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.
Get ready to read
•
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.
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