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Vocabulary: Moving to a New Home

Moving to a new home

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🚚 A2 Vocabulary & Speaking 20 Minutes

Moving to a New Home

Learn 10 useful moving words, practice them in real sentences, and train your pronunciation.

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How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 For Teachers:

Teach this unit in 20 minutes by guiding students through the word table first.

Have learners compare practice answers in pairs, then check them together as a class.

🎒 For Learners:

First, read the word table carefully and test yourself with the quick memory tips.

Next, solve the 16 practice exercises and record your voice in the shadowing section.

Word table

Study the 10 words below grouped by the 3 steps of moving house.

📦 Theme 1: Before the move
Word Meaning Common collocations Word forms Example sentence Memory tip
cardboard Heavy, stiff paper used for making packing boxes. cardboard box, heavy cardboard – Put the books into a strong cardboard box. Think of a "hard board" made of paper.
bubble A tiny ball of air inside plastic wrap to protect cups. bubble wrap, plastic bubbles – Wrap the glass cups in bubble wrap. Say "pop!" like popping soap bubbles.
helper A person who helps you do hard work. need a helper, good helper help (v) My brother is our main helper today. Take "help" and add "-er" for a person.
truck A big vehicle used to carry large furniture. moving truck, big truck – The moving truck carries our beds and tables. Picture a big trunk of a car that grew huge.
🏡 Theme 2: In the new home
Word Meaning Common collocations Word forms Example sentence Memory tip
carpet A soft thick cover on the floor. soft carpet, clean the carpet – The living room has a clean warm carpet. Think of a "car" parked on a soft "mat".
neighbour A person who lives in a house next to yours. friendly neighbour, meet the neighbour neighbourhood (n) Our new neighbour waved at us this morning. A person who is "near" to your door.
porch A small covered area outside the front door of a house. front porch, sit on the porch – We left two small plants on the front porch. Sounds like "door" + "bench" outside.
🛋️ Theme 3: Settling in
Word Meaning Common collocations Word forms Example sentence Memory tip
unpack To take things out of boxes and bags. unpack boxes, unpack the kitchen pack (v) I will unpack the boxes in my room first. Opposite of "pack": "un-" means open it up.
explore To walk around a new place to learn about it. explore the town, explore the house – Let us explore the park near our house. Sounds like "explorer" walking into new places.
decorate To add pictures, lights, or paint to make a room pretty. decorate the room, decorate walls decoration (n) We can decorate the walls with photos. Think of cake "decorating" with sweets.

Practice

Solve these 16 practice questions from easy to hard.

Exercise 1

Collocation matrix

Match each first word to the word that usually follows it.

1. Which word goes with cardboard?

____ box ____ wrap ____ truck ____ porch

2. Which word goes with bubble?

____ box ____ wrap ____ truck ____ porch

3. Which word goes with moving?

____ box ____ wrap ____ truck ____ porch

4. Which word goes with front?

____ box ____ wrap ____ truck ____ porch
Exercise 2

Gap-fill with word bank

Complete each sentence with one word from the bank below.

helper bubble carpet unpack

5. Leo is very strong, so he is our best ____ today.

6. Put each glass cup inside ____ wrap before you close the box.

7. We should take off our shoes because the floor has a new clean ____.

8. When we arrive, we will ____ the boxes and put our plates in the kitchen.

Exercise 3

Choose the word

Choose the word that makes the best sense in the sentence.

9. Next weekend we will buy some posters and lamps to ___ the living room.

____ decorate ____ explore ____ unpack

10. A kind ___ brought us warm tea when we moved in next door.

____ truck ____ carpet ____ neighbour

11. The driver parked the big ___ in front of our new apartment building.

____ truck ____ carpet ____ neighbour

12. Do not leave the wet umbrella on the dry ___ in the hallway.

____ cardboard ____ carpet ____ porch
Exercise 4

Word-formation

Fill in the blank using the correct related form from our word table list.

13. My sister offered to ____ us carry the light boxes into the bedroom.

Use the verb form of "helper".

14. There is a peaceful park in our new ____.

Use the noun form of "neighbour" for the area.

15. Tomorrow morning we must ____ our clothes before the truck arrives.

Use the base verb form of "unpack".

16. We put colorful paper flowers on the door as a party ____.

Use the noun form of "decorate".

Shadowing

Listen to each phrase or sentence, then tap the record button to speak and practice your pronunciation.

🔹 Practice 4 key collocations:

Item 17 • Collocation
cardboard box

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 18 • Collocation
bubble wrap

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Item 19 • Collocation
front porch

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Item 20 • Collocation
friendly neighbour

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🔹 Practice 4 short sentences (at most 9 words):

Item 21 • Sentence (7 words)
The moving truck is here today.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 22 • Sentence (7 words)
We can unpack the kitchen first.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 23 • Sentence (7 words)
She will decorate her new bedroom.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 24 • Sentence (7 words)
Our helper carries the big sofa.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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🔹 Practice 2 more everyday sentences:

Item 25 • Sentence (7 words)
Let us explore the quiet street.

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Item 26 • Sentence (8 words)
A soft carpet feels nice and warm.

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⭐ Pronunciation challenge: 2 tricky words

Item 27 • Tricky word (silent "gh")
neighbour

Tip: Sounds like "NAY-ber".

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 28 • Tricky word (two words in one)
cardboard

Tip: Put "card" + "board" smoothly together.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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