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Go to the site: www.r-go.ca Choose the link: “Reference” from the middle of the page Read the descriptions under each dictionary. What is each dictionary good for?
Go to One Look Dictionary In the search box type “*cide” to get all the words in English that end in –cide How many results did you get? How many pages? Click on the words: matricide, patricide, and sororicide. What do they mean?
Go to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Check the word “fast” in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Go to the box at the bottom of the page and find the difference between “fast”, “quick”, and “rapid”. Explain the difference here.
What does the abbreviation FAQ stand for?
What does a newspaper do when it scoops its rivals?
Now find the word “summit”. Write two examples from the dictionary with this word.
Go to Cambridge Dictionaries.
Choose Idioms! Now answer the following questions using the dictionary of Idioms Idioms..................................... . A The following sentences all contain idioms. In each case the missing word is a part of the body. Fill in the blanks. Looking up the word in bold type in the dictionary will help if you do not know the answers. 1 Have I done something wrong? They all seem to be giving me the cold ___________________. 2 She’s got a chip on her ___________________ about not having gone to university. 3 You need a thick ___________________ in order to be a politician. 4 It’s no good complaining. You’re just going to have to grit your ___________________ and get on with it. 5 What do you mean, you didn’t think I could do it? I’m not just a pretty _________________ , you know. 6 He sat there looking all innocent – as if butter wouldn’t melt in his _________________ . 7 I’m sure she’ll help if you twist her ____________ . 8 I’m not very impressed with their behaviour but I’ll turn a blind ____________ this time. 9 OK, I’m sorry. There’s no need to rub my _________________ in it. 10 What’s got into him? He’s like a bear with a sore _________________ this morning.
B Match the following idioms with the situation in which they are likely to be used.
a. Somebody keeps criticizing you. b. You had not prepared well for something that you had to do. c. Something happens that confirms what you expected. d. Somebody seems to be very bad-tempered. e. Somebody is being very boring and doing things that are not interesting.
1. I had to wing it. 2. Who’s rattled your cage? 3. I thought as much. 4. Get a life! 5. Get off my case, can’t you?
Now go to Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
Grammar Phrasal verbs consist of a verb and a particle e.g. get down, or a verb and two particles get down to. Sometimes the phrasal verb is intransitive, which means it does not need an object after it e.g. drift off: She closed her eyes and drifted off. Sometimes the phrasal verb is transitive, which means it needs an object to make sense. In some cases the object can be placed between the two parts of the phrasal verb or after the phrasal verb, e.g. drink sth upor drink up sth: Drink up your coffee. We’ve got to go. or Drink your coffee up. We’ve got to go. In other cases the object can only come after the phrasal verb, e.g . border on sth: Swaziland borders on South Africa and Mozambique. The dictionary has a clear system to show how the grammar of phrasal verbs works using abbreviations like sth (something), sb (somebody), swh (somewhere). 1 Look up the following phrasal verbs in the dictionary to find out whether they take an object. If they do take an object, show with a tick whether the object comes between the verb and particle, after the particle, or in both places. 1. drop ___ by ___ 2. abide ___ by ___ 3. ask ___ out ___ 4. bear ___ up ___ 5. breeze ___ through ___ 6. consist ___ of ___ 7. fasten ___ up ___ 8. pore ___ over ___ 9. live ___ through ___ 10. take ___ against ___
Vocabulary building 2 Choose the best meaning of the phrasal verb from the words in the box. 1. pick on (a) collect (b) recognize (c) criticize (d) take 2. put away (a) forget (b) send to prison (c) substitute (d) criticize 3. cut back (a) stop (b) remove (c) reconnect (d) reduce spending 4. loosen up (a) relax (b) untie (c) prepare (d) allow 5. pour down (a) be honest (b) rain (c) appear (d) leave 6. pop off (a) appear (b) explode (c) leave (d) forget
3 Use the phrasal verbs in Exercise 2 to fill the gaps in the sentences below. Use the correct form of the verb. 1. It ........................ for most of the summer this year. 2. They ........................... for two years for their part in the crime. 3. I’ve got to ........................... now. I’ve got a dentist appointment at 3. 4. They always ............................ her because she’s the smallest. 5. He was quite nervous at first but soon .......................... 6. We’re going to have to .......................... next year with only one salary.
Go back to the reference page Choose: American Heritage
A. Click on the link: Word History Notes And find the history of these words. Where do they come from? Write the name of the country or the people who first used this word:
Ketchup Canada Caviar Plumber Robot Tomato
B Find the odd one out! If you are not sure about the pronunciation, click on the icon of the speaker to hear the word
Not all words that have similar spellings are pronounced the same. Put a circle round the word in each of the groups below which does not rhyme with the other two. Use the dictionary to help you.
daughter laughter slaughter conceit deceit albeit food brood flood freight weight height whey key prey tough through rough
Go to the links quotationreference. Choose “subject index”, go to letter “L” and find two nice quotations about “life” (don’t forget to include the names of the writers).
Now go to the author index and write two quotations by Shakespeare
Go to Canadian Encyclopedia. Type Alice Munro in the search box. Click on the first article and write the names of the books she wrote in 1968 and 1978 for which she won the Governor General’s Award |