APIEVocabulary & Pronunciation: In the Park
In the park and on a picnic
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In the park and on a picnic
Everyday vocabulary and pronunciation
📋 How to use this lesson
Use this 20-minute lesson to introduce 10 everyday park words and guide correct pronunciation. Let students complete the practice tasks individually and review answers together as a class.
First, read the word table below and listen to how each word sounds. Next, complete the 16 practice questions and record your own voice in the shadowing section.
📖 Word table
Learn these 10 words, their meanings, combinations, and easy memory tricks.
🌳 1. In the park
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| duck | a water bird that quacks | feed the duck | Look at the little duck. | Sound trick: Ducks make a loud "quack" sound. |
| pond | a small area of water | swim in the pond | Ducks swim in the pond. | Picture trick: A pond is small, but a sea is big. |
| path | a narrow way to walk | walk on the path | We walk on the park path. | Word trick: Put your feet on the park path. |
| hill | high land, smaller than a mountain | run up the hill | We sit on a green hill. | Picture trick: A hill goes up high, then goes down. |
🍎 2. For the picnic
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| apple | a round red or green fruit | sweet apple | I eat a red apple. | Sound trick: Remember letter A is for apple. |
| banana | a long yellow fruit | yellow banana | Peel this sweet yellow banana. | Contrast trick: Bananas are long, but apples are round. |
| cookie | a small, sweet baked cake | eat a sweet cookie | Have a sweet cookie with tea. | Sound trick: You cook a yummy cookie. |
👀 3. What you see
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| squirrel | a small animal with a big tail | cute squirrel | The squirrel sits on the tree. | Picture trick: Think of an S-tail: a squirrel has a bushy tail. |
| cloud | a white or gray shape in the sky | white cloud | A white cloud is in the sky. | Sound trick: "Cloud" sounds like "loud". |
| runner | a person who runs | fast runner | The runner runs on the path. | Word part: Run + er = a person who runs. |
✏️ Practice
Try these 16 practice questions from easy to hard.
Part 1: Collocation matrices
Choose the word that naturally pairs with each phrase.
Item 1 Which word goes with: "feed the ___"?
Item 2 Which word goes with: "walk on the ___"?
Item 3 Which word goes with: "eat a sweet ___"?
Item 4 Which word goes with: "run up the ___"?
Part 2: Gap-fills with a word bank
Type the correct word from the word bank to complete each dialogue or sentence.
Item 5 The water is clean. The ducks swim in the ______.
Item 6 "Are you hungry?" — "Yes, I want to eat a yellow ______."
Item 7 Look up at the sky. I see one white ______.
Item 8 That boy is very fast. He is a good ______.
Part 3: Choose the word
Select the only word that makes sensible meaning in the park context.
Item 9 The little brown ______ runs up the tree.
Item 10 I wash a red ______ before I eat it.
Item 11 We walk slowly along the stone ______ by the trees.
Item 12 We bring bread to the park to feed the ______.
Part 4: Sentence-building
Put the given words in the right order and type the full sentence below.
Item 13 Build the sentence using these 5 words:
Item 14 Build the sentence using these 6 words:
Item 15 Build the sentence using these 5 words:
Item 16 Build the sentence using these 5 words:
🎙️ Shadowing
Listen to each phrase, sentence, or word. Then tap the button to record your own clear pronunciation.
Part A: Common collocations
Listen and repeat these natural two- and three-word pairings.
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____Part B: Short sentences
Listen to the full sentence, then say it clearly at a steady speed.
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____Part C: More everyday sentences
Practice two more picnic and park sentences.
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____Part D: Tricky words focus
These two words need extra attention. Listen closely to the sounds and record each word.
How to say it: Start with "skw-" like "square", then add "-rul": skwih-rul.
Round your lips a little at the start, then pull your tongue back gently.
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____How to say it: Make the "ow" sound like in "out" or "loud", then end with a light "d": cl-ow-d.
Open your mouth wide for the middle sound, then touch your teeth lightly for the "d".
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