Vocabulary and Pronunciation: Home and rooms

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How to use this lesson

For the teacher:

Teach this unit in 20 minutes by reviewing the vocabulary table before doing the exercises. Check student answers together or let learners use the automatic check buttons.

For the learner:

First, read each word and listen to how it sounds in the table. Next, complete the practice exercises and record your voice in the shadowing section.

Word table

Here are 10 words for rooms, furniture, and parts of a room.

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
Rooms
bedroom	A room where you sleep.	big bedroom, clean bedroom	I sleep in my bedroom.	A room with a bed inside.
living room	A room where family sits and talks.	watch TV in the living room	We sit in the living room.	You live and relax here all day.
bathroom	A room where you wash and take a bath.	go to the bathroom, clean bathroom	The bathroom is next to my room.	A room with a bath.
Furniture
bed	A piece of furniture you sleep on.	make the bed, go to bed	My bed is soft and warm.	The word looks like a bed with a headboard and footboard.
desk	A table where you study or work.	sit at the desk, wooden desk	My computer is on the desk.	Sounds short and crisp like writing work.
chair	A seat for one person.	sit on a chair, comfortable chair	I sit on a small chair.	rhymes with 'hair' and 'air'.
lamp	A light you put on a table or desk.	turn on the lamp, desk lamp	The lamp gives good light.	L stands for Light.
Parts of a room
window	Glass in the wall to let light and air in.	open the window, close the window	Look out of the window.	Wind enters through the window.
door	You open this to walk into a room.	open the door, lock the door	Please close the front door.	Two Os look like two door knobs.
floor	The part of the room you walk on.	clean the floor, on the floor	My bag is on the floor.	Rhymes with door; you stand on the floor to open the door.

Practice

Complete the practice items from easy to hard.

Item 1: Match each action verb to the word that fits best.

Action

the bed

the window

the lamp

the floor

1. make

____the bed____the window____the lamp____the floor

2. open

____the bed____the window____the lamp____the floor

3. turn on

____the bed____the window____the lamp____the floor

4. clean

____the bed____the window____the lamp____the floor

Items 2 to 5: Gap-fills with a word bank.

Word bank: bathroom, desk, door, chair

Item 2: A: Where do you wash your hands?

B: In the ___.

____

Item 3: I study at my ___ every evening.

____

Item 4: Please open the ___ and come inside.

____

Item 5: Please sit down on this comfortable ___.

____

Items 6 to 9: Choose the word.

Item 6: We watch TV together in the ___.

____ a. bathroom____ b. living room____ c. bedroom

Item 7: It is dark now. Please turn on the ___.

____ a. bed____ b. door____ c. lamp

Item 8: Look outside through the ___.

____ a. window____ b. floor____ c. chair

Item 9: Put your school bag on the ___.

____ a. window____ b. floor____ c. door

Items 10 to 13: Sentence-building (put the words in the right order).

Item 10: Words: [is, my, soft, bed]

Write the complete sentence:

____

Example: This is my desk.

Item 11: Words: [close, please, the, door]

Write the complete sentence:

____

Example: Please sit down.

Item 12: Words: [is, clean, the, bedroom, very]

Write the complete sentence:

____

Example: The room is very warm.

Item 13: Words: [sit, a, on, chair, I]

Write the complete sentence:

____

Example: I sit at my desk.

Shadowing

Listen to each item and read it aloud into the recording box.

1. Collocation: clean the floor

clean the floor

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

2. Collocation: open the window

open the window

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

3. Collocation: make the bed

make the bed

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

4. Collocation: turn on the lamp

turn on the lamp

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

5. Sentence: This is my desk.

This is my desk.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

6. Sentence: Please close the door.

Please close the door.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

7. Sentence: I sit on a chair.

I sit on a chair.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

8. Sentence: My bedroom is very big.

My bedroom is very big.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

9. Long sentence: The lamp is on my desk.

The lamp is on my desk.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

10. Long sentence: We talk in the living room.

We talk in the living room.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

11. Hard word: bathroom

bathroom

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

12. Hard word: living room

living room

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

How to use this lesson

Word table

Practice

Shadowing

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