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To do these activities, you will need to use a copy of the Oxford Wordpower Dictionary – the
book or the CD-ROM.
Look up bar (noun) in the Oxford Wordpower Dictionary. Match the different
meanings of bar with the shortcuts where they appear in the dictionary.
1 prison bars
2 a bar of gold
3 a few bars of a song
4 a sandwich bar
5 a bar to success
a for drinks/food
b on a window
c soap/chocolate
d that prevents you
e in music
With most English verbs, you make the past tense and the past participle by adding the
ending -ed. However, many English verbs do not follow this rule. The Oxford
Wordpower Dictionary shows the past tense (pt) and past participle (pp) forms of these
irregular verbs at the beginning of the entry.
Write the missing form of the verb. Look up the words in bold in the Oxford
Wordpower Dictionary and use the information in the main entry for the verb to help
you.
Some words have the opposite meaning if you add a prefix (like un- or in-) to them. The
Oxford Wordpower Dictionary shows opposites in a section at the end of the entry,
marked with the OPP symbol.
Write a prefix in the gap to make the opposite of the word in bold. Check your
answers by looking up the word in the Oxford Wordpower Dictionary.
1 Police said the violence at the demonstration was totally ____ acceptable.
2 Isn't it rather ____ convenient having the fridge in the living room?
3 He agreed that it was an ____ perfect solution to the problem.
4 Your evidence is ____ relevant to the case.
The Oxford Wordpower Dictionary shows phrasal verbs in a section at the end of the
entry for a verb, marked with the PHR V symbol.
Find look (verb) in the Oxford Wordpower Dictionary and go to the part of the entry
where phrasal verbs are listed. Use the information there to help you choose the
right word to complete the sentences.
The Oxford Wordpower Dictionary shows idioms in a section at the end of the entry for a
word, marked with the IDM symbol.
Look up the words in bold in the Oxford Wordpower Dictionary and go to the part of
the entry where idioms are listed. Use the information there to help you choose the
right word to complete the sentences.
3 I'll go to the post office on my way to the shops, so I can kill two birds with one
____________.
a attack
b bullet
c shot
d stone
4 I have two bank accounts because I don't like to put all my _________ in one basket.
a birds
b chickens
c eggs
d money