite
technical, but it is really useful. If you want to improve your skills using IPA we recommend the
following websites:
- International Phonetic Alphabet: https://goo.gl/WphrXv
- The Sounds of English: http://goo.gl/XedG1h

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