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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This worksheet is part of a set of 6 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 6 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 6 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 6 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 6 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sea ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sea ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sea ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sea ...
Pupils write one word for each category beginning with the same first letter that you write on the board. When the first pupil has completed the card, he shouts "stop" and all the others must stop ...
I created this worksheet as an extension of the book Happy Earth 1 unit 8 where it provides information about other American origin discoveries like chocolate, potato crisps, chewing gum and pop c ...
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 ...
A power point presentation showing in few words where English words come from. During the quiz on the slides, random words will appear and I normally give my students 7 seconds to find out words f ...
Help your students find words in the dictionary. It can be used when your student has finished learning how to use the dictionary. As a result, next time when your student is searching for t ...
This worksheet is about a young female CrossFit competitor. You can introduce this topic by clicking the YouTube url on top of the worksheet, or let the students watch the video for themselves. In ...
This is a test based on the extensive reading "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde.(level 2 or 3) It includes reading comprehension and vocabulary exercises and it can be used after the study of it ...
Common objects memory game is pretty straight forward. There's a set of pictures and a set of words (thirty of each) that you can complement with classroom objects or furniture according to your s ...
Interesting activity for secondary students regarding the film "Along came Polly". It is a very motivating activity and very easy for medium level students in order to check their knowledges and c ...
Daily Phrases 1 I have prepared this paper in order to teach my beloved student significant daily expressions which are definitely helpful for our daily life. This paper contains ten daily express ...
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