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Vocabulary: Eyesight, Glasses and Eye Tests

Eyesight, glasses and eye tests

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20-Min B1 Vocabulary

Eyesight, Glasses & Eye Tests

Master 10 key eye-related words and practice your speech with confidence!

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💡 How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 Teacher Notes

Guide students through the word table first, then manage the 16 practice items in 10 minutes.

Check answers together using the provided keys and monitor shadowing pronunciation.

🧑‍🎓 Student Notes

Study the 10 words and memory tips carefully before starting the exercises.

Complete the 16 practice questions, then record yourself repeating the 12 shadowing items.

Word Table

10 Essential Words
A friendly optician explaining eye checkup results to a patient with modern colorful spectacles on a table, clean neo-br

1. At the Optician

Word Meaning Collocations Word Forms Example Sentence Memory Tip
optician a person who tests your eyes and sells glasses visit an optician – To begin with, the optician asked me to read some letters. It starts like optic, which is about eyes and light.
eyesight the ability to see test your eyesight sight (n) Regular eye tests help protect your eyesight. Eye + sight = how your eyes see!
spectacles glasses that help you see better wear spectacles – My grandfather wears spectacles for reading. Spectacles start with SPEC, which is about looking: they help you look clearly.
checkup a regular test of your health or eyes go for a checkup – You should get a routine eye checkup every year. You check up on your eyes!

2. Eyesight Problems

Word Meaning Collocations Word Forms Example Sentence Memory Tip
shortsighted unable to see distant objects clearly become shortsighted shortsightedness (n) The shortsighted student could not read the board. You can only see short distances!
longsighted unable to see nearby objects clearly grow longsighted longsightedness (n) My mother is longsighted, so she needs reading glasses. You can only see long distances!
cure something that solves or heals an illness find a cure cure (n, v) Doctors hope to find a cure for this eye disease. Cure makes you feel se-cure!

3. Eyes in Daily Life

Word Meaning Collocations Word Forms Example Sentence Memory Tip
blink to open and close your eyes quickly quick blink blink (v, n) Dry air makes you blink more often. A blink happens in a wink!
glare strong, uncomfortable light reduce glare glare (n, v) Sunglasses help reduce glare from the sun. Glare and glow both start with GL: a strong, hard light.
eyelid the fold of skin covering your eye protect eyelids – Dust flew under my left eyelid. It is the lid (cover) for your eye.

Practice

16 Items (Easy to Hard)
Part 1

Collocation Matrix: Select the verb that pairs best with each noun

1. Select the correct verb for "a checkup":

Noun
protect
reduce
go for
wear
a checkup
____protect ____reduce ____go for ____wear

2. Select the correct verb for "spectacles":

Noun
reduce
wear
protect
go for
spectacles
____reduce ____wear ____protect ____go for

3. Select the correct verb for "glare":

Noun
go for
protect
wear
reduce
glare
____go for ____protect ____wear ____reduce

4. Select the correct verb for "eyelids":

Noun
protect
wear
go for
reduce
eyelids
____protect ____wear ____go for ____reduce
Part 2

Gap-fills: Fill in the blanks using words from the bank

Word Bank: longsighted optician shortsighted blink

5. Dialogue in the classroom:

"I cannot read the street signs down the road clearly. I think I am becoming ____."

6. Daily eye care tip:

"If your eyes feel dry after working on the computer, try to ____ more often."

7. At the clinic:

"Before getting a new prescription for glasses, you need to visit the ____ for an eye test."

8. Reading at home:

"My grandfather can see distant hills easily, but he is ____ and requires reading glasses."

Part 3

Choose the Word: Select the single option that fits the sentence meaning

9. She put on her ___ to read the small letters on the menu.

____ a. spectacles ____ b. eyelid ____ c. checkup

10. The bright afternoon light created a strong ___ that made driving dangerous.

____ a. cure ____ b. glare ____ c. optician

11. A small dust particle touched his upper ___, causing his eye to close instantly.

____ a. eyelid ____ b. eyesight ____ c. spectacles

12. Scientists are working hard to discover a ___ for this rare vision disease.

____ a. checkup ____ b. cure ____ c. blink
Part 4

Word Formation: Change the base word to the correct form

13. Fill in the shorter noun form of eyesight:

"Good ____ (eyesight) is essential for driving safely at night."

14. Fill in the correct form of shortsighted:

"Some students have ____ (shortsighted) and need glasses to read the board."

15. Fill in the correct form of longsighted:

"Glasses can help people with ____ (longsighted) to read a book."

16. Fill in the correct form of cure:

"Last year, the doctor ____ (cure) my sore eye with some drops."

Shadowing

12 Pronunciation Tasks

🔊 Instruction: Listen to each item by clicking the speaker, then hit the record button to practice your pronunciation!

Part 1: 4 Short Collocations

17. Collocation 🔊 Listen

go for a checkup

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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18. Collocation 🔊 Listen

wear round spectacles

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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19. Collocation 🔊 Listen

test your eyesight

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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20. Collocation 🔊 Listen

reduce sun glare

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Part 2: 4 Everyday Sentences

21. Sentence 🔊 Listen

"I need to visit the optician today."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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22. Sentence 🔊 Listen

"She wears spectacles for reading books."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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23. Sentence 🔊 Listen

"Dust got under my left eyelid."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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24. Sentence 🔊 Listen

"Bright glare makes me blink rapidly."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Part 3: 2 More Sentences

25. Sentence 🔊 Listen

"He has a routine eye checkup every year."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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26. Sentence 🔊 Listen

"Doctors can cure many sight problems now."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Part 4: 2 Focus Words

27. Focus Word 🔊 Listen

optician

Pronunciation: /ɒpˈtɪʃ.ən/

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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28. Focus Word 🔊 Listen

spectacles

Pronunciation: /ˈspek.tə.kəlz/

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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