APIEVocabulary and Pronunciation: Phones and Internet
Phones, apps and the internet
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Everyday Tech & Online Words
Learn 10 everyday technology words to talk about your smartphone, surf the web, and chat with friends easily.
• Guide students through the 10 words and check their pronunciation in the first 8 minutes.
• Check the answers to the 16 practice tasks together with the short explanations, then listen to the recordings.
• Read the words, study the common word pairs, and look at the memory tips.
• Complete all 16 exercises, then record your voice in the shadowing section.
Figure 1: Keep your phone charged and explore your daily apps.
📖 10 Core Technology Words
Word Bank| Word | Meaning | Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 📱 Topic 1: On your phone | ||||
| app | A computer program on your phone. | install an app, download an app | "I use a weather app every morning." | Short for application. You tap an app on your screen. |
| message | Words sent from one phone to another. | send a message, get a message | "Please send me a text message later." | Stress the start: MESS-age. |
| charger | A wire that puts electricity into a battery. | phone charger, plug in the charger | "Can I borrow your phone charger?" | A "charge" gives life; a "charger" brings power. |
| signal | What lets your phone make calls and use the internet. | weak signal, strong signal | "The internet signal is weak in this room." | Think of the bars at the top of your screen. |
| 🌐 Topic 2: On the internet | ||||
| website | An online page with information and pictures. | visit a website, school website | "You can read the news on this website." | Web (net) + site (place). A place on the web! |
| password | A secret word or code you type to open an account. | enter a password, strong password | "Never tell your secret password to strangers." | A word to let you pass the locked door. |
| download | To copy a file from the internet to your phone. | download a file, download a song | "I want to download a song to listen offline." | Down arrow ⬇️: brings it down to your device. |
| ⚡ Topic 3: Things you do online | ||||
| search | To look for information or answers online. | search the web, search for recipes | "I will search online for movie times." | Picture the magnifying glass icon 🔍. |
| chat | To talk in a friendly way by voice or text. | chat with friends, online chat | "We like to chat online every weekend." | Short and fast, just like a quick conversation. |
| delete | To remove or throw away files from a device. | delete a photo, delete a message | "Please delete the bad photos from your phone." | The trash bin icon 🗑️ = delete. |
✍️ Practice Exercises (1-16)
16 QuestionsTest what you know. Every word appears in the exercises or in the shadowing section!
A Part 1: Collocation Matching
Select the best word pair to make a natural collocation.
1. Choose the word that pairs with: "download"
2. Choose the word that pairs with: "weak"
3. Choose the word that pairs with: "enter"
4. Choose the word that pairs with: "send"
B Part 2: Gap-Fill Sentences
5. My phone battery has only 1% left. Please give me the ___.
____6. Look at our school ___ to read the new timetable.
____7. I want to cook tonight, so I will ___ for a pasta recipe online.
____8. My phone has no free memory. I must ___ 100 old photos.
____C Part 3: Choose the Best Word
9. I need to find my [___] because my phone battery is at 2%.
10. Can you [___] with me tonight after dinner? We can talk about the trip.
11. I installed this [___] on my phone to learn new English words.
12. There is no [___] here in the mountains, so I cannot make a call.
D Part 4: Sentence Building
Type the scrambled words in the correct order to make a good sentence.
13. Put the words in order:
me / send / Please / a message
____14. Put the words in order:
not / Do / this app / delete
____15. Put the words in order:
search / the website / can / I
____16. Put the words in order:
music file / now / Download / the
____🎙️ Shadowing & Voice Practice (17-28)
12 Audio TasksTap the 🔊 button to listen, then tap the record button to speak clearly into your microphone.
Group 1: Collocations (17 - 20)
Item 17: Collocation
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____Item 19: Collocation
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____Group 2: Sentences (21 - 24)
Item 21: Short Sentence
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____Group 3: Long Sentences (25 - 26)
Item 25: Long Sentence
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____Item 26: Long Sentence
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____Group 4: Tricky Pronunciation Words (27 - 28)
Item 27: Tricky Word
Pronounce: /ˈmes.ɪdʒ/[Bài tập luyện nói]
____Item 28: Tricky Word
Pronounce: /ˈtʃɑː.dʒər/[Bài tập luyện nói]
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