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🔦 Module 1: Vocabulary & Cave Practice

Let's learn and practice 10 useful words about caves!

👩‍🏫 For Teachers

Use this lesson for a 25-minute practice session on cave vocabulary and place prepositions.

Guide learners through the 4 exercise parts and check answers together in class.

🎓 For Learners

First, review the example sentence and learn the key vocabulary words.

Next, complete the 16 short exercises in parts (a), (b), (c), and (d).

Example Pattern

"We stand at the gate and wait for the guide."

🧩 (a) Word Order: Put the words in the right order

1. Put these words in order (Target word: cavern):

The / cavern / very / is / dark / and / big / .

____ (Type the full sentence here...)

2. Put these words in order (Target word: passage):

narrow / walk / passage . / through / We / the

____ (Type the full sentence here...)

3. Put these words in order (Target word: ceiling):

is / high / ceiling / cave / The / above / us .

____ (Type the full sentence here...)

4. Put these words in order (Target word: limestone):

limestone . / made / rock / of / is / This

____ (Type the full sentence here...)

📝 (b) Fill in the blanks with the Word Bank

Word Bank

gem mine batteries miner cord

5. The explorer's flashlight is dark. It needs new ___.

____ (Type word here...)

6. Hold onto the safety ___ while climbing down the rock.

____ (Type word here...)

7. The explorer found a shiny, valuable ___ in the cave.

____ (Type word here...)

8. A brave ___ works underground every day.

____ (Type word here...)

9. They went deep into an old gold ___ under the hill.

____ (Type word here...)

🎯 (c) Choose the correct word

10. Bats ___ upside down from the roof of the cavern.

____ a. hang ____ b. swim ____ c. walk

11. We sit ___ the cold ground outside the entrance.

____ a. in ____ b. on ____ c. at

12. There is a safety sign hanging ___ the wall.

____ a. on ____ b. in ____ c. at

13. It is cold and dark ___ the deep cavern.

____ a. on ____ b. at ____ c. in

🔗 (d) Match the question to its correct answer

14. Where do we meet before going into the cave?

____ a. You can see long sharp rocks and bats. ____ b. Because it is very dark inside the passage. ____ c. We meet at the main entrance gate.

15. What can you see on the cave ceiling?

____ a. You can see long sharp rocks and bats. ____ b. We meet at the main entrance gate. ____ c. Because it is very dark inside the passage.

16. Why do explorers carry flashlights?

____ a. We meet at the main entrance gate. ____ b. Because it is very dark inside the passage. ____ c. You can see long sharp rocks and bats.

✍️ Module 2: Write a Description

Now it is time to write your own description of a trip!

Writing Task Length: 60–80 words

Write a short description of a trip to a cave, a park or another place that you know. Say where you stand, where things are and what you can see.

🧩 Sentence Starters Frame

Use these starter phrases to build your description:

"We meet at ..."

"It is cold in ..."

"There is a sign on ..."

"I sit on ..."

"The best view is at ..."

"Many things are in ..."

📋 Writing Checklist

✓ Write 60 to 80 words in total.
✓ Include at least five sentences with at, in, or on for place.
✓ Include at least one sentence with at (e.g. at the gate).
✓ Include at least one sentence with in (e.g. in the cavern).
✓ Include at least one sentence with on (e.g. on the wall).
⚠️ No prepositions for time: do not use at, in, or on to talk about time (e.g. at 9 o'clock or in the morning). Use them ONLY for place.
⚠️ Avoid place mistakes: do NOT write "in the wall" for a sign/picture (use "on the wall"), do NOT write "on the room" (use "in the room"), and do NOT write "at the cave" for something inside it (use "in the cave").

Your Description (60–80 words):

Type your description below. When finished, submit to receive feedback graded on Task Achievement, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range & Accuracy.

____ (We meet at the gate...)

📖 Module 3: Model Answer

Read this sample text to see how to write a great description!

Sample Trip Description 80 words

We meet at the entrance gate with our guide. It is cold in the large limestone cavern, so we wear warm coats. There is a sign on the rock wall with safety rules. I sit on a flat stone and check my headlamp. Many things are in the cave, like sleeping bats high above us and shiny rocks near the water. The best view is at the end of the main path, where big crystal rocks shine in our lights.

💡 Why This Works & Useful Phrase Notes

1. "We meet at..."

Use this to say where your group meets.

2. "It is cold in..."

Use this to say how warm or cold a place is.

3. "There is a sign on..."

Use this to say where a sign or picture is on a wall.

4. "I sit on..."

Use this to say what you are sitting on.

5. "Many things are in..."

Use this to say what you can find inside a place.

6. "The best view is at..."

Use this to say the nicest place to look from.

Writing: Caves and Cave Explorers

🔦 Module 1: Vocabulary & Cave Practice

👩‍🏫 For Teachers

🎓 For Learners

✍️ Module 2: Write a Description

🧩 Sentence Starters Frame

📋 Writing Checklist

📖 Module 3: Model Answer

💡 Why This Works & Useful Phrase Notes

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