APIEVocabulary & Pronunciation: Family Photos
Family photos
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📷 Family Photos
Vocabulary & Pronunciation Lesson
💡 How to use this lesson
Use this 20-minute lesson to teach 10 family photo words.
Check student answers together after each practice step.
Read the word table first and practice the memory tips.
Complete the 16 exercises and record your voice in the Shadowing part.
Word Table
10 Core WordsLearn these 10 words grouped under 3 theme headings before doing the exercises.
🖼️ Theme 1: The photo
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
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| photograph | a photo picture | take a photograph | This is a photograph of my family. | 💡 Tip: photo (light) + graph (picture). |
| printed photo paper | order a print | I want to print this photo. | 💡 Tip: printer makes a print. | |
| shot | a quick photo | nice shot / take a shot | That is a great shot of granddad. | 💡 Tip: one click of the camera, one shot. |
| suit | look good on someone | suit you / suit me | That hat suits my sister. | 💡 Tip: a suit fits you well. |
😊 Theme 2: Faces and hair
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| grin | a big happy smile | wide grin / big grin | He has a big grin in the photo. | 💡 Tip: grin = big win smile. |
| wrinkle | line on skin from age | small wrinkles / deep wrinkles | Grandma has small wrinkles. | 💡 Tip: paper with lines is wrinkly. |
| fringe | hair over forehead | short fringe / new fringe | She has a short fringe. | 💡 Tip: hair on the front edge. |
✨ Theme 3: How people look
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| serious | not smiling, quiet | look serious / quiet and serious | Dad looks serious here. | 💡 Tip: serious = no joke. |
| tanned | brown skin from sun | look tanned / get tanned | They look tanned after summer. | 💡 Tip: tan skin from the sun. |
| awake | not sleeping | wide awake / stay awake | The baby is awake in this photo. | 💡 Tip: eyes wide open = a-wake. |
Practice (16 Exercises)
Easy to HardCollocation Matrix
Match each word phrase on the left with the word that fits best.
Gap-Fill Sentences
5. "Can you order a ____ of this picture?"
6. "Can you take a quick ____ of us?"
7. "Does this dark shirt ____ me?"
8. "She has a new haircut with a short ____."
Choose the Correct Word
9. "After two weeks at the beach, they look very _____."
10. "Grandma has small smile _____ near her eyes."
11. "Dad is not smiling in this picture; he looks very _____."
12. "Red clothes _____ my sister very well."
Sentence Building
Put the given words in the right order to make a correct sentence.
13. Words: [uncle / My / a / grin / has / big]
____14. Words: [of / great / a / What / shot / Dad!]
____15. Words: [Her / is / short / fringe / very]
____16. Words: [has / small / wrinkles / Grandma]
____Shadowing & Pronunciation
12 Audio ChecksListen to each sound, then record your voice. Practice speaking clearly.
🗣️ Short Collocations (Items 1 - 4)
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