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Houses Around the World

Vocabulary & Pronunciation Lesson

20 mins A1 Learners

Learn 10 key words about homes, building materials, and home parts around the world!

How to use this lesson

TEACHER Teacher Guide

Teach this 20-minute lesson by reviewing the word table, guiding students through the 16 practice questions, and listening to their speech recordings.
Check answer accuracy automatically in practice tasks and evaluate pronunciation in the Shadowing section.

LEARNER Learner Steps

First, study the 10 words in the Word table and read the Memory tips to remember them easily.
Next, complete the 16 Practice questions and record your voice in the Shadowing section.

Word table

⛺ Theme 1: Kinds of home

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
igloo igloo	a dome home made of ice blocks	cold igloo, snow igloo	An igloo is made of ice.	Igloo starts with I like Ice!
yurt yurt	a large round tent house	warm yurt, round yurt	The yurt is very warm.	Yurt rhymes with shirt (cloth home).
hut hut	a small simple house	straw hut, small hut	My hut is made of straw.	Hut sounds like cut grass home.
flat flat	a home on one floor of a building	live in a flat, small flat	They live in a flat.	A flat has a flat single floor!

🧱 Theme 2: Made of

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
straw straw	dry yellow plant sticks	straw roof, straw hut	The roof is made of straw.	Like a drinking straw, but dry grass!
bamboo bamboo	tall strong green wood sticks	bamboo wall, bamboo fence	This wall is made of bamboo.	Bam! Boo! Green wood sticks!
iron iron	strong hard dark metal	iron gate, iron door	The heavy gate is made of iron.	Super hard heavy metal!

🌳 Theme 3: Around the house

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
chimney chimney	a roof pipe for smoke	tall chimney, smoke from chimney	Smoke comes from the chimney.	Sticks up high on the roof!
yard yard	open land next to a house	green yard, front yard	We play in the green yard.	Open grass area outside.
shed shed	small outdoor room for tools	small shed, garden shed	Tools are inside the small shed.	Shed gives shade to tools!

Practice

Complete these 16 exercises from easy to hard to practice your vocabulary.

PART 1

Collocation Matching

Select the correct matching word for each item to make a natural collocation.

1. Select the word that goes with "straw":

Word

gate

hut

igloo

flat

straw

____gate ____hut ____igloo ____flat

2. Select the word that goes with "iron":

Word

hut

igloo

yurt

gate

iron

____hut ____igloo ____yurt ____gate

3. Select the word that goes with "bamboo":

Word

igloo

yurt

fence

flat

bamboo

____igloo ____yurt ____fence ____flat

4. Select the word that goes with "snow":

Word

igloo

gate

flat

yurt

snow

____igloo ____gate ____flat ____yurt

PART 2

Gap-Fill Dialogues

WORD BANK

flat shed yurt yard

5. Fill in the missing word:

A: "Where does the nomad family live?"
B: "They live in a warm round ____ in the mountain."

6. Fill in the missing word:

"My family lives on the third floor of a big city building in a modern ____."

7. Fill in the missing word:

A: "Where are the children?"
B: "They are playing games outside in the green ____."

8. Fill in the missing word:

"We store our old bicycles and garden tools inside a small ____."

PART 3

Choose the Word

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence meaning.

9. In the cold North, people build a warm home out of blocks of ice called an ___.

____ a. igloo ____ b. chimney ____ c. yard

10. People in Asian villages use strong light sticks of green ___ to build fences.

____ a. straw ____ b. bamboo ____ c. iron

11. The heavy fence around the old castle is made of strong black ___.

____ a. iron ____ b. shed ____ c. flat

12. Look up at the house roof! Smoke is coming out of the tall ___.

____ a. yurt ____ b. yard ____ c. chimney

PART 4

Sentence Building

Unscramble the given words and write the complete correct sentence.

13. Put the words in order:

[ is / My / straw / made / hut / of ]

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14. Put the words in order:

[ a / in / They / flat / live ]

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15. Put the words in order:

[ yurt / is / very / The / big ]

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16. Put the words in order:

[ from / Smoke / chimney / the / comes ]

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Shadowing

Listen to the audio, repeat aloud, and press record for all 12 items below.

Collocation 1

cold igloo cold igloo

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Collocation 2

green yard green yard

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Collocation 3

iron gate iron gate

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Collocation 4

small shed small shed

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 1

This hut is made of bamboo. This hut is made of bamboo.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 2

We have a big yard. We have a big yard.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 3

Smoke comes out of the chimney. Smoke comes out of the chimney.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 4

I live in a small flat. I live in a small flat.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 5

The yurt stays warm inside. The yurt stays warm inside.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 6

His house is made of iron. His house is made of iron.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Target Word 1

igloo igloo

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Target Word 2

chimney chimney

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Vocabulary and Pronunciation: Houses Around the World

Houses Around the World

How to use this lesson

Word table

⛺ Theme 1: Kinds of home

🧱 Theme 2: Made of

🌳 Theme 3: Around the house

Practice

Collocation Matching

Gap-Fill Dialogues

Choose the Word

Sentence Building

Shadowing

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