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Dictionary definitions

Read dictionary definitions for academic words and review parts of speech to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Reading text
attend 
(v)
to officially go to a place, like a school, university or class
You must attend 80 per cent of classes to pass the course.
dormitory plural dormitories
(n)
1. a place where many people sleep
2. US: a big building at a university where students live (UK: hall of residence)
I know John. He lives in my dorm at university.
faculty plural faculties
(n)
all the teachers who work at a university
Norman Brown was in the English faculty for twenty years.
teaching assistant
(n)
a person who works to help a university teacher in a classroom
The teaching assistant has the exams for you at the end of class.
tuition fee
(n)
an amount of money that you pay to go to university
Tuition fees are very high this year.
undergraduate
(n)
a student at a college or university who is studying for a first degree
They met when they were undergraduates at Cambridge University.

Task 1

TrueOrFalse_MjMxOTQ=.xml

Task 2

GapFillDragAndDrop_MjMxOTU=.xml

Discussion

How often do you use a dictionary?

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Magedelabd's picture Magedelabd replied on Egypt

I am using dictionary everyday . Because i write emails in English in my work . also i study english everyday too then I use the dictionary as well.

shahhoseini's picture shahhoseini replied on Iran

I rarely use the dictionary. if I don't know the meaning of a word I search it in some web sites for example Google Translate.

frfandinod79's picture frfandinod79 replied on Colombia

i usually use the dictionary when i study english. it help me to know the difficult words

Marcos Lozano's picture Marcos Lozano replied on Spain

I don´t use the distionary very often, because I use the traductor of google

le van son's picture le van son replied on United Kingdom (Great Britain)

I always using a dictionary online to understand the sentence and learn vocabulary.

hoailinh's picture hoailinh replied on Vietnam

I think the dictionary is very essential for anyone learning a foreign language. When I was in high school, I used to use the dictionary books. When I went to the university, I used to the dictionary applications on my phone. Therefore, I learn English easier and more convenient. When I have new word, I will look it up in the dictionary to understand the meaning and the usage of the word. I think everyone should have the dictionary because it helps you a lot in learning a foreign language.

Siti Fatimah's picture Siti Fatimah replied on France

be a beginner to learn english, I am often to open the dictionary every time when I cant understand about sentence or words. I try to use english to english dictionarry cause I know that will help me to improve my english more but I am still difficulties.

Abdelmouttalib's picture Abdelmouttalib replied on Morocco

I use the dictionary rarely

Abdijalil's picture Abdijalil replied on Somalia

I mostly use dictionary if I don.t know word
thank you for help

arifin's picture arifin replied on Nepal

nowdays, usually we use digital dectionary. but printed dictionary is always best.

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