Aim:
The aim of this task is for the students to see that grammar class and general meaning of a sentence are crucial before looking up words in the dictionary. Even then choosing the correct word can be difficult. Students need an English/Spanish dictionary. Ideally they should do the following exercise in the computer room using the dictionary in www.wordreference.com.
Download the documents from this link: HERE
Download the documents from this link: HERE
You will need:
- Answer Sheet for the Teacher
- Tasks for the students.
Download the documents from this link: HERE
2 comments:
Hello! I agree with you that it is not enough to watch the meaning of the words in the dictionary, the whole context should be taken into consideration. Thank you also for providing such useful tasks! They helped me a lot in studying Spanish.
Sally Montgomery, visit family tree maker
Thanks for your comment! Online translators can do an OK job if you write very simple sentences in your language and if you use very basic vocabulary. Your punctuation should be correct and in Spanish your accents too. The word "tenía" (with accent on the "i") is the past of the verb "have", the word "tenia" (without accent) is the "tapeworm". An online dictionary will translate wrong if you accents are not properly written. In this case for exameple, nobody would understand your sentence.
Tenia un perro = * tapeworm a dog!"!
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