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B1 Vocabulary Booster

🌙 Sleep & Wellbeing

Level: Intermediate (B1) • 10 Core Words

👨‍🏫 For Teachers

Allocate about 20 minutes to guide students through the themed word cards and interactive practice tasks.

Facilitate the final shadowing section to monitor accurate word stress and conversational intonation.

🎯 For Learners

Study the 10 words, natural collocations, and yellow memory tips before starting the exercises.

Complete the 16 practice questions, then practice speaking aloud in the shadowing studio.

Cozy minimalist bedroom at night, warm bedside lamp light, plush white pillow, neatly folded soft wool blanket on a wood

Peaceful sleep begins with an inviting, comfortable sleeping space.

A mindful person enjoying a relaxing evening routine, drinking a cup of warm herbal tea by a dim lamp, reading a paperba

Unwinding before bed without caffeine or screens protects daily mental focus.

Core Vocabulary Bank (10 Target Words)

Theme 1: Bed and Night

pillow noun

A soft cushion used to support the head while sleeping in bed.

Collocation: soft pillow, firm pillow

Word forms: –

"I always travel with my own pillow so I can sleep comfortably."

💡 Memory tip: Picture your head sinking like a cloud into a soft pillow.

blanket noun

A large piece of warm fabric used as a bed covering.

Collocation: heavy blanket, warm blanket

Word forms: –

"On chilly winter nights, she wraps herself in a thick blanket."

💡 Memory tip: A blanket covers the whole bed like a blank sheet of warmth.

dream noun / verb

Pictures and stories in your mind while you sleep.

Collocation: have a dream, bad dream

Word forms: dream (v), dreamer (n)

"I had a strange dream where I was flying above the ocean."

💡 Memory tip: You close your eyes to sleep and your mind streams a dream.

snore verb / noun

To breathe loudly through the nose and mouth while asleep.

Collocation: loud snore, snore softly

Word forms: snoring (n)

"He tends to snore whenever he sleeps flat on his back."

💡 Memory tip: Listen to the rough 'zzz-sn-ore' sound of loud sleepers!

Theme 2: Feeling Tired

yawn verb / noun

To open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply when you are tired.

Collocation: big yawn, let out a yawn

Word forms: –

"Seeing someone else yawn often makes you want to do the same."

💡 Memory tip: Your mouth forms a wide "O" shape when you let out a yawn.

nap noun / verb

A short sleep, usually during the day.

Collocation: take a nap, quick nap

Word forms: –

"I had a short nap after lunch and felt much better."

💡 Memory tip: Short word for a short sleep: a quick nap.

concentrate verb

To focus all attention and mental effort on one activity.

Collocation: concentrate on, hard to concentrate

Word forms: concentration (n)

"Without enough rest, it is very hard to concentrate at work."

💡 Memory tip: Bring your thoughts to the center: con-center-ate!

Theme 3: Healthy Habits

routine noun

A fixed and regular way of doing things at a particular time.

Collocation: daily routine, bedtime routine

Word forms: –

"A calming bedtime routine helps your body know when to sleep."

💡 Memory tip: Think of a regular travel route you follow every day.

relax verb

To rest and become less tense, anxious, or stressed.

Collocation: relax your mind, help you relax

Word forms: relaxed (adj), relaxing (adj), relaxation (n)

"Taking a warm bath helps your muscles relax before bed."

💡 Memory tip: Re-lax = release all muscle tension and exhale!

caffeine noun

A substance in coffee and tea that keeps you awake.

Collocation: cut down on caffeine, high in caffeine

Word forms: –

"Avoid drinking caffeine in the late afternoon to sleep deeply."

💡 Memory tip: Coffee and caffeine both keep your eyes wide open!

Practice Exercises

16 interactive challenges arranged from easy to advanced.

Part 1 • Collocation Matrix

Choose the word that completes each phrase:

Start of the phrase

nap

dream

routine

caffeine

1 take a

____ nap ____ dream ____ routine ____ caffeine

2 have a vivid

____ nap ____ dream ____ routine ____ caffeine

3 establish a

____ nap ____ dream ____ routine ____ caffeine

4 cut down on

____ nap ____ dream ____ routine ____ caffeine

Part 2 • Gap-fill with Word Bank

Type the correct word from the bank into each blank:

Word Bank: yawn pillow snore blanket

5. After resting my head on the soft ____, I pulled the warm blanket up to my chin.

6. The winter air turned chilly, so she reached down past her pillow and pulled an extra wool ____ over her feet.

7. Because he was so tired, he couldn't hide a massive ____ behind his hand during the meeting.

8. His roommate began to ____ loudly in his sleep, ruining an otherwise quiet night.

Part 3 • Choose the Word

Select the option that best fits the wellbeing context:

9. Drinks with a lot of ______ in the evening can make it hard to fall asleep.

____ a. caffeine ____ b. vitamin ____ c. protein

10. When you do not get enough rest, it is hard to ______ on difficult work.

____ a. celebrate ____ b. concentrate ____ c. imagine

11. Having the same evening ______ every night teaches your body to get ready for sleep.

____ a. adventure ____ b. meeting ____ c. routine

12. A warm cup of tea can help you ______ your tense muscles.

____ a. relax ____ b. excite ____ c. inform

Part 4 • Word Formation

Transform the base word in brackets into the correct grammatical form:

13. Poor sleep can harm a student's ____ during morning examinations.

Base word: [concentrate] → noun form

14. Loud ____ at night can keep the whole family awake.

Base word: [snore] → noun form

15. Taking slow breaths in bed is a very ____ activity after a long day.

Base word: [relax] → adjective describing an experience

16. She is such an imaginative ____ that she keeps a notebook by her bed to write down nighttime stories.

Base word: [dream] → person noun

Shadowing Studio

Listen, repeat, and record 12 targeted phrases to polish stress and intonation.

🎙️ 12 Recording Cards

🔹 Stage 1: Key Collocations (4 items)

Item 1 • Collocation Audio Prompt 🔊

take a quick nap

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 2 • Collocation Audio Prompt 🔊

a warm blanket

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 3 • Collocation Audio Prompt 🔊

a healthy bedtime routine

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 4 • Collocation Audio Prompt 🔊

loud snoring at night

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

🔹 Stage 2: Short Sentences (4 items)

Item 5 • Sentence Audio Prompt 🔊

I always sleep on a soft pillow.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 6 • Sentence Audio Prompt 🔊

A warm bath helps your body relax.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 7 • Sentence Audio Prompt 🔊

She covered her mouth to hide a yawn.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 8 • Sentence Audio Prompt 🔊

I had a vivid dream about flying.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

🔹 Stage 3: Connected Sentences (2 items)

Item 9 • Connected Sentence Audio Prompt 🔊

Less caffeine in the afternoon helps you sleep.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 10 • Connected Sentence Audio Prompt 🔊

A good bedtime routine helps me concentrate at work.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

🔹 Stage 4: Focus Pronunciation Challenge (2 items)

Item 11 • Target Word Stress on 1st syllable

concentrate /ˈkɒnsntreɪt/

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 12 • Target Word Stress on 1st syllable

caffeine /ˈkæfiːn/

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sleep and Wellbeing: Vocabulary and Pronunciation

🌙 Sleep & Wellbeing

Core Vocabulary Bank (10 Target Words)

Theme 1: Bed and Night

Theme 2: Feeling Tired

Theme 3: Healthy Habits

Practice Exercises

Choose the word that completes each phrase:

Type the correct word from the bank into each blank:

Select the option that best fits the wellbeing context:

Transform the base word in brackets into the correct grammatical form:

Shadowing Studio

🔹 Stage 1: Key Collocations (4 items)

🔹 Stage 2: Short Sentences (4 items)

🔹 Stage 3: Connected Sentences (2 items)

🔹 Stage 4: Focus Pronunciation Challenge (2 items)

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