1. Presenter: Longman Educational Services
Dictionary Skills
Presenter:
Longman Educational Services

2. We will learn today: 1. Alphabetical order
2. How to look for a new word
3. How to find the right meaning

3. Interesting book…
Let’s read it!

4. pyramid

5. Pronunciation
Spelling
Parts of speech
Definitions
Translation
Picture

6. W D M O I S Z R V U Y A J X P E L Why do you use a dictionary? T B F GQ I K H N V U W S J L G

7. 1. The meaning of the word 2. How to Say the word
I use a dictionary because I want to know…
1. The meaning of the word
2. How to Say the word
3. How to spell the word

8. Inside your dictionary, the words are organized in alphabetical order
Inside your dictionary, the words are organized in alphabetical order. So, to use a dictionary easily, you must know the alphabetical order.

9. But, how are the words in dictionary arranged by alphabetical order?

10. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z X
Alphabetical Order

11. It’s your turn now!

12. Violin a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Piano
Guitar
Trumpet

13. Did you get it right ? 1.
Guitar
Piano 2.
Trumpet 3.
Violin 4.

14. What happens when the words start with the same letter?
You order the words alphabetically according to the second letter.

15. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Butterfly
Bear
Bird

16. Did you get it right ?
Bear 1.
Bird 2.
Butterfly 3.

17. What are guide words? But, there are so many words in a dictionary…
We use guide words to find a word quickly!
What are guide words?

18. Guide words are found at the top of each page.

20. Cook How can this help us? First, we would turn to the C section.
Now, let’s say we are looking up the word-
Cook
First, we would turn to the C section.
Then, we use the guide word to decide the correct page.

23. Definition of cook

24. Noun Verb Adjective People Action Places Things Describing things
He plays skateboard.
She waves the flag.
The Naughty boy
The lovely girl
Places
Fun school
Beautiful Eiffel Tower
You go to school.
I visited Eiffel Tower.
Things
We eat strawberry.
He brushes his teeth with a toothbrush.
Tasty strawberry
Useful toothbrush

25. Are you ready for some challenges?

26. Can you correct her work?
Katy from P3 matched the words with the wrong parts of speech.
Can you correct her work?
Noun
Verb
Sing
Round
Verb
Adjective
Tourist
Adjective
Noun

27. What have you learnt today?
Dictionary skills
What have you learnt today?

28. I learnt: 1. Alphabetical order 2. How to look for a new word
3. How to find the right meaning

29. We hope you had
great fun
See you later!
Learning with us !