5 PERERWINEN DIRECTIONS eee Pa5 GLISH PETER VINEY DIRECTIONS WORKBOOK A UNITS 1-30 Oxford University PressUnit 1 Using a dictionary In Streamline English Directions you will often come across new or unfamiliar words. This is what to do 1 Wherever possible don't stop. If you read onto the end of the text you might be able to guess the meaning. The word may appear again late, and it could be explained. It isnot important to understand every single word. Remember that English people have to guess new words too. 2 if you realy cant understand without an explanation of a particular word, you can ask the teacher, or you can look in adictionary. if you use a dictionary, you can use ether ‘a moralingual or a bilingual one. ‘3. Always iy to find an explanation in English betore looking fora translation. itis best to use a monolingual dictionary wrich has been designed for foreign learners. This type of dicionary gives more information about grammar, use and pronunciation than a dictionary designed for native speakers, Recommended dictionaries are the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English, tne Oxford Student's Dictionary of Current English, the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English and the Longman ‘Active Study Dictionary. ‘The extracts in this are all taken from the Oxford Adoanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English, Osford Student's Dictionary of Current English or the Osford Student’s Dictionary of American English ‘word, with pronunciation verb patterns Special way in which @ word is used part of speech where to divide the headword atthe end otaline repativon of word Look at the extracts from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Find abbreviations for the words below. 4 countable 2 uncountable .. 3 something . 4 past tense past participle... 6 Vorb (transitive) 7 verb intransitive) 8 noun... 9 adjective 10 adverb .. oe 411. vorb pattarn ==... 12 vulgar. 13 for exampl Find five further examples of abbreviations used in your dictionary. There will be a complet list of these at the ‘numbers showing diferent meanings of a word related word, showing Pronunciation countable and LUncountable uses of the noun [U} oC) ‘examples of ciferent Uses of the word ‘compound, showing ‘siress pattern