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A1 Vocabulary & Pronunciation • 20 Minutes Unit: Skateboards & Scooters

🛹 Skateboards and Scooters

Learn 10 essential track words, practice real riding actions, and master your pronunciation!

💡 How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 For Teacher

Guide learners through the word table first, then run the 16 practice items. Check answers together and finish with the shadowing drill.

🎒 For Learner

Read the words, meanings, and tips out loud first. Practice the 16 tasks, then record your voice in the shadowing section.

📖 Word Table

10 Core Words

A colorful vector illustration of a young rider doing tricks on a scooter at an outdoor skate park with curved ramps, cl

Study the 10 vocabulary words below divided into three track themes. Use the memory tips to remember each word easily!

1. On the track

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
curve 🔊	a line that bends	sharp curve, big curve	He turns on the sharp curve.	The letter C is a curve!
bump 🔊	a small hill on the road	small bump, big bump	Watch out for that small bump!	The letter M in bump has two bumps!
lap 🔊	one trip all the way round a track	first lap, fast lap	She rides one fast lap today.	You start and end in the same place.
gap 🔊	an open space between two things	big gap, small gap	Jump over the small gap now.	Think of a gap between two teeth.

2. The rider

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
skater 🔊	a person who rides a skateboard	fast skater, good skater	The young skater rides very fast.	Skate + er = a person who skates.
stunt 🔊	a cool trick that is hard to do	cool stunt, big stunt	He does a cool stunt here.	You see stunts in action films.
grip 🔊	a firm hold on something	good grip, strong grip	Keep a good grip on the handles.	Grip starts like grab: both use your hands.

3. Small accidents

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
stumble 🔊	to hit your foot and nearly fall	stumble on, stumble over	Do not stumble on the step.	Your foot stops, and you nearly fall.
tumble 🔊	to fall down suddenly	tumble down, big tumble	Take care or you will tumble.	Tumble rhymes with stumble, but you really fall.
grab 🔊	to take hold of something quickly	grab the bar, grab tight	Grab the bar with two hands.	Say it fast: grab! Your hand is quick.

⚡ Practice (16 Tasks)

Easy to Hard

Collocation Matrix

Match each adjective to the noun it naturally goes with.

1. Match "sharp" to the noun it goes with:

Word

stunt

curve

grip

lap

sharp

____stunt ____curve ____grip ____lap

2. Match "fast" to the noun it goes with:

Word

lap

grip

curve

stunt

fast

____lap ____grip ____curve ____stunt

3. Match "cool" to the noun it goes with:

Word

grip

lap

curve

stunt

cool

____grip ____lap ____curve ____stunt

4. Match "strong" to the noun it goes with:

Word

curve

stunt

grip

lap

strong

____curve ____stunt ____grip ____lap

Gap-Fill with Word Bank

Use the word bank to fill in the missing track words.

Word Bank: gap grab skater bump

5. Dialogue:

A: "Who is that boy on the skateboard?"

B: "He is a great ____."

Type the missing word from the bank.

6. Track Caution:

My wheel hits a ____ and the scooter jumps up.

Type the missing word from the bank.

7. Action Instruction:

Do not fall in the ____ between the two ramps.

Type the missing word from the bank.

8. Safety Rule:

Hold on! You must ____ the handlebar with two hands.

Type the missing word from the bank.

Choose the Word

Select the option that best completes the meaning of the sentence.

9. "The _____ does a fast trick on his scooter."

____ a. stunt ____ b. skater ____ c. lap

10. "Be careful on the wet track so you do not _____."

____ a. grip ____ b. grab ____ c. tumble

11. "He turns his skateboard around the sharp _____."

____ a. curve ____ b. stumble ____ c. grab

12. "Keep a strong _____ on the bar."

____ a. bump ____ b. grip ____ c. stunt

Sentence-Building

Put the given words into the correct order to form complete sentences (4 to 6 words).

13. Arrange words containing 'stumble':

on Do steps. stumble not

____ (Type full sentence here...)

14. Arrange words containing 'tumble':

tumble grass. Riders on can

____ (Type full sentence here...)

15. Arrange words containing 'stunt':

cool a He stunt. does

____ (Type full sentence here...)

16. Arrange words containing 'gap':

gap. Jump small the over

____ (Type full sentence here...)

🎙️ Shadowing & Pronunciation

10 Recording Drills

Listen to each phrase or sentence out loud, then click the microphone to record your voice practice!

A. Track Collocations (4 Items)

Item 1 • Collocation Listen 🔊

sharp curve

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 2 • Collocation Listen 🔊

cool stunt

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 3 • Collocation Listen 🔊

fast lap

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 4 • Collocation Listen 🔊

strong grip

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

B. Daily Action Sentences (4 Items)

Item 5 • Sentence (4 words) Listen 🔊

"The skater rides fast."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 6 • Sentence (5 words) Listen 🔊

"Jump over the small gap."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 7 • Sentence (6 words) Listen 🔊

"Grab the bar with two hands."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 8 • Sentence (5 words) Listen 🔊

"Watch out for that bump!"

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

⚠️ C. Special Focus: "Stumble" and "Tumble" (2 Items)

Item 9 • Focus: stumble Listen 🔊

"Do not stumble on steps."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 10 • Focus: tumble Listen 🔊

"Riders can tumble on grass."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Vocabulary and Pronunciation: Skateboards and Scooters

🛹 Skateboards and Scooters

💡 How to use this lesson

📖 Word Table

1. On the track

2. The rider

3. Small accidents

⚡ Practice (16 Tasks)

Collocation Matrix

Gap-Fill with Word Bank

Choose the Word

Sentence-Building

🎙️ Shadowing & Pronunciation

A. Track Collocations (4 Items)

B. Daily Action Sentences (4 Items)

⚠️ C. Special Focus: "Stumble" and "Tumble" (2 Items)

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