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Dictionary Skills
Part 2
How to look up words with more
than one meaning.
English words with several spellings
Your first challenge is to make sure that you
have the right English spelling of the word you are
looking up in the dictionary.
You may need an English dictionary for this.
These are just a few of the English words which
are easily confused.
• weak, week
• know, no
• dear, deer
English words with several
meanings
• Some English words have more than one
meaning and can be used in different
ways. You need to know which meaning
you want when you look up the word.
Book
Think of as many meanings and uses of the
word book as you can.
Book
Here are a few you might have thought of:
• I read a good book last night. (noun)
• I would like to book a hotel room. (verb)
• The referee wanted to book the football
player. (verb)
Now look up the word book in your
dictionary.
English
word using
the
phonetic
alphabet
Word in
English
book [ buk ] n livre m
Type of word it
is:
n = noun
Word in
French
Gender of
the word.
m=
masculine
The
English
word is in
blue
The French
word is in
black
book [buk] n livre m
The English
phonetic
spelling is
in italics
and square
brackets
The n for noun
is in italics
The m for
masculine is
in italics
‘Livre’ is the French
word for book as a
noun. In other
words, an object.
‘I read a book’.
In French there is
another word for a
book of stamps or
tickets. It is called a
‘carnet’. It is a
masculine noun.
Book [ buk ] n livre m; (of stamps,
tickets) carnet m # vt (ticket)
To book a prendre; (seat, room) réserver;
seat or a
(driver) dresser un procès-verbal à ;
room is
(football player) prendre le nom de;
the verb
To book
a ticket is
the verb
‘prendre’.
The vt
tell you
that it is
a verb.
All of the
following
words
are also
verbs.
‘réserver’.
To book a driver,
for example with a
speeding ticket, is
a phrase.
To book a football player is also
a phrase.
Now look up the word ball.
What is the French word for a ball?
What is the French word for a football?
What is the French word for a golf ball?
What is the French word for a ball of wool?
What is the French word for a ball of string?
What is the French word for the type of ball
Cinderella would go to?
More Dictionary Practice
What is the French word for flame?
What is the French word for history?
What is the French word for a coffee bean?
(Hint: look up ‘bean’)
What is the French word for a beach?
What is the French word for to beach (a
ship)?
More Dictionary Practice
What is the French word for a flower bed?
(Hint: look up ‘bed’)
What is the French word for to fix such as in
the sentence, ‘I want to fix the broken tap’?
What is the French word for to fix such as in
the sentence, ‘I want to fix a date for our
next meeting’?