APIEVocabulary: Visitors and Welcome
Visitors and welcome
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🚪 Visitors and Welcome
Learn 10 everyday words to welcome guests into your home with a warm smile.
📋 How to use this lesson
• Run this 20-minute lesson as pair work or individual study in class.
• Check answers together with your students using the clear explanations.
• First, read the word table and speak every new word aloud.
• Next, complete the 16 practice tasks and record your voice in shadowing.
Word table
Here are your 10 words in 3 simple groups. Read each row carefully.
| Word | Meaning | Common collocations | Example sentence | Memory tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| welcome 🔊 | say a kind hello when someone arrives | warm welcome, welcome home | We welcome guests at the door. | "Well" + "come" = happy you come! |
| knock 🔊 | hit a door with your hand to make a sound | knock on the door, hear a knock | Please knock before you enter. | Sound "knock-knock" on wood. |
| shoes 🔊 | what you wear outside on your feet | take off shoes, put on shoes | Leave your dirty shoes outside. | Starts with "sh" like "shop" and "ship". |
| slippers 🔊 | soft, warm indoor shoes | wear slippers, house slippers | I put on my warm slippers inside. | Your feet "slip" into them easily. |
| Word | Meaning | Common collocations | Example sentence | Memory tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sofa 🔊 | a long comfortable chair for two or more people | sit on the sofa, comfortable sofa | Sit on the sofa and rest. | "So" + "fa" = so soft to sit on! |
| come 🔊 | move toward this place | come in, come here | Please come in and sit down. | Opposite of "go". |
| wait 🔊 | stay in one place until something happens | wait here, wait a minute | Please wait here for two minutes. | Rhymes with "late" — do not be late, please wait! |
| Word | Meaning | Common collocations | Example sentence | Memory tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hello 🔊 | a friendly word to start talking to someone | say hello, say hello to | She smiles and says hello. | First word when you pick up the phone. |
| smile 🔊 | make a happy face with your mouth | big smile, smile at | A warm smile makes friends fast. | The word "mile" is inside "smile". |
| goodbye 🔊 | what you say when someone leaves | say goodbye, wave goodbye | We wave and say goodbye at 9 PM. | "Good" + "bye" = wish a good day when leaving. |
✏️ Practice
16 exercises from easy to challenging. Match words, fill gaps, choose the right word, and build sentences.
Task 1: Collocation Matrix
Select the ending that naturally pairs with each word start.
Task 2: Gap-Fill with Word Bank
Type the correct word from the word bank into each blank.
5. At the living room entrance:
6. In the hallway:
7. At the front door:
8. Leaving the visit:
Task 3: Choose the Word
Choose the only word that makes the sentence true and sensible.
9. You hit the door with your hand: You _____ on it.
10. You wear these soft things on your feet in the living room:
11. When you meet a new friend, your face is happy and you _____.
12. At the start of the visit, she waves and says _____.
Task 4: Sentence Building
Put the given words in the right order to write a complete sentence.
Arrange into a full sentence:
____Arrange into a full sentence:
____Arrange into a full sentence:
____Arrange into a full sentence:
____Shadowing
Listen to the audio button 🔊, then click the microphone to record your voice. Practice clear pronunciation!
Collocations (4 items)
Listen to each common pair and record your speech.
Warm welcome
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____Knock on the door
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____House slippers
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____Say goodbye
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____Short Sentences (6 items)
Everyday sentences with at most 7 words. Practice speaking smoothly.
"Please come in and sit down."
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____"Take off your shoes here."
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____"She has a big warm smile."
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____"Please wait on the sofa."
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____"I say hello to my friend."
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____"We wave and say goodbye now."
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____Two Tricky Words
Pay attention to the silent letter and the strong first part.
knock
Tip: The "k" at the start is silent! Say "nok".
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____slippers
Tip: Say the first part strongly: SLIP-ers. End with a clear "z" sound.
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