APIEVocabulary: Summer Camps and Holiday Clubs
Summer camps and holiday clubs
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⛺ Summer Camps and Holiday Clubs
📋 How to use this lesson
👩🏫 For Teachers
• Use this 20-minute lesson to build A2 summer camp vocabulary and speaking fluency.
• Check answers together after each practice section and listen to students' shadowing recordings.
🎒 For Learners
• First, read the word table carefully and try the memory tips.
• Next, complete the 16 practice exercises and record your voice in the shadowing section.
📖 Word Table
Learn 10 essential words for summer camp activities.
| Word | Meaning | Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
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| counsellor | a person who looks after kids at camp | camp counsellor, ask the counsellor | "Our counsellor helps us build the tent." |
🔊 Sound tip: 'coun-sel-lor' sounds like 'council' who helps you!
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| canteen | a place at camp where you eat food | camp canteen, eat in the canteen | "We eat warm soup in the canteen." |
🖼️ Picture tip: Imagine a CAN full of food in a TEEN camp!
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| rucksack | a strong bag you carry on your back | heavy rucksack, pack a rucksack | "Put your water bottle in your rucksack." |
🧩 Word tip: 'sack' means a big bag on your back!
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| bonfire | a large outdoor fire for fun | light a bonfire, sit around the bonfire | "We sing fun songs around the bonfire." |
⚡ Contrast tip: A small fire is not a bonfire. A bonfire is big!
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| Word | Meaning | Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| archery | the sport of shooting arrows with a bow | try archery, archery lesson | "I hit the red target in archery." |
🖼️ Picture tip: ARCH means a curved bow shape!
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| knot | a place where string is tied together | tie a knot, hard knot | "Make a strong knot on your rope." |
🔊 Sound tip: The letter 'K' is silent, just say 'NOT'!
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| marshmallow | a soft sweet white food you roast | roast a marshmallow, sweet marshmallow | "A roasted marshmallow is sweet and hot." |
🧩 Word tip: MARSH (soft ground) + MALLOW (sweet plant)!
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| Word | Meaning | Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rainstorm | a heavy fall of rain with strong wind | sudden rainstorm, big rainstorm | "A rainstorm hit our camp at night." |
🧩 Word tip: RAIN + STORM = heavy rain with wind!
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| nickname | a fun name your friends call you | give a nickname, fun nickname | "My friends give me the nickname Sunny." |
🔊 Sound tip: NICKNAME = NICK + NAME: a short, fun name that is not your real name!
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| sleepover | a night when kids stay at a friend's house | summer sleepover, cabin sleepover | "We had a fun sleepover in the tent." |
🧩 Word tip: SLEEP + OVER at a camp cabin!
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✏️ Practice
16 QuestionsPart 1: Collocation Matrix
Match each verb phrase with the word that goes together best.
Part 2: Gap-Fill with Word Bank
Fill in each gap using the correct word from the bank below.
Item 5 (Dialogue)
A: Where do we eat lunch?
B: In the camp ____!
Item 6 (Dialogue)
A: Who can help us with our tent?
B: Ask our camp ____.
Item 7 (Sentence)
Put on your coat! A big ____ is starting outside.
Item 8 (Sentence)
I love shooting arrows! Let's go to the ____ field.
Part 3: Choose the Word
Choose the word that fits the meaning of the sentence.
9. Four friends slept at my house on Saturday night. It was a fun ________.
10. His real name is Thomas, but his ________ is Tommy.
11. Don't leave your sweet ________ near the fire!
12. Put your raincoat inside your ________ before we walk.
Part 4: Sentence Building
Put the given words in the right order to write a complete sentence.
13. Rearrange these words:
14. Rearrange these words:
15. Rearrange these words:
16. Rearrange these words:
🎙️ Shadowing Practice
12 ItemsInstructions: First listen to the audio example by tapping 🔊, then tap the mic box to record your pronunciation!
"light a bonfire"
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____"pack a rucksack"
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____"try camp archery"
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____"tie a tight knot"
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____"Our camp counsellor is very friendly."
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____"We eat lunch inside the canteen."
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____"A rainstorm started in the afternoon."
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____"My camp nickname is Happy Bear."
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____"We had a great cabin sleepover."
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____"I like sleeping in my tent."
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____"marshmallow"
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____"bonfire"
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