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CAMBRIDGE
LEARNER’S
DICTIONARY
WORKSHEETS
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Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary Worksheets
These exercises and activities have been designed for use with the Cambridge
LearnerÔs Dictionary. They can be used with students from intermediate to
upper-intermediate level.
Their aim is to give students practice in a variety of language areas including
grammar, vocabulary, using different varieties of English, and collocation. They are
also designed to give students greater confidence and skill in using a monolingual
dictionary.
The worksheets may be photocopied freely for classroom use. We hope you and your
students will enjoy using them.
For further information about this and other Cambridge dictionaries, please contact ELT Marketing,
The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 325819
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Email: eltmail@cambridge.org
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EXERCISE 1 – THE ALPHABET
1. ALPHABET TRIVIA QUIZ: how much do you know about the English alphabet?
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
How many vowels and how many consonants are there?
What are the three most common letters at the beginning of words?
Look in your dictionary and see which letters have the most pages.
What are the three least common letters at the beginning of words?
Look in your dictionary and see which letters have the fewest pages.
2. SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION
How do you spell .........?
I’m sorry, could you spell
that, please?
Knowing how to pronounce and understand the letters of the alphabet can be very important.
Look at the words below and match the sounds with the sounds of the letters of the alphabet. Some
have already been done for you.
o kay dee p see v isa pie ce are eye en d why eff ort
ea sy jai l you zed queue jea ns ess ay em pty be o pen ex pert
A
d ay
J
S
B
K
T
tea
C
L
el ephant
U
D
M
V
E
N
W
“double you”
F
O
X
G
P
Y
H
"aytch"
Q
Z
“………” (UK)
I
R
“zee” (US)
3. Look at the abbreviations below, how do you pronounce them?
Check the meanings of any of the abbreviations you don’t know in the dictionary.
DIY
B&B
asap
GMT
www
IOU
CIA
BSE
BBC
PTO
OAP
UFO
4. ALPHABETICAL ORDER
To find words in the dictionary, you need to know alphabetical order. Put the words below into
alphabetical order – the first two have been done for you.
teacher
student
textbook
pen
classroom
test
pencil
study
course
learn
blackboard
revision
1. blackboard 2. classroom 3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
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EXERCISE 2 – COLLOCATION
1.
MAKE A NOISE
Certain words are often used together in English. Learning these
common combinations can help you to speak English more naturally.
Important word combinations are shown in heavy type in the example
sentences in the dictionary.
INTERESTED IN
Look up the words in the box below in
the dictionary to check whether they
are usually used with the verb “make”
or the verb “do”. The first two have
been done for you.
MAKE
DO
a phone call friends a promise
a choice
a promise
an exercise
business your homework progress
an appointment an exercise
a decision
a mistake research a suggestion
2. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of “make” or “do”.
Look up the words in CAPITALS to check which verb to use.
1. We ______________ a LIST of everything we needed.
2. Some CHANGES have been __________, but there is still more work to be done.
3. He __________ an EXPERIMENT to test his theory.
4. The next day, he ___________ an astonishing DISCOVERY.
5. He ___________ a 6-week COURSE in Computer Aided Design.
6. She ought to __________ more EXERCISE to keep fit.
7. Mum asked me to __________ the WASHING and IRONING.
8. Everyone ___________ an EFFORT to be there on time.
3. Many words are often used with a particular preposition.
Choose the correct preposition for the sentences below.
Look up the words in CAPITALS in the dictionary.
1. She APOLOGIZED from/to/for the mess.
2. Lots of people are SCARED of/to/at spiders.
3. My parents WORRY for/on/about me if I come home late.
4. We need to make some CHANGES with/to/on the design.
5. There will be an investigation about/into/over the accident.
6. It DEPENDS of/on/from how much it’s going to cost.
7. They finally SUCCEEDED in/for/to getting the car started.
8. I wrote to the manager to COMPLAIN for/about/on the service.
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EXERCISE 3 – FINDING THE RIGHT MEANING
1. MULTIPLE MEANINGS: In the sentences below the underlined word has a number of different
meanings. Choose the word which best fits the meaning in the sentence.
In the dictionary words with several different meanings have GUIDEWORDS to help you find the
right meaning.
1. Which top do you think I should wear - the red one or the blue one?
a. HIGHEST PART b. SURFACE c. LID d. CLOTHING
2. She’s suffering from a bad case of flu.
a. SITUATION b. COURT OF LAW c. CRIME d. ILLNESS
3. I’m quite fair like my Mum, so I try to keep out of the sun.
a. EQUAL b. RIGHT c. HAIR/SKIN d. WEATHER
4. Serve this warming winter soup with a fresh crusty roll .
a. ROUND OBJECT b. BREAD c. LIST d. SOUND
5. Why not have a second line put in so that the kids can surf the Internet?
a. MARK b. ROW c. ROPE d. TELEPHONE
6. A party of schoolchildren have been reported missing in the mountains.
a. EVENT b. POLITICS c. GROUP d. LEGAL
2. PHRASES: Sometimes when words are used as part of a phrase, they have quite a different
meaning.
Phrases are shown as separate senses in a dictionary entry in heavy type .
Look up the entry for “now” in the dictionary to find the correct meaning of the phrase below.
I see Amanda in town every now and then .
a. every time I go b. sometimes, but not often c. now and in the past
3. Complete the following phrases so that they match the definition on the right.
1. There were round ……………… 50 people there.
approximately
2. We all worked flat ……………to get it finished on time.
using all our effort/energy
3. I'll phone him ……………… thing on Monday.
at the beginning of the day
4. Don't worry, we'll be there ……… ……… time .
very soon
5. When we arrived the race was ……………… way .
already happening
6. We'll have to count them ………… ………… again .
repeat from the beginning
7. Preparations for the wedding are all ……… hand .
being dealt with now
8. We've had ………… end of problems with the new system.
a lot
9. What a mess! There are clothes ……… ………… ……… place .
in many different places
10. The cash machine was …………… ……… order .
not working
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