Making use of example sentences

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1 Oxford Lerner s Ditionry of Ademi English Mking use of exmple sentenes Ask students if they use the exmple sentenes in their ditionry. Wht do they use them for? Wht else ould they use them for? Hopefully, you will get nswers like to hek I understnd the mening, to see how the word n e used ; you my lso get to see typil ontexts of use, to see whih preposition to use, to see other words/ollotions tht I n use with this word. 1 Illustrting mening word definition exmple sentene network hierrhy kone omplited system of rods, lines, tues, et. tht ross eh other nd re onneted to eh other system, espeilly in soiety or n orgniztion, in whih people re orgnized into different levels of importne from highest to lowest the most importnt prt of sth suh s system or n orgniztion tht gives it support nd strength Agriulture forms the kone of the rurl eonomy. Chin s totl rod network is now the third longest in the world. Rurl pesnts were ner the ottom of the Romn soil hierrhy. rod network typil ontext in whih you would find network. Ask students wht other kinds of network re illustrted in the exmple sentenes t sense 1 of network (telephone network, network of neurons in the ody). soil hierrhy hierrhy is most typil of soiety or n orgniztion the other exmple sentene illustrtes the mngeril hierrhy in usiness ontext. Other ommon ollotions re lss hierrhy nd orporte hierrhy. the kone of the rurl eonomy this is sense 2 of kone, whih is relly figurtive extension of the literl mening t sense 1. Eliit the literl sense (get students to physilly point to their spine!) nd the onnetion etween the two uses. word definition exmple sentene enefit sustin stisfy to e useful or provide n dvntge to s/sth to provide enough of wht s/sth needs in order to live or exist to provide wht is wnted, needed or sked for To qulify for ptent, produt must stisfy ertin riteri. The eonomi hnges primrily enefited the elite. There is little ppreition of the role plyed y omplex eosystems in sustining life on erth.

2 Oxford Lerner s Ditionry of Ademi English enefit the elite the ojet of enefit in this mening (enefit 2 sense 2) is often prtiulr group (soiety s whole from the other exmple; lso the puli, produers, onsumers see the ollotions setion) sustining life on erth: see sustin sense 1 wht other things do the exmples suggest n e sustined? (people, y getting enough to et 2nd exmple; people s lifestyles, y hving enough money) stisfy ertin riteri see stisfy sense 1 wht other things do the exmples show n e stisfied? (requirements, needs, desires, onditions) Usge informtion in exmple sentenes Word order 2 Ask students to explin wht they think lerly mens. Cn they express the sme ide using the djetive ler? (It is ler tht sense 1 or in ler wy senses 2 nd 3). Students do exerise 2: fter ( you nnot put it efore the ver in this mening) efore (usully; it n in ft ome efore or fter, ut efore is more usul: the ollotions setions on the CD-ROM for senses 2 nd 3 mke these points even more lerly) 1 fter the ver to e (The ptient ws lerly in severe pin.); 2 efore other vers (Infltion lerly hs negtive effets on rel inomes.); 3 t the eginning of sentene, to qulify the whole sentene (Clerly, low-wge ountries re reltively undnt in lowskilled workers.) Wht do students lern from this exerise out pling dvers? ) It s omplited it my depend on the mening nd on the ver used with the dver. ) The ditionry n help. 3 This exerise tests wht hs een lerned in exerise 3, using similr dver, pprently. It is possile to explin these pprently ontrditory results. pprently is pled diretly efore the djetive it qulifies the exmple in the ditionry is pprently similr. pprently ontrditory is strong ollotion, whih students will find in the exmple t ontrditory Women living in the Netherlnds pprently hd twie the risk of developing the disese. pprently pled efore the ver, s in the first ditionry exmple (wild rit popultions pprently remined stle). A possile lterntive would e to use the sentene dver: Apprently, women living in the Netherlnds hd ) Apprently, lrge numer of hnges n our over reltively short time spn. Sentene dver, s in the third ditionry exmple. Wht is the effet on the mening of dding pprently? It mkes the lim less strong nd more utious; it sys: this is wht the evidene indites, ut it is still possile tht there is n lterntive explntion.

3 Oxford Lerner s Ditionry of Ademi English Collotions 4 ondut survey survey revels Point out tht even more ollotions (nd ompnying exmples) re ville in the ollotions setion elow. 5 key most importnt; si most neessry; demogrphi onneted with the popultion nd different groups within it; importnt of gret vlue; explntory tht explins something Dependent prepositions 6 nlyses of the effets kground in soil work onlude from these key trends tht the role nd funtion of the sles fore Complement frmes in old efore the exmples: ~ of sth Detiled nlysis of erthquke dt suggested sudution zone event. These drw ttention key ptterns suh s dependent prepositions. Prtie 7 Students should e le to write two or three sentenes summrizing the informtion in the tle. The first exmple sentene t disrimintion will offer them the ollotion experiene disrimintion nd lso the useful word respondents for the people who responded to the survey. The first exmple t exmple offers the ollotion Exmples inlude Suggested text (students my hve vritions on this): 23% of respondents sid they hd experiened disrimintion in the workple. Exmples inluded preferentil tretment for ertin groups nd negtive tretment for others, suh s eing refused promotion or trining. 8 For the extension tsk, students should think of reserh re in their disipline for whih they n summrize some generl findings in ouple of sentenes. They ould find similr figure or infogrphi s the sis for the tsk. Enourge them to fous on the key findings nd onise summry rther thn getting ught up in irrelevnt detils. Useful ollotions t the suggested entries inlude the study lulted, the study found, produed results, these findings suggest, onfirms findings from other reserh. As prt of the set-up for this tsk, you ould suggest or get students to suggest one or two other key words relevnt to the topi they hve hosen to look up s well. Feedk should fous on how suessfully the students hve mde use of the voulry, ollotions or ptterns they found in the ditionry.

4 Oxford Lerner s Ditionry of Ademi English WORKSHEET Mking use of exmple sentenes This ditionry is rih in exmple sentenes. These exmples n tell you lot out word; they n help you to etter understnd the mening nd lso show you how to use word ppropritely. Illustrting mening The primry purpose of n exmple sentene is to support the definition y illustrting the mening of the word. It gives you rel-world ontext for wht my seem quite n strt ide. 1 Mth these definitions nd exmple sentenes. Whih word in eh sentene is eing defined? word definition exmple sentene omplited system of rods, lines, tues, et. tht ross eh other nd re onneted to eh other system, espeilly in soiety or n orgniztion, in whih people re orgnized into different levels of importne from highest to lowest the most importnt prt of sth suh s system or n orgniztion tht gives it support nd strength Agriulture forms the kone of the rurl eonomy. Chin s totl rod network is now the third longest in the world. Rurl pesnts were ner the ottom of the Romn soil hierrhy. word definition exmple sentene to e useful or provide n dvntge to s/sth to provide enough of wht s/sth needs in order to live or exist to provide wht is wnted, needed or sked for Usge informtion in exmple sentenes To qulify for ptent, produt must stisfy ertin riteri. The eonomi hnges primrily enefited the elite. There is little ppreition of the role plyed y omplex eosystems in sustining life on erth. Exmple sentenes re lso rih soure of informtion out how words re used. Look t the exmples t these entries to nswer the questions out how the words re used. Word order 2 Look t the exmples in the entry for lerly. At sense 3, in norml wy nd without diffiulty, does lerly ome efore or fter the ver? At sense 2, in wy tht is esy to see, her or understnd, does lerly ome efore or fter the ver?

5 Oxford Lerner s Ditionry of Ademi English WORKSHEET Wht out t sense 1, used to emphsize tht wht you re sying is ovious nd true where n lerly go in the sentene when it hs this mening? 3 Now look t the exmples t the entry for pprently to see how it is used. Add the dver pprently to eh of these sentenes in the est ple. It is possile to explin these ontrditory results. Women living in the Netherlnds hd twie the risk of developing the disese. A lrge numer of hnges n our over reltively short time spn. Wht is the effet on the mening of eh sentene of dding pprently? Collotions 4 Look t the entry for survey 1 noun, sense 1. Red the exmple sentenes nd find: ver you n use efore survey to desrie doing survey ver you n use fter survey to desrie wht it told you 5 Look t the entry for vrile 1 noun, sense 2. Red the exmple sentenes nd list 5 djetives used to desrie vriles or vrile. Explin wht they men. Dependent prepositions 6 Fill the gps in these sentenes. Look up the old words to help you Comprtive nlyses the effets of gloliztion re ruil. She is historin with kground soil work. We my onlude these key trends tht the role nd funtion of the sles fore hve signifintly hnged. Did you use nything else in the entry to help you, prt from the exmple sentenes? Prtie 7 Use these notes to write short ount of survey on disrimintion t work. Use the exmples t the entries for disrimintion nd exmple to help you. Results of survey on disrimintion in the workple Hve you een vitim of disrimintion t work? Yes 23% No 77% exmples preferentil tretment for ertin groups negtive tretment eing refused promotion or trining 8 Now write short prgrph of two or three sentenes, out some reserh findings in your own disipline. Exmple sentenes t some of these entries my help: study 1 noun sense 1, result 1 noun sense 2, finding sense 1.