Listening and Speaking Tasks

Healthy Lifestyles
 What do you think a
1.

healthy lifestyle means?

Eating healthy
Exercising often
Drinking enough water
Sleeping well
Limiting junk food and alcohol
Avoid smoking
2. Does each picture (A-H)
make a healthier lifestyle
easier or more difficult?
How?
 3.

Let’s listen

Which of the things in pictures A-H do they mention?

Answers:
Vending machine
Fitness app
A reward chart
4. 1. Why is one of the men trying to get healthy again?
Because of his friend who is training to do a
marathon. He felt inspired to get healthy.
2. How does the woman feel about the changes to her vending
machine at work?
She is upset that they have replaced unhealthy food with healthy food.
3. How have times changed according to one of the men?
Companies now have a duty to look after their staff and clients too.
4. How is the bank encouraging its customers to be more healthy?
To provide their customers with a higher interest rate from the bank.

5. Why does the woman think the bank’s plan wouldn’t work for her?
Because she feels like it’s a punishment. She has a busy life and no time.
6. How does one of the men suggest she should see the bank’s plan?
As a reward for doing exercise.
 5.

What picture would match each sentence?

1. It encourages you to exercise. B

2. It tracks your daily activity. H
3. It promotes a healthy lifestyle. E
4. It provides useful information. F
5. It offers an alternative to cooking. C
6. It makes it possible to exercise for free. D
7. It warns you about the dangers to your health. G
8. It discourages you from eating unhealthy food. A

Discuss
6. Follow up questions

1. Do you think you lead a healthy lifestyle?

How?
2. Why do so many people want to have a
healthy lifestyle?

3. What encourages you to exercise?

5. Do you have time to exercise?

If so, what kind of exercise do you
do? TIPS FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE:
Drink water
4. What are some tips or advice to A healthy diet
Exercise
lead a healthy lifestyle? Plenty of sleep
Avoid smoking
Reduce alcohol