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Collins First School DictionaryWord classes and meanings: Teacher Notes
Suggested activities:
• Inpairs,askpupilstousethedictionarytofindasmanywordsbelongingtoonewordclassastheycaninacertainamountoftime.
• Playaversionof‘stopthebus’withpupils–theyneedtofindawordinthedictionarybeginningwithacertainletterforeachwordclass;2pointsforawordthatnobodyelsehaswrittendown;1pointforawordthatothershavechosen.
• Givepupilssomecommonwordsthathavemorethanonemeaningorwordclass(egfly, cold, orange)andaskpupilstoexplainthedifference–cantheythinkofothers?
• Sillysentences–pupilsshouldusethedictionarytomakeupnonsensesentencesusingdifferentwordclasses:AdjectiveNounVerbAdverb,forexample,A kind mouse hopped slowly.
• Pupilworksheetsavailableseparatelyfordownload.
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Collins First School DictionaryWord classes
Find a word in the dictionary that is:
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
Find a word that is used as both:
adjectiveandnoun(page77)
verbandnoun(page30)
verbandadjective(page33)
Look up these words and write down the word classes in which they are used:
text(page143)
cold(page34)
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Collins First School DictionaryMeanings
Look up these words and write down how many meanings each one has:
new(page96)
calf(page27)
keep(page76)
Look at the entry for ‘card’:
card noun cards1 Cardisstiffpaper.
2 Acardisafoldedpieceofstiffpaperthathasapictureonthefrontandamessageinside.
3 Cardsarepiecesofstiffpaperwithnumbersorpicturesonthemthatyouuseforplayinggames.
Write down the meaning number for each example:
I gave the teacher a thank-you card.
Cut the card in half.
Let’s have a game of cards.
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