This document provides guidance on looking up words with multiple meanings in the dictionary. It explains that English words can have different spellings and meanings. It then uses the word "book" as an example, showing its entry with the spelling, part of speech, French translation, and several different meanings as both a noun and verbs. It encourages practicing looking up other words and provides a list of English words to look up and find their French translations.

1. Dictionary Skills Part 2 How to look up words with more than one meaning.

2. English words with several spellings Your first challenge is to make sure that you have the right English spelling of the word you are looking up in the dictionary. You may need an English dictionary for this. These are just a few of the English words which are easily confused. weak, week know, no dear, deer

3. English words with several meanings Some English words have more than one meaning and can be used in different ways. You need to know which meaning you want when you look up the word.

4. Book Think of as many meanings and uses of the word book as you can.

5. Book Here are a few you might have thought of: I read a good book last night. ( noun ) I would like to book a hotel room. ( verb ) The referee wanted to book the football player. ( verb )

6. Now look up the word book in your dictionary.

7. book [ buk ] n livre m Word in English English word using the phonetic alphabet Type of word it is: n = noun Word in French Gender of the word. m = masculine

8. book [buk] n livre m The English word is in blue The French word is in black The English phonetic spelling is in italics and square brackets The n for noun is in italics The m for masculine is in italics

9. Book [ buk ] n livre m ; (of stamps, tickets) carnet m # vt (ticket) prendre ; ( seat, room ) r é server ; ( driver ) dresser un proc è s-verbal à ; ( football player ) prendre le nom de; ‘ Livre’ is the French word for book as a noun. In other words, an object. ‘ I read a book’. In French there is another word for a book of stamps or tickets. It is called a ‘carnet’. It is a masculine noun. To book a ticket is the verb ‘prendre’. The vt tell you that it is a verb. All of the following words are also verbs. To book a seat or a room is the verb ‘r é server’. To book a driver, for example with a speeding ticket, is a phrase. To book a football player is also a phrase.

10. Now look up the word ball . What is the French word for a ball? What is the French word for a football? What is the French word for a golf ball? What is the French word for a ball of wool? What is the French word for a ball of string? What is the French word for the type of ball Cinderella would go to?

11. More Dictionary Practice What is the French word for flame ? What is the French word for history ? What is the French word for a coffee bean ? (Hint: look up ‘bean’) What is the French word for a beach ? What is the French word for to beach (a ship) ?

12. More Dictionary Practice What is the French word for a flower bed ? (Hint: look up ‘bed’) What is the French word for to fix such as in the sentence, ‘I want to fix the broken tap’? What is the French word for to fix such as in the sentence, ‘I want to fix a date for our next meeting’?