Longman Active Study Dictionary Wo r k s h e e t s

Filler activities with the Longman Active Study Dictionary

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Activity 1 Find that word!
1 Work with a partner to find the following words in the wordsearcher puzzle. You have five minutes to find all
the answers! The answers go across and down.
Activity 2 Hangman!
1 Look at the five categories listed here. Use your dictionary to find 4-5 words for each category and write
them down.
FOOD NATIONALITIES COLOURS VERBS ADJECTIVES
2 Choose a word from one of the categories. On a separate
piece of paper, mark one dash for each letter of your word.
For example, if your word is pineapple, mark 9 dashes
like this: -.
Now ask your partner to try and guess the word letter by letter.
If he/she chooses a cor rect letter, mark it in the appropriate space.
If not, start to draw the hangman in this order:
When youve finished, try and guess one of your partners words.
3 Make sure you record all your new words in your vocabulary
notebook.
a) Two verbs beginning with a. ach, ac-
b) Three foods beginning with c. c-k-, cab, cay
c) Four abbreviations beginning with I. IO-, I-, IP-, -T
d) Five verbs beginning with s. s-w, se-, sear, sca, s-y
e) Six four letter words beginning with
w. wi-k, wis-, wip-, wit-, w-od, w-lf
2 When you have finished check your answers with your
teacher, and record any new words in your notebook.
Activity 3 Familiarisation quiz
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1 Answer the following questions as fast as you can!
a) Which is more polite; I want or Id like?
b) Do you say act of friendship or action of friendship?
c) Is a boat larger or smaller than a ship?
d) What are the two illustrations on page 334?
e) What is the definition of the Active Word on page 399?
f) Is pass by transitive or intransitive?
g) Do you make or do progress?
h) Name three sports that we use a referee for.
i) What does sell-by date mean? Write the definition.
What kind of item might have a sell-by date?
j) What is the name of the tall building on page 75?
(Page 623 will help you!)
2 Now check your answers with your teacher and record any new words in your notebook.
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Aim: Short game-type activities to fill the first or the last few minutes of the class, to get the
students having fun looking through the whole dictionary.
Level: Pre-intermediate - intermediate
Time: Activity 1 - 10 minutes Activity 2 - 5-10 minutes Activity 3 - 15 minutes
Materials: Photocopiable worksheets and Longman Active Study Dictionary
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2 Boardwork
Prepare students to do the wordsearcher by writing each set of words
(with gaps) on the board. Ask students to look up the words and call
out the answers to ensure that all students have the correct words to
start with.
When each set is complete get students in their groups to find the
words in the wordsearcher.
Answers:
a) achieve (page 6), act (page 7)
b) cake (page 90), cabbage (page 90), candy (page 93)
c) IOU (page 358), IQ (page 358), IPA (page 358), IT (page 359)
d) sew (page 606), see (page 598), search (page 596), scare (page
591), say (page 589)
e) wink (page 764), wise (page 764), wipe (page 764), wits (page
766), wood (page 766), wolf (page 766)
If theres time, get students to call out example sentences using the words
from the dictionary.
Activity 2 Hangman!
1 Draw a category grid on the board for the students to use as a model and mark each category clearly with the words given. You
or your students may want to change the categories if you think of better ones.
2 Make sure the students have enough Longman Active Study Dictionaries. Explain to them the rules of Hangman:
Student A chooses a word from his/her category that Student B has to guess letter by letter, then marks one dash for each
letter in that word, eg, for the word pineapple, there would be 9 dashes like this: - .
Student A asks Student B to guess any letter of the alphabet. If its in the word Student A is thinking of, they insert it in the
correct space of the word as many times as it occurs, eg, if the word is pineapple and Student B gave the letter e, Student A
would insert e twice, like this: _ _ _ e _ _ _ _ e. If the letter given is not in the word Student A draws the first part of the
Hangman (see numbered diagram on the worksheet). The game continues in this way with Student A writing down the
letters Student B has guessed for reference.
Student B wins by guessing the word before he/she is hung! If not, Student A is the winner. Students then swap roles.
If theres time, ask students to write down the words in their vocabulary notebooks.
Activity 3 Familiarisation quiz
1 This is a very flexible activity; if you have little time, just get students to do the first five questions.
2 Make sure the students are in groups and each group has a Longman Active Study Dictionary. Explain that this will help them
with the answers as many of the answers are part of the usage notes or the handy tips at the bottom of the pages.
Answers:
a) Id like (usage note page 388)
b) act of friendship (usage note page 7)
c) smaller (usage note page 67)
d) ice/ice cubes and icicles
e) great comfort, especially resulting from beautiful or
expensive things
f) transitive AND intransitive (usage note page 481)
g) make progress
h) any three from basketball/boxing/football/
hockey/wrestling (usage note page 555)
i) the date printed on a food product after which it should
not be sold; fresh produce, meat, fruit, dairy products like
cheese, milk, cream
j) skyscraper
3 If you have time, ask students to call out sentences using the words and write them on the board so students can record
them in their notebooks.
Longman Active Study Dictionary Te a ch e r s Not es
Filler activities with the Longman Active Study Dictionary
Activity 1 Find that word!
1 Divide the students into pairs or small groups, and make sure each group has at least one Longman Active Study Dictionary.
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