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A1 Vocabulary & Pronunciation

Summer Holiday Plans

20-minute interactive lesson to learn holiday words and practice speaking!

📌 How to use this lesson

For Teachers:

Teach the 10 words using the word table first, then guide learners through the 16 practice tasks. Check answers automatically and review speaking recordings in 20 minutes.

For Learners:

Read the word table carefully and use the memory tips to remember words. Complete the 16 practice exercises, then record your voice in the shadowing section.

📖 Word Table

Learn these 10 words, their meanings, collocations, example sentences, and memory tips.

🏖️ Theme 1: Holiday Places

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
farmhouse	A house on a farm.	stay at a farmhouse	We stay at a quiet farmhouse.	Picture a house with cows on a farm.
waterpark	A park with water slides and pools.	go to the waterpark	Kids love the big waterpark.	Water + park = fun place with water slides!
backyard	A garden behind a house.	play in the backyard	We play games in the backyard.	Back + yard = yard at the back of the house.
lagoon	A small lake near the sea.	swim in the lagoon	The blue lagoon is warm and clear.	Lagoon rhymes with moon: a calm blue pool.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Theme 2: Family

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
grandma	Your mother or father's mother.	visit grandma	My grandma bakes nice cakes.	Grand + ma = big loving mother.
grandpa	Your mother or father's father.	call grandpa	Grandpa tells fun stories.	Grand + pa = big loving father.
relatives	Members of your family.	visit relatives	All our relatives come for lunch.	Relatives are related to you by family!

🥾 Theme 3: Things to do

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
hiking	Walking in nature or mountains.	go hiking	We go hiking in the green hills.	Hike sounds like bike, but you go on foot.
snorkel	Swim underwater with a breathing tube.	snorkel in the sea	I like to snorkel and see fish.	A snorkel is a tube. You breathe with it in the water.
decide	Choose or make up your mind.	decide to go	We decide to visit the lake.	De-cide: pick one side.

✏️ Practice Exercises

16 tasks from easy to hard. Test your knowledge!

Part 1: Collocation Matrix

Select the correct word that goes naturally with each verb phrase.

1. Select the word that matches with "visit ___":

____ grandma ____ hiking ____ decide

2. Select the word that matches with "go ___":

____ grandma ____ hiking ____ farmhouse

3. Select the word that matches with "stay at a ___":

____ farmhouse ____ decide ____ hiking

4. Select the word that matches with "visit all our ___":

____ snorkel ____ relatives ____ backyard

Part 2: Gap-fills

Fill in the missing words into the sentences using the Word Bank.

Word Bank:

decide backyard waterpark grandpa

5. We love to swim and slide at the ____ on hot days.

6. My ____ tells us funny stories about his childhood.

7. The children are playing ball on the grass in our ____.

8. We need to ____ where to go on holiday next week.

Part 3: Choose the Word

Choose the option that fits the context meaning of the sentence.

9. We are going to stay at a quiet ___ in the country.

____ a. farmhouse ____ b. grandpa ____ c. snorkel

10. At the party, I met my cousins, aunts and uncles. They are my ___.

____ a. hiking ____ b. relatives ____ c. lagoon

11. I want to ___ in the clear ocean water and see fish.

____ a. decide ____ b. backyard ____ c. snorkel

12. They put on their boots and go ___ in the mountains.

____ a. hiking ____ b. grandma ____ c. waterpark

Part 4: Sentence-building

Put the given words in the right order to build correct sentences.

💡 Pattern example: We are going to rent a small house.

13. Words: [We / visit / my / grandma / will]

Rewrite the sentence in correct order:

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14. Words: [They / in / swim / the / lagoon]

Rewrite the sentence in correct order:

____

15. Words: [I / to / go / hiking / decide]

Rewrite the sentence in correct order:

____

16. Words: [farmhouse / We / a / at / stay]

Rewrite the sentence in correct order:

____

🎙️ Shadowing Section

Listen, repeat, and record your voice for 12 items!

A. 4 Short Collocations

Item 17 (Collocation)

visit grandma

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 18 (Collocation)

go hiking

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 19 (Collocation)

stay at a farmhouse

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 20 (Collocation)

swim in the lagoon

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

B. 4 Short Everyday Sentences

Item 21 (Sentence)

We visit our grandma today.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 22 (Sentence)

They go to the waterpark.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 23 (Sentence)

I swim in the blue lagoon.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 24 (Sentence)

Let's decide where to go.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

C. 2 More Everyday Sentences

Item 25 (Sentence)

Kids play in the big backyard.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 26 (Sentence)

My grandpa lives on a farm.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

D. 2 Key Target Words

Item 27 (Single Word)

relatives

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 28 (Single Word)

snorkel

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Summer Holiday Vocabulary and Pronunciation

Summer Holiday Plans

📌 How to use this lesson

📖 Word Table

🏖️ Theme 1: Holiday Places

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Theme 2: Family

🥾 Theme 3: Things to do

Part 1: Collocation Matrix

Part 2: Gap-fills

Part 3: Choose the Word

Part 4: Sentence-building

A. 4 Short Collocations

B. 4 Short Everyday Sentences

C. 2 More Everyday Sentences

D. 2 Key Target Words

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