Knowing your way around a dictionary increases its user-friendliness. The 21 photocopiable study units in the Cambridge Dictionary of American English Student Activity Book are designed to help users make the dictionary work for them by explaining the special features of CDAE, how information is arranged in an entry, and how to access it. Exercises in the study units cover basic dictionary skills, interpreting grammatical information, using the guidewords to find a meaning, and applying the pronunciation key. The Student Activity Book also explains how CDAE treats compounds, idioms, phrasal verbs, short forms, and abbreviations. By walking the ESL/EFL student through the various features of CDAE, the Student Activity Book helps make the dictionary more familiar and thereby easier to use. It is designed to be used by students independently or in a classroom. An answer key is provided.