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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