APIEVocabulary & Pronunciation: Teeth and Healthy Smiles
Teeth, dentists and healthy smiles
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Teeth, dentists and healthy smiles 🦷
Learn 10 words for the dentist, for cleaning your teeth, and for your mouth and face.
📋 How to use this lesson
Use this 20-minute module to present 10 essential dental vocabulary items and build basic pronunciation skills.
Check student progress automatically through the interactive practice items and feedback explanations.
First, study the word table carefully and test yourself with the quick memory tricks.
Next, finish the 16 practice exercises and record your voice in the 12 shadowing activities.
1. Word table
10 Key Words| Word | Meaning | Collocation | Example sentence | Memory tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| filling | material put inside a tooth to repair a hole | get a filling | The dentist gave me a filling yesterday. | Picture: filling = filling up a tiny hole! |
| cavity | a small hole in a tooth | prevent cavities | Sugar can cause a cavity in your tooth. | Sound: cavity = a small cave in your tooth. |
| toothache | a pain in one of your teeth | have a toothache | I have a bad toothache today. | Word part: tooth + ache (ache = pain). |
| brace | a metal wire to make teeth straight | wear a brace | She wears a brace to straighten her teeth. | Picture: a metal frame holding teeth in place. |
| Word | Meaning | Collocation | Example sentence | Memory tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| toothpaste | cream used to clean teeth with a toothbrush | mint toothpaste | Put some toothpaste on your brush. | Word part: tooth + paste (cleaning paste). |
| floss | thin thread used to clean between teeth | dental floss | You should use dental floss every day. | Contrast: brush cleans the top, floss cleans between. |
| mouthwash | liquid for rinsing the inside of your mouth | fresh mouthwash | Rinse with mouthwash after brushing. | Word part: mouth + wash (wash your mouth). |
| Word | Meaning | Collocation | Example sentence | Memory tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chew | crush food with your teeth before swallowing | chew food slowly | Chew your food well before swallowing. | Sound: chew sounds like chewing gum! |
| jaw | the bone that holds your teeth | lower jaw | My jaw hurts when I open my mouth wide. | Picture: your bottom jaw moves up and down. |
| cheek | the side of your face below your eye | left cheek | Her cheeks turned red in the cold wind. | Picture: the soft round part of your face. |
2. Practice
16 Exercises🧩 Part A: Collocation Matrix (Match the words that go together)
Choose the correct noun for each verb action.
1. Select the word that goes with action verb "get a...":
2. Select the word that goes with action verb "have a...":
3. Select the word that goes with action verb "wear a...":
4. Select the word that goes with phrase "use dental...":
✍️ Part B: Gap-Fills with Word Bank
5. The dentist checked my teeth and found a small ____ in my back tooth.
6. Put a small amount of mint ____ on your brush before cleaning.
7. My lower ____ hurts when I open my mouth wide.
8. Rinse your mouth with fresh ____ after brushing your teeth.
🔍 Part C: Choose the Word (Select the option that fits the context)
All options are real words, but only one option fits the exact meaning.
9. She squeezed some ___ onto her toothbrush.
10. Make sure you ___ your food slowly before swallowing.
11. I cannot eat cold ice cream because I have a terrible ___.
12. The dentist placed a strong white ___ inside my tooth.
🧱 Part D: Sentence-Building (Put given words in order)
Type the full sentence in the correct word order.
13. Put these 5 words in order:
[ floss / day . / I / every / use ]
14. Put these 5 words in order:
[ metal / She / brace . / a / wears ]
15. Put these 5 words in order:
[ very / Chew / slowly . / your / food ]
16. Put these 5 words in order:
[ is / Her / red . / cheek / left ]
3. Shadowing
12 Speaking CardsListen to the audio by clicking 🔊, then tap the record button to speak out loud!
🗣️ Group A: Collocations
"get a filling"
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____"have a toothache"
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____"wear a brace"
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____"use dental floss"
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____💬 Group B: Everyday Sentences (Max 9 words)
"I brush my teeth with toothpaste every day."
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____"Rinse your mouth with fresh mouthwash now."
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____"The dentist found a small cavity today."
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____"Chew your food well with your back teeth."
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____🌟 Group C: Extra Sentences
"Her left cheek is soft and red."
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____"My jaw hurts when I chew hard bread."
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____🔥 Group D: Hard Pronunciation Words
"toothpaste"
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____"toothache"
[Bài tập luyện nói]
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