TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S How to keep fit and healthy

Activity Type Introduction

Speaking Activity: In this engaging health and fitness activity, students discuss and
ranking, guided rank ways to keep fit and healthy.
discussion (pair work)
Procedure
Focus Write the following on the board: How to keep fit and healthy.
Health and fitness
Then, write two headings: You should... and You shouldn't...

Aim
To discuss and rank ways
to keep fit and healthy.
Ask the students what they should and shouldn't do to keep fit
and healthy. Write the students' ideas under the two headings.
Next, give each student a copy of the worksheet. Go through the
worksheet and explain each item.

Preparation Working individually, students rank the ten ways to keep fit and
healthy in order of importance, one is the most important and ten
Make one copy of the
is the least important.
worksheet for each
student.
After that, divide the students into pairs.

Level Students then take it in turns to read out their rankings to their
partner, e.g. 'To keep fit and healthy, you should first exercise or
Pre-intermediate (A2) play sport regularly'.

Their partner notes down the order in the third column of the
Time worksheet.
25 minutes
When everyone has finished, write the expressions below on the
board and practice them with the class.

I think the most important thing is to...

Do you agree? / What do you think? / What's your opinion?
In my opinion, it's more important to/not to... than to/not to...

Pairs then discuss their order and come up with a combined

ranking.

Finally, have a class feedback session. Find out the most important
way to keep fit and healthy from each pair and see if other pairs
agree. Also, find out which item was considered the least important
from each pair and invite comments from the students.

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 HEALTH AND FITNESS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S How to keep fit and healthy

A. What's the best way to keep fit and healthy? Look at the ten ways to keep fit and
healthy. Rank the items from 1 to 10 in order of importance, one is the most important
and ten is the least important.

B. Now, work with a partner and find out their order. Then, discuss your ideas and
make a combined ranking.

To keep fit and healthy, you My order My partner's Combined

should… (1 to 10) order (1 to 10) ranking

get seven to nine

hours of sleep a night

drink lots of water

eat fruit and

vegetables every day

exercise or play
sport regularly

eat a healthy
breakfast each day

meditate or do yoga

not drink too much

alcohol

have a good social life

get regular check-ups

not smoke

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