Student’s Worksheet 1 “Living a healthy life” Work in pairs. Read the questions below and discuss them in pairs.
Exercise 1
a. What is your favourite food? How many meals do you have each day? b. What does “healthy living” mean? c. Do you do any sports? Which sports? How often? d. How long do you sleep each night? What time do you go to bed? Read the text and decide whether the statements below the text are true (T) or false (F).
Exercise 2
Early to bed, early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy and wise When it comes to a healthy lifestyle, we usually think about eating healthy food, having a proper diet, exercising ... But as a matter of fact there is one more very important factor that helps towards living a healthy life, which is .... having enough sleep. Many people think that sleeping is a waste of time. During this time, we can read a book, play computer games, surf the Internet, clean, wash up or watch TV. However, recent research clearly indicates that if you want to be healthy and happy, you should get enough sleep. When you sleep, your body recovers and the negative effects of stress are reduced. You can concentrate better later in the day and feel more relaxed. Sleep also lowers the risk of certain diseases, such as heart problems, depression or cancer. Scientists say that we should sleep from seven to nine hours a day, but the length of sleep that you need is different for each individual person. Also, the time when we go to sleep counts – those who go to bed earlier usually sleep longer and are more relaxed later! a. Only a proper diet and doing sports are important if you want to stay healthy.
T/F
b. When you get enough sleep, you feel more tired during a day.
T/F
c. When you sleep for long enough, your chances of becoming ill are lower.
T/F
d. You should sleep for approximately 5 hours per day.
T/F
e. The length of sleep that you need is different for different people.
T/F
f. When you sleep for longer you are more tired in the morning.
T/F
Exercise 3
Match the words in the neighbouring columns:
a.
b.
waste
problems
to have
computer games
healthy
diseases
to get
relaxed
proper
of time
to feel
the Internet
heart
diet
to play
a proper diet
serious
living
to surf
enough sleep
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Student’s Worksheet 2 “Living a healthy life” Exercise 4
Choose one answer, a, b or c, for each of the questions and check whether your lifestyle is healthy!
1. Do you do any sports? a. Yes, I do. I love riding a bicycle, playing football or doing other sports. b. Not really. I take part in PE classes at school but I don’t do any other sports. c. No, never! I hate sports. I never do sports at school or at home! 2. What’s your favourite food? a. I have a proper diet. I eat vegetables and fruit every day. I eat sweets no more than once a week. b. I like hamburgers and chips but I don’t eat them often. I eat vegetables every day. I drink water and juices. c. I love fast food! I eat hamburgers and chips as often as I can! I drink fizzy drinks almost every day. 3. What do you usually do on Saturdays? a. I like keeping active. I go for a walk or to the swimming pool, play football or do other sports. b. I always go shopping. I sometimes walk to the shop but not too often. I prefer to take a bus. c. I always watch TV and play computer games a lot. I don’t do any sports or go for a walk. 4. How long do you sleep? a. I sleep for about eight hours every day. When I wake up, I exercise a bit because it makes me feel good. b. I don’t sleep for very long. I usually go to bed around 11.30 pm and wake up at 6 am. Sometimes I’m tired in the morning. c. I sleep for about five hours every day. Before I go to sleep, I play computer games and eat a big supper.
tion. e scored and read the interpreta hav you nts poi of ber num the Now count e a healthy lifestyle? What is your answer? Do you hav all answers a – 3 points all answers b – 2 points all answers c – 1 point Interpretation (number of points
you have scored):
4–7 points. ive and do more healthy. You need to be more act Not good! Your lifestyle is not very healthy! gers and drinking fizzy drinks is not bur ham ing Eat t. die r you ut abo k sports. Thin 8–10 points. food. Remember sports and try to eat more healthy Not bad! Think about doing more day will help you, too! that sleeping about 8 hours every 11–12 points. on like that! ! You do sports and eat well. Carry Bravo! You have a healthy lifestyle
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Student’s Worksheet 3 “Living a healthy life” Exercise 5
Think about your lifestyle (diet, favourite activities, sports, how long you sleep) and finish the sentences. Do you think that you should change any of these habits? When you have finished, share your ideas with your neighbour.
I love I really like I always I don’t like I hate I think I should Exercise 6
Work in pairs. Imagine that you have to write a leaflet giving information about a healthy lifestyle to teenagers. Think about important information to include (a proper diet, doing sports, free time activities, enough sleep, etc.). Your leaflet should be about 80–120 words long.
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