APIESpeaking: Sleep and Wellbeing
Sleep and wellbeing
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📋 How to use this lesson
👨🏫 Teacher Instructions
Do Module 1 together in about 10 minutes, then let students record their answers in Module 2 (25 minutes in all).
Check the quiz answers with the short explanation after each item, and play a few recordings in class.
🧑🎓 Learner Instructions
Complete the vocabulary gap-fills and collocation matrix without checking a dictionary.
Read each sentence pattern aloud, then guess the numbers in the fun facts.
Welcome to Module 1: Build the foundational vocabulary, key word partnerships, and sentence habits you need to talk confidently about sleep and daily rest.
🛏️ 1. Vocabulary Review
Choose from this bank: pillow, blanket, dream, snore, yawn, nap, concentrate, routine, relax, caffeine. Fill in the correct word for each sentence.
1. I felt exhausted after lunch, so I decided to take a quick ___.
2. It was freezing cold in the bedroom, so she pulled a thick wool ___ over herself.
3. Tea and coffee have ___ in them, so I don't drink them at night.
4. When I am very tired, it is hard for me to ___ on my homework.
5. My bedtime ___ is simple: I wash my face, read a book and turn off the light.
🔗 2. Common Collocations
Match each common sleep collocation on the left to its correct meaning on the right.
💡 3. Useful Sentence Patterns
Natural sentence frames you can use directly in everyday conversations and speaking tests.
I was so ... that ...
"I was so tired that I fell asleep on the sofa."
I was too ... to ...
"I was too excited to sleep last night."
It helps me ... by ...
"It helps me relax by listening to quiet music."
Whenever I ..., I tend to ...
"Whenever I drink coffee past 6 p.m., I tend to wake up in the middle of the night."
📊 4. Fun Facts: Guess the Number
Test your sleep knowledge with these real-world health facts. Make your best guess!
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), how many hours of sleep a day do teenagers aged 13 to 17 need?
According to the UK National Health Service (NHS), if you are still awake in bed, after roughly how many minutes should you get up and sit somewhere comfortable?
Put your sleep topic vocabulary into active spoken use with realistic interview prompts and a full individual long turn.
Every answer is recorded and AI-graded on these criteria:
💬 Part 1: Sleep Habits (Interview)
Answer each question out loud. Record your response, then open the collapsed card to compare with the model answer.
What time do you usually go to bed?
[Bài tập luyện nói]
💡 Model Answer & Key Vocabulary (Click to expand) 37 words"Well, I usually head to bed around 11:30 p.m. on weekdays. I check my phone first, which is a bad habit, you know, but I don't stay up long. I always turn off the lights before midnight."
• head to bed: go to bed
• bad habit: something you do often that isn't good for you
• turn off the lights: switch the lights off
Do you ever take a nap during the day?
[Bài tập luyện nói]
💡 Model Answer & Key Vocabulary (Click to expand) 39 words"Actually, yes, I do, mostly on weekends. After lunch on Saturday, I usually take a quick nap on the sofa. It's not long, just for a little while, but it really helps me feel fresh again when I study."
• take a quick nap: sleep for a short time in the day
• feel fresh again: feel full of energy again
• for a little while: for a short time
Is it easy for you to get up in the morning?
[Bài tập luyện nói]
💡 Model Answer & Key Vocabulary (Click to expand) 33 words"To be honest, it's pretty tough for me. My alarm goes off at 6:30 a.m., but I almost always hit the snooze button twice. I'm definitely not an early bird, especially in winter."
• pretty tough: quite difficult
• goes off: starts ringing
• hit the snooze button: pause the alarm to sleep longer
• early bird: someone who naturally wakes early
Do you often remember your dreams?
[Bài tập luyện nói]
💡 Model Answer & Key Vocabulary (Click to expand) 37 words"Not really, you know. Most mornings I wake up and I can't remember anything. But last Tuesday, I had a really bad dream about missing my flight. Dreams like that usually stay in my head all day."
• Not really: a soft way to say no
• bad dream: a scary dream
• stay in my head: keep coming back to my mind
⏱️ Part 2: Individual Long Turn
Take 1 minute to plan your thoughts, then speak for 60 to 90 seconds.
Describe a time when you did not get enough sleep.
You should say:
- when it happened
- why you slept badly
- how you felt the next day
- and explain what you did to feel better.
[Bài tập luyện nói]
💡 Model Answer & Key Vocabulary (Click to expand) 133 words"Well, I'd like to talk about a night last month, just before my final exams. It was a Sunday, and I stayed up until 3 a.m. studying for my chemistry test.
To be honest, I was too nervous to sleep, so every little noise outside kept waking me up. I probably didn't get more than three hours of sleep in total.
The next morning, I felt like a zombie. I had a bad headache, and I kept yawning all through the test. It was really hard to concentrate, you know.
To feel better, I had a cold drink with my friends after the exam. Then I went home, took a hot shower and went straight to bed. I slept for a while in the afternoon, and by the evening I felt much better."
• stayed up until: didn't go to bed until
• felt like a zombie: felt very tired and slow
• kept yawning: yawned again and again
• went straight to bed: went to bed at once
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