Dictionary Game for Teachers
Instructions:
N.B. Make sure the students can't read the words through the face-down pieces of paper. |
abbr |
adj |
masc |
prep |
pron |
neg |
sb |
sing |
U |
C |
derog |
fem |
fml |
infml |
US |
v |
~ |
dated |
euph |
rhet |
/kæt/ |
/ðIs/ |
phr v |
sth |
Am E |
n Am e |
|| |
/ ' / |
[I] |
[T] |
Answers: (O) = From the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (L) = From the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English |
abbr - abbreviation (O) |
adj - adjective (O) (L) |
masc - masculine (O) |
prep - preposition (O) (L) |
pron - pronoun (O) (L) |
neg - negative (O) |
sb - somebody (O)/ someone (L) |
sing - singular (O) |
derog - Derogatory (O) |
C - Countable noun (O) |
U - Uncountable noun (O) |
fem - feminine (O) |
fml - formal (O) |
infml - informal (O) |
US - American usage (O) |
v - verb (O) (L) |
~ replaces the headword of an entry (O) |
dated - old-fashioned (O) |
euph - euphemistic (O) |
rhet - rhetorical (O) |
/kæt/ - cat (O) |
/ðIs/ - this (O) |
sl - slang (O) |
sth - something (O) (L) |
phr v - phrasal verb (L) |
AmE - American English (L) |
|| separates British (on the left) and American (on the right) pronunciations (L) |
/ ' / - stress mark (O) (L) |
[I] - Intransitive verb (L) |
[T] - Transitive Verb (L) |