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Unit: Fears & Being Brave

Fears and Being Brave 😱🦁

Learn 10 everyday words about feelings, body reactions, and courage in 20 minutes.

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💡 How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 Teacher Guidance

• Guide learners through the 10 core vocabulary words in a 20-minute practice session.
• Check instant auto-grading for practice items and review speech clarity in shadowing.

🎓 Learner Guidance

• Read the word table and click the audio buttons to hear correct pronunciation first.
• Answer the 16 practice questions, then record your voice in the 12 shadowing tasks.

📚 Word Table

10 Key Words

Group 1 What Scares People

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
nightmare (n)	a very scary dream	bad nightmare, have a nightmare	I woke up from a bad nightmare.	Night + mare = bad dream at night
needle (n)	a thin metal pin for doctor shots or sewing	sharp needle, fear of needles	The nurse used a small needle.	Needles make you say "Eek!"
rat (n)	an animal that looks like a big mouse	scary rat, wild rat	A big rat ran across the floor.	Rat rhymes with cat (cats chase rats)
bully (n)	a person who hurts or scares weaker people	mean bully, school bully	The bully took my lunch money.	A bully acts like an angry bull

Group 2 In the Body

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
heartbeat (n)	the sound or movement of your heart	fast heartbeat, feel a heartbeat	My heartbeat was very fast.	Heart + beat = heart beating fast
shiver (v/n)	to shake because you are cold or scared	shiver with cold, shiver with fear	The cold wind made me shiver.	Shiver sounds like "shhh... cold!"
sweat (v/n)	water drops on skin when hot or scared	cold sweat, break into a sweat	He woke up covered in cold sweat.	Sweat comes when hot or scared

Group 3 Being Brave

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
dare (v/n)	to be brave enough to try something hard	dare to try, don't you dare	I dare to sing in front of class.	Dare = do something bold
coward (n)	a person who is easily scared and not brave	be a coward, feel like a coward	Do not be a coward; try your best!	Coward = scared like a shy cow
risk (n/v)	the chance of something bad happening	take a risk, big risk	It is a risk to walk alone at night.	Risk = try even if it is risky

📝 Practice Exercises (16 Questions)

Tasks 1–4

Task 1: Collocation Matrix

Match words that go together

Choose the correct word on the right that naturally pairs with each word on the left.

Question 1: Which word goes with "fast"?

____ heartbeat ____ sweat ____ needle

Question 2: Which word goes with "cold"?

____ heartbeat ____ sweat ____ nightmare

Question 3: Which word goes with "bad"?

____ nightmare ____ needle ____ heartbeat

Question 4: Which word goes with "sharp"?

____ sweat ____ needle ____ nightmare

Task 2: Gap-Fill Dialogues

Fill in the blank

Word Bank: bully shiver needle rat

🗣️ Speaker A: Why are you afraid of going to the doctor?

🗣️ Speaker B: I really hate seeing a big hospital ____ !

🗣️ Speaker A: Look under the sofa! What was that small animal?

🗣️ Speaker B: Oh no! It was a scary brown ____ running past!

🗣️ Speaker A: Why are you shaking so much in this cold room?

🗣️ Speaker B: The icy air makes my body ____ a lot.

🗣️ Speaker A: Why is Tommy crying near the school garden?

🗣️ Speaker B: A mean ____ took his lunch box again.

Task 3: Choose the Word

Select the correct vocabulary item

Select the word that best fits the meaning of the sentence.

Question 9: He ran away from the danger because he was a ___.

____ a. needle ____ b. heartbeat ____ c. coward

Question 10: Climbing that high snowy mountain is a big ___.

____ a. sweat ____ b. risk ____ c. rat

Question 11: My little brother had a scary ___ last night.

____ a. nightmare ____ b. bully ____ c. dare

Question 12: I do not ___ to touch that wild animal.

____ a. shiver ____ b. dare ____ c. needle

Task 4: Sentence Building

Put words in the right order

Type the full sentence using the given words in correct order.

Given words: shiver The him bully made

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Given words: coward be a Do not

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Given words: cold He sweat in woke

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Given words: risk a They big take

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🎙️ Shadowing & Speech Recording (12 Items)

Pronunciation Practice

Listen to each phrase or sentence, click the microphone button, and repeat aloud into your device.

Part A: Short Collocations

Item 1 (Collocation):

a cold sweat

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 2 (Collocation):

a fast heartbeat

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 3 (Collocation):

a sharp needle

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 4 (Collocation):

take a big risk

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Part B: Full Everyday Sentences

Item 5 (Sentence):

I had a bad nightmare last night.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 6 (Sentence):

The mean bully made the boy shiver.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 7 (Sentence):

Do not be a coward in danger.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 8 (Sentence):

I dare you to touch that rat.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 9 (Sentence):

Cold sweat ran down my face.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 10 (Sentence):

He took a big risk for us.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Part C: Multi-syllable Target Words

Item 11 (Target Word):

nightmare

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 12 (Target Word):

heartbeat

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Vocabulary and Pronunciation: Fears and Being Brave

Fears and Being Brave 😱🦁

💡 How to use this lesson

📚 Word Table

Group 1 What Scares People

Group 2 In the Body

Group 3 Being Brave

📝 Practice Exercises (16 Questions)

Task 1: Collocation Matrix

Task 2: Gap-Fill Dialogues

Task 3: Choose the Word

Task 4: Sentence Building

🎙️ Shadowing & Speech Recording (12 Items)

Part A: Short Collocations

Part B: Full Everyday Sentences

Part C: Multi-syllable Target Words

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