APIEVocabulary & Pronunciation: Hiking and Survival Skills
Hiking and survival skills
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🌲 Hiking & Survival Skills
Essential B1 Vocabulary & Pronunciation (20 Minutes)
💡 How to use this lesson
Use this 20-minute lesson to introduce and practise 10 key hiking words. Check answers together after learners complete each section.
Read the word table and learn the tips first. Then do the 16 practice items. Last, record your voice in the shadowing section.
"Our guide explained how to read the map before we left."
Word table
10 Core Words🚩 Theme 1: On the trail
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hiker | A person who walks in the mountains or countryside | experienced hiker, solo hiker | An experienced hiker always brings a map. | hike + er (the person who hikes) |
| ridge | A long, narrow top of a mountain | mountain ridge, follow the ridge | We walked along the sharp mountain ridge. | Think of the sharp 'edge' of a mountain |
| twig | A small thin branch of a tree | dry twig, snap a twig | He collected dry twigs to start a small campfire. | Twig sounds like big, but a twig is very small |
| lighter | A small device that produces a flame | gas lighter, bring a lighter | Always keep a lighter dry inside your bag. | A light + er: it lights your fire |
⛰️ Theme 2: The ground and the weather
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| muddy | Covered in wet dirt | muddy path, muddy boots | The path was very muddy after the night rain. | Comes from mud (wet dirt on boots) |
| rocky | Covered with many rocks | rocky trail, rocky ground | Be careful when walking on this rocky slope. | Has 'rock' right inside it |
| foggy | Full of thick mist | foggy morning, foggy weather | It was too foggy to see the mountain top. | Has 'fog' which blocks your view |
⚠️ Theme 3: Problems
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| blister | A painful bubble on skin from rubbing | painful blister, get a blister | Cheap boots will give you a painful blister. | Looks like a small bubble on your heel |
| sprain | An injury to a joint caused by twisting | sprain an ankle, bad sprain | A wrong step on rocks can sprain your ankle. | Sounds like a painful strain on a joint |
| sunburn | Red painful skin caused by the sun | bad sunburn, prevent sunburn | Wear a hat to avoid a bad sunburn today. | Sun + burn = skin burned by sun |
Practice
Complete all 16 interactive exercises below
🔗 Exercise 1-4: Collocation Matrix
Match each verb or action to the target word that completes the collocation.
📝 Exercises 5-8: Gap-Fill with Word Bank
Word Bank
5. The experienced ____ helped us find the right trail.
6. It was so ____ that we could not see the peak.
7. My boots were covered in dirt because the path was ____.
8. Walking in tight boots gave me a painful ____ on my heel.
🎯 Exercises 9-12: Choose the Word
9. We walked along the narrow ___ to reach the peak.
10. The ground was extremely ___ after hours of rain.
11. Put on sunscreen to prevent a painful ___ on your neck.
12. He used a dry ___ to help start the campfire.
🧩 Exercises 13-16: Sentence Building
Put the given words in the correct order to make complete sentences.
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Listen, repeat, and record your voice for all 12 items
Item 1: Collocation
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____Item 11: Key Word Focus
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