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Level A2 • Vocabulary & Pronunciation ⏱️ 20 Minutes

🧶 Wool, Sheep and Knitting

Learn 10 essential words about sheep, knitting, and wool, then practice with interactive exercises and audio shadowing.

📌 How to use this lesson

For Teacher

1. Guide students through the word table, then monitor the 16 practice activities.

2. Help learners record their pronunciation in the shadowing section and check their answers together in 20 minutes.

For Learner

1. Read the 10 words, meanings, and memory tips in the word table first.

2. Complete the 16 practice questions, then practice speaking using the recording boxes.

📚 Word table

Study these 10 core words grouped into 3 key themes.

A cozy basket filled with colorful yarn balls and wooden knitting needles next to a soft wool sweater, warm natural ligh

🐑 Group 1: Sheep and wool

Word	Meaning	Collocations	Example	Memory Tip
fleece fleece	The warm coat of wool on a sheep.	soft fleece, thick fleece	The sheep has a soft white fleece.	Picture a fluffy fleece jacket.
shear shear	To cut wool off a sheep.	shear a sheep, shear wool	Farmers shear sheep in spring.	Sounds like "scissors" cutting wool!
yarn yarn	Thick wool thread for knitting.	ball of yarn, red yarn	She bought red yarn for a scarf.	Yarn rhymes with barn (wool in the barn!).
bundle bundle	Things tied closely together.	bundle of wool, tight bundle	He tied yarn into a neat bundle.	Picture a big tied bundle of sticks.

🧤 Group 2: Things to make

Word	Meaning	Collocations	Example	Memory Tip
loop loop	A circle shape made by curved thread.	knit a loop, tight loop	Put the needle in the next loop.	The letters 'oo' look like 2 loops!
mitten mitten	A warm glove with a part for the thumb.	warm mitten, wool mitten	Wear a mitten to stay warm.	A cute kitten in a warm mitten!
sew sew	To join cloth using a needle and thread.	sew clothes, sew by hand	I can sew a warm mitten.	Sew sounds like "so".

⚠️ Group 3: Problems with wool

Word	Meaning	Collocations	Example	Memory Tip
itchy itchy	Making your skin feel scratchy.	itchy sweater, feel itchy	This old wool hat is very itchy.	Think of an itch you want to scratch.
shrink shrink	To become smaller in hot water.	shrink in the wash, shrink fast	Hot water will shrink your sweater.	Shrink = Small size after hot wash.
tangle tangle	To twist together into a messy knot.	tangle yarn, get tangled	Cats like to tangle soft yarn.	Think of tangled messy hair.

✏️ Practice

Complete 16 items from easy to hard. Each word appears at least twice.

16 Items Total

Part 1: Collocation Matrix (Items 1 - 4)

Choose the word that goes with the first word.

1. Choose the word that goes with: shear

____ sheep ____ mitten ____ loop

2. Choose the word that goes with: ball of

____ sew ____ itchy ____ yarn

3. Choose the word that goes with: soft

____ shrink ____ fleece ____ tangle

4. Choose the word that goes with: warm

____ mitten ____ tangle ____ shear

Part 2: Gap-fill with Word Bank (Items 5 - 8)

Word Bank:

tangle itchy bundle loop

5. I carried a big ____ of wool to the shop.

6. Pull your needle through the next ____ carefully.

7. This old wool hat makes my forehead feel very ____.

8. Wind the yarn into a ball so it does not ____.

Part 3: Choose the word (Items 9 - 12)

Select the correct word that fits the context of the sentence.

9. The farmer cut the soft ___ from the sheep in spring.

____ a. mitten ____ b. fleece ____ c. loop

10. She bought a bright red ball of ___ to make a warm scarf.

____ a. fleece ____ b. bundle ____ c. yarn

11. My grandmother showed me how to ___ clothes by hand.

____ a. sew ____ b. shear ____ c. shrink

12. Do not wash wool in hot water or it will ___.

____ a. sew ____ b. shrink ____ c. bundle

Part 4: Sentence-building (Items 13 - 16)

💡 Example pattern: My aunt started knitting a hat. Put the given words in order to build complete sentences.

13. Put words in order: [ tied / He / wool / bundle / of / a ]

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14. Put words in order: [ can / mitten / sew / warm / I / a ]

____

15. Put words in order: [ sweater / feels / This / itchy / very ]

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16. Put words in order: [ cats / yarn / tangle / soft / The ]

____

🎙️ Shadowing

Listen, repeat, and record your voice for 12 items. Sentences are short and easy to speak!

12 Audio Recordings

Collocations (Items 1 - 4)

Item 1

soft fleece

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 2

shear sheep

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 3

warm mitten

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 4

wet yarn

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentences (Items 5 - 8)

Item 5

Farmers shear sheep every spring.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 6

I knit a warm mitten.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 7

Do not shrink your sweater.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 8

She holds a bundle of yarn.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

More Sentences (Items 9 - 10)

Item 9

Pull the yarn into a neat loop.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 10

My wool scarf is not itchy.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Target Word Challenge: fleece & itchy (Items 11 - 12)

Item 11 • Target: fleece

Soft sheep fleece is warm.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 12 • Target: itchy

This wool hat is itchy.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Vocabulary and Pronunciation: Wool and Knitting

🧶 Wool, Sheep and Knitting

📌 How to use this lesson

📚 Word table

✏️ Practice

Part 1: Collocation Matrix (Items 1 - 4)

Part 2: Gap-fill with Word Bank (Items 5 - 8)

Part 3: Choose the word (Items 9 - 12)

Part 4: Sentence-building (Items 13 - 16)

🎙️ Shadowing

Collocations (Items 1 - 4)

Sentences (Items 5 - 8)

More Sentences (Items 9 - 10)

Target Word Challenge: fleece & itchy (Items 11 - 12)

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