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How to use your dictionary

explained in a few handy steps

What we will look at?

• Understanding how your dictionary works

• What can you find in your dictionary

• Finding the definition

• Looking up the word

Step 1: Understanding your dictionary

There are a lot of different dictionaries. Are there any wrong ones?

Most common ones:

Prisma, van Dale

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Step 1:

• Read the introduction in the dictionary.

Here you read about what you can find in the dictionary.

• Extra information.

Usually there is extra information in the back (irregular verbs, other grammar, information about English speaking countries, how to write a letter.)

• Extra information on spelling or pronunciation (uitspraak)

Step 1: Abbreviations (afkortingen)

Dictionaries have a list with abbreviations and what they mean.

Usually it is somewhere close to the introduction.

Step 1: Learn pronunciation

The pronunciation (uitspraak) of a word is always in the dictionary.

Step 2: How to find a word

The words are sorted alphabetically.

Watch out for words beginning with silent letters like -> gnome or know.

Step 2: guide words

Look at the guide words.

These are words on the page that indicate which words you can find on a page.

Step 2: guide words

Step 3: Read the definition

English is all about context. Most English words have more than one meaning.

For example: The Dutch language has 25,000 active words. The English language has 250,000 active words.

Step 3: Read the definition

In that case it is handy to know what word class the word has ->

set (the table is set) verb

set (a nice set of friends) noun

Step 3: Looking up the word

The first thing after the word is always the word class: noun, adjective, verb.

The first translation is for the most common use of the word.

Step 3: Looking up the word

Most dictionaries also give an example sentence.

You always look up the whole verb -> e.g. singing -> sing

Irregular verbs you can find in the back of the dictionary -> wove -> comes from to weave

Step 3: Looking up the word

You always look up the singular word -> brushes -> brush

Exercise :-)

Look up the meaning and the word class of the following words.

Taught singles

missed detergent

brushes imprisonment

penance society pages

propelled twiddle

Watch a clip:

Word crimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc