APIEVocabulary & Pronunciation: Ships and Sea Stories
Ships, shipwrecks and sea stories
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🚢 Ships, shipwrecks and sea stories
How to use this lesson
Teacher: Go through the word table together. Check the practice answers with the class.
Learner: Read the word table and memory tips first. Then do the practice and record your voice.
Word table
| Word | Meaning | Common collocations | Example sentence | Memory tip |
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| On board | ||||
| deck | floor of a ship | upper deck, clear the deck | We stood on the deck to watch the sunset. | Sounds like 'desk', but for walking on outside. |
| anchor | heavy metal object to hold a ship | drop anchor, raise the anchor | They dropped the anchor in the bay. | Think of 'ankle' holding your foot down. |
| cargo | goods carried by ship | cargo ship, valuable cargo | The ship carried a cargo of fresh fruit. | Think of 'car' going - moving things. |
| voyage | long journey by sea | long voyage, maiden voyage | The voyage across the ocean took two months. | 'Bon voyage' is a famous French phrase for good journey. |
| Ships and the sea | ||||
| ship | large boat for ocean travel | board a ship, sink a ship | The huge ship sailed into the port. | A short, sharp word, like a boat cutting through water. |
| navy | military sea force | join the navy, royal navy | My brother spent five years in the navy. | Navy blue is the color of the deep sea. |
| mast | tall pole holding sails | tall mast, main mast | The wind broke the wooden mast in two. | Rhymes with 'fast' - it makes sailboats go fast. |
| When a ship is lost | ||||
| wreck | broken ship at the bottom of the sea | explore a wreck, discover a wreck | Divers found an old wreck full of gold. | Starts with a silent W, like the silent ship underwater. |
| pump | machine to move water | water pump, pump out | They used a pump to get water out of the boat. | Say 'pump' and your lips push out air like a machine. |
| hull | main body or bottom of a ship | wooden hull, damage the hull | The rocks made a hole in the ship's hull. | Rhymes with 'gull': a seagull can sit on the hull. |
Practice
1-4. Match the verb to the best noun.
5-8. Type the missing word from the word bank:
cargo navy mast pump
9-12. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
9.We stood on the upper ___.
10.The captain decided to drop the ___.
11.Water came in through a hole at the bottom of the ___.
12.The huge ___ sailed away.
13-16. Rewrite the sentence by putting the words in the right order.
Useful pattern:
By the time the storm reached the coast, the fishing boats had already returned to the harbour.
13. broke / The / wind / tall / mast
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____ (Type the sentence here...)15. voyage / long / was / The / safe
____ (Type the sentence here...)16. joined / brother / navy / My / the
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17-28. Listen and record your voice.
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