Warm-up
In this lesson, your tutor will help you go over this topic: sleep. First, go over the following vocabulary and expressions with your tutor. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| dream | (v) seeing images and having thoughts while you sleep His dream was about living on a tropical island. |
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| nightmare | (n) a scary dream She had a nightmare last night about monsters. |
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| sleepwalk | (v) to walk around while you sleep Her brother sleepwalks every night. |
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| snore | (v) to breathe loudly while you are sleeping He snores so loud I can’t sleep at night. |
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| oversleep | (v) to sleep past the time you wanted to get up Sometimes he oversleeps and is late for work. |
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| morning person | (n) a person who likes to wake up early and enjoys the morning time I enjoy waking up early. I’m a morning person. |
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| night owl | (n) a person who enjoys staying up late at night He’s a night owl because he plays video games all night. |
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| alarm clock | (n) a clock that can be set to wake you up I set my alarm clock to wake up at 7:00 am. |
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| count sheep | (expression) when you can’t sleep count sheep to put you to sleep I can’t sleep. I will count sheep so I can fall asleep. |
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| sleep like a baby | (idiom) to sleep deeply; sleep very good How did you sleep last night? I slept like a baby. |
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Conversation
Use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- How many hours do you sleep at night?
- Do you use an alarm clock to wake up? Why or why not?
- Tell me about a dream you had.
- Have you ever had a nightmare? If so, tell me about it.
- Why do you think people have nightmares?
- Are you a morning person or night owl?
- In your language, is there a similar expression like count sheep?
- Why do people sleepwalk? Do you sleepwalk?
- Why do people snore? Do you snore?
- Do you sleep like a baby?
Wrap-up
Go over any new expressions or vocabulary that you learned today.
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