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Dictionaries are important in ESL classrooms and whether your students have electronic or paper ones, they should have some practice using them in class. In this section there are 106 possible worksheets to choose from that will help you encourage your students to use the resources they have available. This dictionary worksheet asks students to provide words to match definitions but you can also flip this around and ask students to look up the definitions of words to get them better acquainted with their dictionaries. The worksheet is meant for intermediate and advanced students and contains good notes about each activity so that you can easily conduct them in class. For activities suitable for lower level learners, simply browse this section.
Dictionaries may not be the most exciting tool students use in school but they are definitely a valuable one to have and something that will help students throughout their English language studies. A resource such as this is only as good as its user so it is important to help students learn to use their dictionaries effectively. Activities like those found in this section can really help you find creative ways to get students to use their dictionaries in class.

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Vocabulary – Multiple Choice

Vocabulary – Multiple Choice

Sandy Maheswara
•, , , Dictionary Activities
  Young learners, students must identify the correct word and then rewrite or select the answer in that multiple-choice sentence. This worksheet can be used for revision or to introduce ne ...
1 Views 9,580 Elem
Movies Vocabulary +

Movies Vocabulary + "13 Reasons Why" Matching activity

EvgeniaM
•Dictionary Activities,
  This worksheet contains movie vocabulary intended to help those teachers who want to make their lessons more interesting by focusing on their student's hobbies, in this case, movies and ...
1 Views 9,881 BegElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet – Alice Merton

Song Worksheet – Alice Merton "No Roots" Gap Fill

Katherine
•, , Dictionary Activities
  Students watch the video, listen to the lyrics and fill in the gaps. You need to pause while listening, or you may give it to your students for listening for the first time. Let them gue ...
1 Views 5,136 Pre-IntInt
IPA Flashcards PPT

IPA Flashcards PPT

These IPA flashcard powerpoint slides can help students learn & review the international phonetic alphabet. There are three sample words and their phonetic spellings for each sound/symbol, th ...
1 Views 35,472 All
IELTS Topic Vocabulary Lists and Activities

IELTS Topic Vocabulary Lists and Activities

Ben Worthington
IELTS Vocabulary means using a more academic style and word choice (Lexical Resource) when writing your essay. Using Topic Specific Vocabulary, collocations and words from the Academic Word List w ...
1 Views 17,930 Exam
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Donald Trump's Speech (Designed for Russian-speaking Students)

Donald Trump's Speech (Designed for Russian-speaking Students)

Alyona
•, , , Dictionary Activities
This worksheet will help your students improve their listening skills and grab some useful vocabulary on the topic of politics. It is primarily aimed at adult learners.Thought it was created for R ...
1 Views 12,028 IntAdv
Feelings and Emotions Vocabulary with Emojis

Feelings and Emotions Vocabulary with Emojis

BusyTeacher Contributor
A worksheet containing two ice-breaking activities on feelings and emotions, especially for teenagers. In the first one, students draw how they feel today and complete the blank. In the second one ...
1 Views 37,009 Beg
Dictionary Skills - Word Unscramble (2)

Dictionary Skills - Word Unscramble (2)

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This English resource practices dictionary skills and was created for primary/elementary students. Students are asked to unscramble the words, they may use a dictionary to check their spellings. K ...
1 Views 29,819 Elem
Dictionary Skills - Word Unscramble (1)

Dictionary Skills - Word Unscramble (1)

•, , Dictionary Activities,
This English resource practices dictionary skills and was created for primary/elementary students. Students are asked to unscramble the words, they may use a dictionary to check their spellings. K ...
1 Views 19,771 Elem
Cheerleader by OMI

Cheerleader by OMI

Celia
•, , Dictionary Activities
You can teach simple present tense, the rule of the third person and the auxiliaries Do and Does. You can also teach vocabulary. There are two pages, the first one you look for the vocabulary, the ...
3 Views 13,938 Elem
Using a Dictionary: Guide Words

Using a Dictionary: Guide Words

• » Dictionary Activities
Strong dictionary skills can help students learn the meanings of unfamiliar words. This worksheet has students practice using guide words to help them find words in a dictionary. Once they find th ...
1 Views 24,417 Int
Song Worksheet: The Cave by Mumford and Sons

Song Worksheet: The Cave by Mumford and Sons

I made this worksheet for my SAT students. I wanted them to read between the lines and analyse the song. 1- The first part is fill in the blanks. 2- The second part is expanding vocabulary by figu ...
7 Views 22,016 IntAdvExam
Reading Comprehension - The Selfish Giant

Reading Comprehension - The Selfish Giant

•Dictionary Activities, ,
Students are asked to read through a part taken from the book: The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde. There are comprehension, vocabulary, and discussion topics for students to complete. There is also ...
8 Views 43,232 Elem
Business Proverbs

Business Proverbs

Natalia Serdyukova
This PPP can be used for the course of Business English or in a lesson dealing with entrepreneurship. The presentation contains some proverbs which are split up. At first the students can see the ...
4 Views 35,765 Int
Halloween

Halloween

dotty
This worksheet has been designed to encourage reading and understanding texts. There are questions related to learners' understanding of the texts as well as an introduction of new vocabulary wher ...
11 Views 25,453 Pre-Int
Ghosts

Ghosts

dotty
This worksheet is designed to encourage learners to read and understand a text. There are quick questions to check understanding of both text and vocabulary as well as a discussion sheet where lea ...
8 Views 27,845 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: Arsonist's Lullaby by Hozier

Song Worksheet: Arsonist's Lullaby by Hozier

Lizave
The students are working on questions accompanying the song Arsonist's Lullaby by Hozier. A song about, indeed, an arsonist. They are asked questions on how they feel when listening to this song, ...
3 Views 12,483 IntAdvExam
Disasters Vocabulary

Disasters Vocabulary

Irina Shigarova
•Dictionary Activities,
Simple worksheet to train spelling of the words on the topic "Disasters", includes 4 tasks: match two halves of the words, find the words in the wordsnake, put letters in the correct order, label ...
11 Views 14,860 Elem
Budgeting and Getting Finance

Budgeting and Getting Finance

A list of 40 questions about getting finance, drawing a budget etc. The purpose is to activate words students should know at intermediate level but may not be able to use owing to lack of practice ...
4 Views 27,469 Int
Pronunciation/ Short and Long Vowels

Pronunciation/ Short and Long Vowels

•Dictionary Activities,
This is a worksheet for practicing short and long vowels. It includes two activities. First, the students are asked to find the stress in some words. Next, they are asked to use their dictionaries ...
6 Views 45,939 Elem
Interior Design - Types of Beds

Interior Design - Types of Beds

•Dictionary Activities, ,
This worksheet is brought from the website HGTV (online magazine & professional website for Interior Designers). I just adapted the article about Beds Glossary to make it printable in a better ...
3 Views 9,485 IntAdv
Writing, Speaking and Pronunciation

Writing, Speaking and Pronunciation

Carmen
This is a worksheet for elementary level students (specially to kid audience). The task is explained inside the document attached for more references on how to do the exercise. There are 6 rows wi ...
7 Views 31,984 Elem
English Proverbs

English Proverbs

•Dictionary Activities,
The PowerPoint Presentation which is supposed to get the students to think and give the explanations to some of the most used proverbs in English language.There are some pictures so they can guess ...
2 Views 12,195 IntAdv
Odd One Out 6

Odd One Out 6

• » Dictionary Activities
Which one is different? Cross out the word that does not belong and explain why. There are fifteen rows and each of them has got four words. Students will have to cross out the word which is diffe ...
5 Views 21,383 All
Vocabulary Grade 4/5 (#20D)

Vocabulary Grade 4/5 (#20D)

• » Dictionary Activities
This worksheet is part (4) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
3 Views 9,834 BegElemPre-IntIntAdv

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