This workbook has been designed to accompany the Collins COBUILD English Dictionary. It gives students practice in understanding and using the detailed information that the dictionary contains. By working through the exercises, students will learn how to get the maximum benefit from the dictionary.

The workbook has exercises which show students how to:

• Find words and phrases

• Use the explanations and examples

• Use the grammatical information

• Use the phonetics

• Look at meaning

• Look at very common words