Dictionaries to save your life!

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Dictionaries to save your life!

Lesson goals

After today's lesson:

• I know more about how to use a dictionary.
• I have practiced using a dictionary to find difficult words and phrases.

Warm-up activity!

Put the following words in alphabetical order.

consult - construct - consider

consumer - constraint - connect

consult - construct - consider

consumer - constraint - connect

A

Z

consult

construct

consider

consumer

constraint

connect

Get ready for round 2!

Put the following words in alphabetical order.

treat - together - threat

throng - throat - tight

treat - together - threat

throng - throat - tight

A

Z

treat

together

threat

throng

throat

tight

Now on to some theory..

Next, you'll see some abbreviations that you might 

encounter in your dictionary. What do they mean? 

bnw

ww

vz

zn

bw

Which meaning to choose?

Sometimes, a word has several meanings. 

Can you find at least two meanings to the 

following words in your dictionary?

bat

kind

right

tire

die

How do I find the meaning to proverbs?

Useful tip:

Search your dictionary for the most important 

word in the proverb. It's often a verb!

"to call it a day"      "to wrap your head around something"      "it's not rocket science"

ophouden met                  iets ingewikkelds begrijpen               het is niet ingewikkeld

werken aan iets                                                                                                                             

What do these proverbs mean?

"under the weather"

"your guess is as good as mine"

"to hit the sack"

"easy does it"

"to beat around the bush"

Lesson goals

Hopefully, you now...

• know more about how to use a dictionary.
• have practiced using a dictionary to find difficult words and phrases.

What did you find most useful in today's lesson?

Do you feel you're better prepared
to use a dictionary now?

1. Yes! Definitely!
2. Yeah, I did pick up a few things.
3. I guess.. Most of it, I knew already.
4. No, I didn't improve at all.

Thank you for today's lesson!