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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.

A guessing game

Here it is a different listening activity: an amazing community cards game. You will have to guess some cards of different places we can find in our community (our city, town or neighbourhood). To do so, Jason is going to give you some hints and clues and some thinking time before showing the cards.

Are you ready? Enjoy!

*Next follow-up activity is only for 3rd cycle students.

Watch the video again and listen to it carefully to complete the sentences below:
(It's very, very easy! However, note that the places bellow are all out of order or they don't follow the order of appearance on the video).

a. You go to the _______(1) when you get a toothache or to check your _______(2) are clean and _______(3).

b. You go to the _______(4) to ______ (5) fun and to _______ (6) movies on a very _______ (7) screen with lots of _______(8). You can eat some _______ (9) or some other snack.

c. You go to the _______ (10) to put your money in a safe _______ (11) or to take your _______ (12) out when you _______ (13) it.

d. You go to _______ (14) to learn new things and to _______(15). There, you meet some _______ (16) and some friends.

e. You go to a _______ (17) to send or post a _______ (18) or a parcel.

f. A _______ (19) is not a building. It's usually green and a little bit large, you can see lots of ______ (20), birds and _______(21). You can kick a _______(22), play hide and _______(23), run, _______(24) a bike...

g. You go to the _______ (25) when you are very _______ (26) or if you get really hurt: if you break your _______ (27) or you _______ (28) your leg or you get a terrible _______(29). And if you are _______(30) sick you might even need to go to this place in an _______ (31).

h. People go to a _______ (32) to check or to fix their car, if it isn't _______ (33) or if it _______ (34) going or it is _______ (35) a strange sound...

i. In a _______ (36) you can find and _______ (37) books. Lots and _______(38) of _______ (39). You can take books _______ (40) and obviously bring them _______ (41).

j. You go to a _______ (42) to get your clothes _______(43). If you are very busy or you _______ (44) to get a special cleaning for your _______(45), you can _______ (46) your clothes to this place and then you might come on the next _______ (47) or a couple of days later or this place might even bring the clothes back to your _______ (48) or your apartment. Somebody will _______ (49) your clothes for _______ (50) at this place.

Be a good writer

Practice makes perfect

With this online activity you can practise your spelling, capitalization and punctuation. Type in your name to get started and correct each sentence according to the instructions. It offers you some help for the first few sentences but the following ones will be a bit more difficult. Click "Check answer" after each sentence for a self-assessment of your work.

Letter Generator