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Lesson 7
How well do I know my dictionary?
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• answered questions on your use of dictionaries
• answered questions on looking up information in a dictionary
• selected appropriate words in sentences
A Work in pairs and discuss.
1 How often do you use a dictionary?
2 Which dictionary do you use?
3 What information can you expect to find in a dictionary?
B A page taken from the LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH is given below. Look at the questions first and then find the answers from this dictionary text.
1 What abbreviations have been used for British English and American English? With which words have they been used? What pan of speech is heavy? How docs the dictionary indicate this?
2 The word informal written beside a word means that this expression is not used for formal situations. With which other words do you see this written?
3 How does the dictionary show you the different meanings of heavy?
4 How many idiomatic uses of heavy can you find? What are they?
1. heavy1/hevi/adj heavier, heaviest
1 WEIGHT weighing a lot : I can't lift this case - it's too heavy. The baby seemed to be getting heavier and heavier in her arms, how heavy? (= how much does it weigh) How heavy is the parcel? - opposite LIGHT (4)
2 A LOT a lot or in very large amounts : The traffic was heavier than normal and I was late for work. heavy rain/snow flooding caused by heavy rain over the weekend/ heavy use/consumption the film's heavy use of special effects.
3 heavy smoker/drinker someone who smokes a lot or drinks a lot of alcohol.
4 SERIOUS/SEVERE serious or severe: heavy winter storms/a heavy burden of responsibility/heavy fine/penalty heavy fines for possession of hard drugs / a heavy cold (= a very bad cold) She's in bed with a heavy cold. heavy losses Most insurance companies suffered heavy losses last year.
5 NEEDING PHYSICAL EFFORT needing a lot of physical strength and effort: heavy manual work.
6 NEEDING MENTAL EFFORT not easy or entertaining and needing a lot of mental effort: I want something to read on holiday - nothing too heavy.
7 heavy going difficult to understanding or deal with: find sth heavy going / found Balzac's books pretty heavy going.
8 be heavy on informal to use a lot or too much of something : The car's rather heavy on oil.
9 heavy schedule/timetable/day etc one in which you have a lot to do in a short
time : I'd had a heavy day at the office.
10 heavy sleeper someone who does not wake easily.
11 heavy breathing breathing that is slow and loud - see also HEAVY
BREATHER.
12 make heavy weather of sth BrE to make something that you are doing seem more difficult or complicated than it really is : All Nick had to do was reorganize the files but he wax making heavy weather of it.
13 CLOTHS ETC clothes, jewellery, or shoes that are heavy are large, thick, and solid: a heavy winter coat.
14 BODY7FACE having a large, broad, or thick appearance that is unattractive: a large, heavy-featured woman/ heavy build (=a large broad body)
15 WITH FORCE hitting something or falling with a lot of force or weight: the sound of heavy footsteps in the hall/Ali caught him with a heavy blow to the jaw.
16 heavy silence/atmosphere a situation in which people feel sad, anxious, or embarrassed: A heavy silence fell upon the room.
17 FOOD solid and making your stomach feel full and uncomfortable: a heavy meal/heavy fruitcake.
18 GROUND a) soil that is heavy is thick and solid b) a sports ground or race track that is heavy is muddy: The going is heavy at Epsom today.
19 SMELL strong and usually sweet: a heavy fragrance/ be heavy with a scent/fragrance/smell The garden was heavy with the scent of summer.
20 be heavy with fruit/blossom etc literary if trees are heavy with fruit etc they have a lot of fruit etc on them.
21 AIR unpleasantly warm and not at all fresh because there is no wind: the damp heavy atmosphere of the rainforest.
22 with a heavy heart literary feeling very sad : It was with a heavy heart that Kate kissed her children goodbye.
23 heavy date AmE usually humorous a very important DATE with a BOYFRIEND or GIRLFRIEND
C Use your dictionary to select the appropriate words for the following sentences.
1 My father was furious/ferocious when he heard that I had lost his cycle.
2 There were about 150 cows in the dairy/diary farm.
3 The sky was overshadowed/overcast with clouds.
4 The first floor of our house is cool/cold in summer and warm/hot in winter.
5 The singer sang a melancholy/malicious song.
6 The movie was so hilarious/horrendous that everyone was bending with laughter.
7 There was so much dust on the roads that I could hardly breath/breathe.
Focus:
Skills.
Skimming, scanning.
Functions.
Developing dictionary skills, understanding meaning in context. Grammar/Structure.
Adjective, idiomatic use.
Vocabulary.
contemporary, consumption, penalty, sarcasm.
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Lesson 7
How well do I know my dictionary?
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• answered questions on your use of dictionaries
• answered questions on looking up information in a dictionary
• selected appropriate words in sentences
A Work in pairs and discuss.
1 How often do you use a dictionary?
2 Which dictionary do you use?
3 What information can you expect to find in a dictionary?
B A page taken from the LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH is given below. Look at the questions first and then find the answers from this dictionary text.
1 What abbreviations have been used for British English and American English? With which words have they been used? What pan of speech is heavy? How docs the dictionary indicate this?
2 The word informal written beside a word means that this expression is not used for formal situations. With which other words do you see this written?
3 How does the dictionary show you the different meanings of heavy?
4 How many idiomatic uses of heavy can you find? What are they?
1. heavy1/hevi/adj heavier, heaviest
1 WEIGHT weighing a lot : I can't lift this case - it's too heavy. The baby seemed to be getting heavier and heavier in her arms, how heavy? (= how much does it weigh) How heavy is the parcel? - opposite LIGHT (4)
2 A LOT a lot or in very large amounts : The traffic was heavier than normal and I was late for work. heavy rain/snow flooding caused by heavy rain over the weekend/ heavy use/consumption the film's heavy use of special effects.
3 heavy smoker/drinker someone who smokes a lot or drinks a lot of alcohol.
4 SERIOUS/SEVERE serious or severe: heavy winter storms/a heavy burden of responsibility/heavy fine/penalty heavy fines for possession of hard drugs / a heavy cold (= a very bad cold) She's in bed with a heavy cold. heavy losses Most insurance companies suffered heavy losses last year.
5 NEEDING PHYSICAL EFFORT needing a lot of physical strength and effort: heavy manual work.
6 NEEDING MENTAL EFFORT not easy or entertaining and needing a lot of mental effort: I want something to read on holiday - nothing too heavy.
7 heavy going difficult to understanding or deal with: find sth heavy going / found Balzac's books pretty heavy going.
8 be heavy on informal to use a lot or too much of something : The car's rather heavy on oil.
9 heavy schedule/timetable/day etc one in which you have a lot to do in a short
time : I'd had a heavy day at the office.
10 heavy sleeper someone who does not wake easily.
11 heavy breathing breathing that is slow and loud - see also HEAVY
BREATHER.
12 make heavy weather of sth BrE to make something that you are doing seem more difficult or complicated than it really is : All Nick had to do was reorganize the files but he wax making heavy weather of it.
13 CLOTHS ETC clothes, jewellery, or shoes that are heavy are large, thick, and solid: a heavy winter coat.
14 BODY7FACE having a large, broad, or thick appearance that is unattractive: a large, heavy-featured woman/ heavy build (=a large broad body)
15 WITH FORCE hitting something or falling with a lot of force or weight: the sound of heavy footsteps in the hall/Ali caught him with a heavy blow to the jaw.
16 heavy silence/atmosphere a situation in which people feel sad, anxious, or embarrassed: A heavy silence fell upon the room.
17 FOOD solid and making your stomach feel full and uncomfortable: a heavy meal/heavy fruitcake.
18 GROUND a) soil that is heavy is thick and solid b) a sports ground or race track that is heavy is muddy: The going is heavy at Epsom today.
19 SMELL strong and usually sweet: a heavy fragrance/ be heavy with a scent/fragrance/smell The garden was heavy with the scent of summer.
20 be heavy with fruit/blossom etc literary if trees are heavy with fruit etc they have a lot of fruit etc on them.
21 AIR unpleasantly warm and not at all fresh because there is no wind: the damp heavy atmosphere of the rainforest.
22 with a heavy heart literary feeling very sad : It was with a heavy heart that Kate kissed her children goodbye.
23 heavy date AmE usually humorous a very important DATE with a BOYFRIEND or GIRLFRIEND
C Use your dictionary to select the appropriate words for the following sentences.
1 My father was furious/ferocious when he heard that I had lost his cycle.
2 There were about 150 cows in the dairy/diary farm.
3 The sky was overshadowed/overcast with clouds.
4 The first floor of our house is cool/cold in summer and warm/hot in winter.
5 The singer sang a melancholy/malicious song.
6 The movie was so hilarious/horrendous that everyone was bending with laughter.
7 There was so much dust on the roads that I could hardly breath/breathe.
Focus:
Skills.
Skimming, scanning.
Functions.
Developing dictionary skills, understanding meaning in context. Grammar/Structure.
Adjective, idiomatic use.
Vocabulary.
contemporary, consumption, penalty, sarcasm.