APIESmart Homes & Future Tech
Homes and gadgets of the future
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Smart Homes & Future Tech
Key Vocabulary & Real-Life Collocations
📋 How to Use This Lesson
👩🏫 For Teachers:
1. Review the word table for 7 minutes. Focus on daily word pairs.
2. Students do the 16 items and check their answers.
🧑🎓 For Students:
1. Study the 10 words, memory tips, and examples first.
2. Do the 16 items. Then practice speaking in the Shadowing Studio.
📚 Word Table: 10 Essential Tech Words
A2 Core| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip 💡 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1: Gadgets | ||||
| gadget (n) | a small, useful tech tool | smart gadget, kitchen gadget | My phone is a smart gadget. It does everything. | Sounds like 'get it': Get a small tool! |
| robot (n) | a machine that does work for you | robot cleaner, robot dog | A small robot cleans our floor. | Picture a metal helper. |
| battery (n) | a thing that holds power | low battery, dead battery | My tablet has a low battery. I must charge it. | It gives power to your phone. |
| screen (n) | the flat glass part of a device | touch screen, flat screen | Touch the screen to open the camera app. | Like a TV in your hands. |
| Group 2: In the Home | ||||
| fridge (n) | a cold box to keep food fresh | smart fridge, in the fridge | Please put the cold milk into the fridge. | Feels cold like 'freeze'. |
| roof (n) | the top cover of a building | solar roof, flat roof | We have solar panels on our house roof. | The hat of a house. |
| lock (n/v) | a thing to keep doors closed safely | digital lock, lock the door | Our front door has a secure digital lock. | Turn the key to keep things safe. |
| Group 3: The Future | ||||
| future (n) | the time after today | in the future, future tech | In the future, homes will make their own power. | Ends like 'teacher': FYOO-cher. |
| control (v/n) | to make things work | voice control, control the lights | You can control the smart lights with your phone. | A remote guides your TV. |
| smart (adj) | clever and connected to the internet | smart home, smart device | A smart watch can check your health. | Smart phone, smart watch, smart home. |
🎯 Practice Zone
Do 16 items: match, fill gaps, choose, and order words.
Collocation Matrix Matching (Items 1–4)
Match each tech word with its best partner.
ITEM 1 Which word goes with "smart" to name a small tech tool?
ITEM 2 Which house part goes with "solar" to catch sunlight?
ITEM 3 Which word goes with "touch" for a glass part you tap?
ITEM 4 Which word goes with "voice" when you speak to devices?
Smart Home Dialogue: Gap-Fills (Items 5–8)
Word Bank (Use each word once):
ITEM 5 Dialogue - Line 1:
"The kitchen floor is dirty. Our smart ____ cleans it fast."
ITEM 6 Dialogue - Line 2:
"Please plug in the controller. Its ____ is low."
ITEM 7 Dialogue - Line 3:
"We do not need metal keys. Our front door has a digital ____."
ITEM 8 Dialogue - Line 4:
"In the ____, every house will make its own clean energy."
Choose the Best Word (Items 9–12)
Choose the best word.
ITEM 9 Choose the correct word:
"My new phone is a small ___ that helps me."
ITEM 10 Choose the correct word:
"You can ___ the lights with a phone app."
ITEM 11 Choose the correct word:
"A ___ fridge connects to Wi-Fi and makes a shopping list."
ITEM 12 Choose the correct word:
"Workers put solar panels on the ___ of the house."
Sentence Building: Unscramble the Words (Items 13–16)
Put the words in order to make a sentence.
ITEM 13 Reorder the words to form a correct sentence:
ITEM 14 Reorder the words to form a correct sentence:
ITEM 15 Reorder the words to form a correct sentence:
ITEM 16 Reorder the words to form a correct sentence:
🎙️ Shadowing Studio
Listen, repeat, and record your voice. Practice speaking clearly.
A Key Collocations (4 items)
Collocation 1
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____Collocation 3
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____Collocation 4
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____B Short Sentences (4 items)
Short Sentence 1
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____Short Sentence 2
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____Short Sentence 3
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____Short Sentence 4
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____C Extended Sentences (2 items)
Long Sentence 1
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____Long Sentence 2
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____D Pronunciation Focus: Challenging Words (2 items)
Word Focus 1
/ˈbæt.ər.i/Notice the 3 syllables: bat - ter - y.
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____Word Focus 2
/frɪdʒ/Notice the soft ending sound: /dʒ/.
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