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Real Reading 3 by Liz Driscoll
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Unit
14 
Look it up!
Focus the attention of the students on the unit title and elicit/
explain that 
look up
is a phrasal verb. Ask students in what 
situation someone might say 
look it up
(for example, when they 
do not know the meaning of a word). Elicit/Provide the phrase 
look it up in a dictionary
. Point out that this has an 
idiomatic
meaning, in contrast to the 
literal
: 
look up at the sky.
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If you can, bring in the reference books listed in this exercise 
to show the class.
•
After doing the exercises, ask students if they have ever used 
any of these types of reference books in either their own 
language or in English. 
A
 Alphabetical order
Learning tip
Make sure students read the 
Learning tip
before doing Exercise 
1. Get students to look in their own dictionary and check that it 
has words at the top of each page to help them fi nd the word 
they are looking for.
1–4
Read the instructions to the class. Take particular care in 
explaining Exercise 2. Put students into pairs and get them to 
do the exercises. Check the answers with the class.
5
Students could do this exercise in pairs. If they are reluctant, 
get one student in each pair to close his/her book so that 
they have to work together.
Alternatively, give out small pieces of paper and get one 
student in each pair to cover the Across clues, and the other 
to cover the Down clues. Students then have to communicate 
with each other verbally in order to complete the task.