Scene
Attach the word to a picture
A word like shattered belongs to glass, windows, plates, and hard objects, not clothing.
Vocabulary lesson
Make vocabulary usable, not decorative
The useful question is not whether the learner recognizes a word. It is whether they can choose it in the right scene.
Pressure moment
You know several words, but under pressure you pick the almost-right one and the sentence sounds strange.
59
source prompts
5
formats
10-20 min
best test
Mental model
Words live with objects, actions, and situations. Store the scene with the word.
Repair sequence
Move from passive recognition to active, precise word choice.
Depth
Add a common partner
Learn strong coffee, heavy rain, make a decision, take responsibility as complete units.
Use
Force one active sentence
The word is not yours until you can use it without seeing the options.
Before and after
The difference users should feel
Weak
The window is tattered.
Strong
The window is shattered.
Why: Tattered fits cloth or paper. Shattered fits broken glass.
Weak
Do a decision.
Strong
Make a decision.
Why: Decision uses make, not do.
Micro-drills
Short practice that proves the lesson worked
Image label
3 minLook at one image prompt and say the best word plus one wrong-but-real word.
Proof: You can explain why the wrong word belongs elsewhere.
Collocation swap
4 minPair the word with two natural partners.
Proof: Both partners sound like phrases people actually say.
Active recall
5 minHide the options and type the word from the description.
Proof: You recover the word without recognition cues.
Prompt bank
Live diagnostics behind this lesson
textB1
The window is ______.
choiceB1
If someone says, 'I am swamped today,' what do they mean?
matchB2
These are common in meetings and casual work chats.
choiceB1
Let's put it ___ until Friday.