Listen to English – healthy eating

Before you listen. match the word to the picture.

fruit

vegetables

crisps

juice

bananas

biscuits

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Activity 1
Now listen to the school nurse talking, what is healthy and what is not healthy?

Fruit vegetables crisps juice bananas biscuits

Healthy Unhealthy

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Activity 2
Listen to the mother talking to the school nurse. Match the beginnings to the ends of the sentences.

The mother came to see the school nurse crisps and biscuits for fruit sometimes.

She doesn’t want her son to ride to school take her son to the park sometimes.

The school nurse thinks children should eat because she thinks it’s dangerous.

The mother thinks she could 5 portions of fruit and veg every day.

The nurse thinks crisps and biscuits because she thinks her son is too fat.

The nurse thinks the mother should swap are unhealthy.

Activity 3
Listen carefully and match the words that go together.

ride more exercise

watch a lot of snacks

eat a bike
do TV

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Activity 4
Listen and fill in the missing word.

1. I’m a bit worried __________ my son’s weight.

2. I think ___________ he’s a bit too fat.

3. What is he ___________ with his eating habits?

4. Does he eat __________ of fruits and vegetables?

5. Do you know _______ _______ fruits and vegetables a child should eat every day?

6. He runs __________ at playtime.

7. How does he _______ ________ school in the morning?

Activity 5
Listen then match the word to the meaning.

snacks correct/right

to swap to get bigger

to increase to get smaller

appropriate food we eat between meals

to reduce to exchange

8.

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