APIEVocabulary: Getting Ready and Personal Care
Getting ready: washing and personal care
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🧼 Getting Ready: Washing and Personal Care
Learn 10 essential words for morning routines, practice collocations, and record your voice in 20 minutes!
💡 How to use this lesson
👩🏫 For Teachers
- • Deliver this 20-minute lesson step-by-step: first present the word table, then guide practice.
- • Check student answers together after each practice task using the instant feedback keys.
🎒 For Learners
- • Read the word table first and click the speaker icons to listen to how words sound.
- • Complete the 16 practice questions, then record your voice in the shadowing section.
📖 Word Table
Study these 10 core words grouped into 3 everyday themes.
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hairbrush 🔊 | a tool to make your hair neat | use a hairbrush, clean hairbrush | "She has a pink hairbrush on her table." | 💡 hair + brush = brush your hair! |
| cream 🔊 | soft thick stuff to make skin smooth | face cream, put on cream | "Put face cream on after washing." | 💡 Sounds like "ice cream", but for skin! |
| tissue 🔊 | soft paper to clean nose or face | paper tissue, use a tissue | "He uses a tissue when he sneezes." | 💡 Think of "Tissue? Bless you!" when sneezing. |
| sponge 🔊 | soft block used for washing body | bath sponge, wet sponge | "Wash your body with a soft sponge." | 💡 A sponge holds water, like a sea sponge. |
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| razor 🔊 | tool with a blade for shaving hair | sharp razor, electric razor | "Dad shaves his face with a razor." | 💡 You use a razor on your face. Be careful, it is sharp! |
| lotion 🔊 | smooth liquid put on skin for care | body lotion, skin lotion | "Put body lotion on dry skin." | 💡 Motion + Lotion = smooth motion on skin! |
| hairdryer 🔊 | machine blowing hot air to dry hair | electric hairdryer, use a hairdryer | "Dry your wet hair with a hairdryer." | 💡 hair + dry = makes hair dry! |
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| underwear 🔊 | clothes worn under shirt and trousers | clean underwear, wear underwear | "Put on clean underwear every morning." | 💡 under + wear = clothes worn under! |
| vest 🔊 | light top worn under a shirt | white vest, cotton vest | "He puts on a vest under his shirt." | 💡 Vest fits best under your shirt! |
| trainers 🔊 | soft sports shoes for walking and running | wear trainers, sports trainers | "She wears white trainers for running." | 💡 Shoes you wear when you train! |
✏️ Practice
Complete 16 tasks from easy to hard.
Part 1: Collocation Matrix
Match each word to the action word (verb) that goes with it best.
Part 2: Fill in the Blanks
Choose the correct word from the word bank to fill each blank.
5. I have a cold today. I need a ____ for my nose.
6. After a hot bath, put some body ____ on your skin.
7. My skin feels dry in winter. I put soft face ____ on my cheeks.
8. My father shaves his face with a sharp ____ every morning.
Part 3: Choose the Word
Select the option that fits the meaning of the sentence.
9. Put on your sports ___ before you go outside to run.
10. He puts on a soft white ___ under his shirt.
11. After swimming, she used a hot ___ for her wet hair.
12. Clean your body in the shower with a soft ___.
Part 4: Sentence Building
Rewrite the words in the exact correct order to make a complete sentence.
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Listen to each prompt, click the mic to record, and speak clearly.
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