Easter Eggs

Today is Saint Patrick's Day

17th March is Saint Patrick's Day, an almost worldwide celebration.

Check this interactive book to find out about this typical Irish festival.

Comparative Adjectives

Nutrients and Food Pyramid

Watch this video, listen to it carefully and try to understand as much as you can. You know maybe you need to listen to it several times but remember it is good for you. After that, click on the CC (Closed Captions) button for a transcript and listen again while reading the text.

Finally, just listen (don't read the transcript at the same time) and fill in the blanks:

a. We are ________ (1). It means that we get our nutrients from eating food.

b. Nutrients supply our bodies with ________ (2) and substances they need to grow and stay ________ (3): fats, ________ (4) and proteins.

c. Carbohydrates and ________ (5) are used as fuel to keep our body going.

d. When you ________ (6), you burn carbohydrates first and then fat.

e. ________ (7) repair and build new parts of our body.

f. Vitamins and ________ (8) also help you keep your body healthy.

g. Calcium build ________ (9) bones and Vitamin E is ________ (10) for your skin.

h. Food pyramid tells you what ________ (11) you need to stay ________ (12).

i. Each ________ (13) represents a food group.

j. The amount of food you must ________ (14) is represented by how wide the color is.

k. ________ (15) is the widest and it includes: bread, pasta, ________ (16), ________ (17)...

l. The second group is ________ (18) group and it is an important source of ________ (19) and minerals.

m. ________ (20), the third group is rich in vitamins and fiber.

n. Try to eat food high in ________ (21) oils like nuts, olives and avocados.

o. Milk products are a great source of ________ (22) and calcium: try to have low-fat or non fat choices.

p. ________ (23) are high in proteins but some kinds of fats too so try to have leaner meats, fish, beans and nuts.

q. A ________ (24) diet includes foot from each of these groups everyday.

r. ________ (25) is an important part of a healthy diet.

s. How much of these food groups you should eat depends on age, ________ (26) and gender.

t. You don't have to avoid fat and ________ (27) completely but keep them as low as possible.

Find the items on the list!

Here it is a food game to practise food vocabulary (fruit, vegetables, drinks, meat, desserts...). First, have a look at the Food and Drink Vocabulary and the Fruit and Vegetables Vocabulary lists with pictures and sound. Then, check out this game and find the following food items in the kitchen!

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

On March 8th International Women's Day is celebrated. To commemorate it, this nice video gives you some information about some women's achievements and difficult women's life in the past in education, politics... Although there's still a lot to do.

This video also offers you the opportunity to practise your reading abilities. Don't worry about the vocabulary and grammar it contains and you don't know since the main aim is to try to get a global idea of the content. ... Anyway, you can stop the video whenever you need to work on the vocabulary at your own pace.