Collocations: Sleep, Rest & Relaxation

What is this lesson about? This sleep collocations ESL lesson plan helps B1–B2 learners talk confidently about sleep, rest, and relaxation. Students learn practical collocations such as take a nap, suffer from insomnia, establish a routine, improve sleep quality, and create a calming environment through matching, gap-fills, transformations, and grammar challenges.

What language will students learn? Learners focus on eight essential collocations:

• Take a nap

• Feel refreshed

• Establish a routine

• Suffer from insomnia

• Improve sleep quality

• Create a calming environment

• Have trouble sleeping

• Practise deep breathing
  

How do students practise? The lesson develops fluency and accuracy step by step:

• Warm-up discussion questions on rest habits and routines.

• Definition matching to clarify key sleep-related terms.

• Collocation matching to build natural word partnerships.

• Sentence gap-fills and transformations for contextual fluency.

• Tense challenge to reinforce grammar alongside collocations.

• Speaking practice where learners personalise the language with real-life examples.
  

Why is this lesson useful? By the end, learners can:

• Use natural collocations to describe sleep and rest habits.

• Reflect on personal wellbeing and rest routines in English.

• Build vocabulary for health, lifestyle, and wellness contexts.

• Practise grammar and speaking in an integrated, meaningful way.
  

Who is it for? This lesson is ideal for intermediate adult learners (B1–B2), especially in wellness-focused classes. It works equally well in online or in-person sessions and encourages learners to connect language practice with personal wellbeing.