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Oxford dictionary skills training programme www.oup.com/elt/oald 1 FREE photocopiable worksheets
Contents Worksheet 1: Finding the right word page 3 Worksheet 2: Headwords and derivatives page 5 Worksheet 3: Defi nitions page 8 Worksheet 4: Shortcuts page 10 Worksheet 5: Idioms page 12 Worksheet 6: Phrasal Verbs page 14 Worksheet 7: Abbreviations page 16 Worksheet 8: Geographical names page 18 Worksheet 9: Examples page 20 Worksheet 10: Collocates and fi xed phrases page 22 Worksheet 11: Register page 24 Worksheet 12: Irregular forms page 26 Worksheet 13: Nouns page 29 Worksheet 14: Irregular verbs page 31 Worksheet 15: Adjectives and adverbs page 33 Worksheet 16: Grammar patterns page 35 Worksheet 17: Synonyms and opposites page 37 Worksheet 18: Notes page 39 Worksheet 19: Pronunciation page 41 Worksheet 20: Stress page 43 Worksheet 21: British and American English – Vocabulary page 45 Worksheet 22: British and American English – Spelling page 47 Worksheet 23: British and American English – Pronunciation page 49 Worksheet 24: Cultural matters page 51 Worksheet 25: Spelling page 53 Worksheet 26: Punctuation page 55 Worksheet 27: The Oxford 3000TM page 57 Worksheet 28: Writing letters page 59 Worksheet 29: Writing a CV page 61 Worksheet 30: Writing emails page 63 Worksheet 31: Text messages page 66 Worksheet 32: Illustrations page 68 Worksheet 33: Using the CD-ROM page 71 Worksheet 34: Guide to British and American Culture page 73 Worksheet 35: Wordfi nder page 75 Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Worksheets
Oxford dictionary skills training programme PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press 3 1 Finding the right word Now make up a sentence using each of the words. B Now put these words into alphabetical order. Then check your answers in your dictionary. 1. pipette pinball piquant pipeline pine cone pipe organ pineapple pinpoint 2. seize seedling segment seemingly select seizure seismic seep 3. skipper skinny skid skiing skier skin diving ski lift skin-deep 4. OBE o’ object O obese objet d’art OAP obligated C Which of these words would you fi nd on the pages that start with claimant and end with class? clan ✓ clause clasp clad classify clapper clam CJD Which of these words would you fi nd on the pages that start with lost and end with love? louse ✓ lotus lotion lossy low lovage lost cause lounge A How well do you really know your alphabet? As quickly as you can, put the letters below in alphabetical order to make English words. C E N C A T = E N B I G = L O G Y R = P H I C M = T O S O B = T Y R O F = W O B L E = W O L A L =
4 PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press 1 Finding the right word KEY A accent, begin, glory, chimp, boost, forty, below, allow B 1. pinball, pineapple, pine cone, pinpoint, pipeline, pipe organ, pipette, piquant 2. seedling, seemingly, seep, segment, seismic, seize, seizure, select 3. skid, skier, skiing, ski lift, skin-deep, skin diving, skinny, skipper 4. O, o’, OAP, OBE, obese, object, objet d’art, obligated C clan, clasp, clam, clapper louse, lotion, lost cause, lotus, lovage, lounge