Content text 3. UNIT 3. HEALTHY LIVING FOR TEENS - GV.docx
UNIT 3. HEALTHY LIVING FOR TEENS A. Pronunciation ● Sound: /h/ and /r/ I. Circle the underlined letter h which is pronounced /h/. habit perhaps honour vehicle health what happy honest while school his how exhaust hour behind ghost ahead what behave rhinoceros inhale downhill behind reheat doghouse KEY: habit, perhaps, health, happy, his, how, behind, ahead, behave, inhale, downhill, behind, reheat, doghouse, inhabit. II. Circle the underlined letter r which is pronounced /r/. worry several bird turn concern regular ready car there mother word mark arrive caring carry urban start performance forest boring KEY: worry, several, regular, ready, arrive, caring, carry, forest, boring III. Read the sentences aloud. The /h/ sounds are in bold. 1. How are you? 2. He is here. 3. Who has red hair? 4. Hurry uphill to the house. 5. He is a happy, handsome man. 6. Reheat the whole hamburger, so it is hot for her. 7. Whose home is high on the hill? 8. Here is her doghouse. It is heavy. 9. Help! Can you hear him? IV. Read the sentences aloud. The /r/ sounds are in bold. Circle the silent /r/ sounds. 1. Do not cry!
2. The teacher is very boring. 3. Mother, you are a star! 4. Tie the rope around the bar. 5. I am sorry. I broke the mirror in the store. 6. My father has a red race car. 7. Write the letter to your brother. 8. How caring is Mary? 9. The ring is on the wrong finger. KEY: Silent sound /r/: teacher, Mother, are, star, bar, store, father, car, letter, your, brother, finger V. Circle the underlined letters h and r that are silent sounds, and read aloud the sentences. 1. His habits are healthy but his brother’s are not. 2. He has several concerns about his health. 3. The artists started the performance ahead of the schedule. 4. My little brother is afraid of the dark and ghosts. 5. He arrived there early while the others didn’t. KEY: Silent h: schedule, ghosts, while Silent r: brother’s, are, concerns, artists, started, performance, dark, there, early, others B. Vocabulary • Students’ life and schoolwork I. Complete the sentences with the words given below. physical diet priority maintain balance counsellor well-balanced schedule sleep stress 1. You will feel better after a good night’s _________sleep_________. 2. Try to keep a ________balance__________ between work and play. 3. It is important to give your children healthy ___well-balanced_ meals, including all the food groups. 4. If agriculture were given _____priority_____, the country would easily be able to feed itself. 5. People under a lot of __stress____ may experience headaches, minor pains, and sleeping difficulties. 6. Regular exercise is good for your ______physical___ health. 7. Email is used to ______maintain______ contact with members of the club. 8. The college now has a ______counsellor___ to help students with both personal and work problems.
additional approximately kept mood fattening 1. Children normally feel a lot of ______anxiety_____ about the first day at school. 2. They looked to the government for _____additional______ support. 3. Pasta is not as ______fattening______ as people think it is; in fact, it is healthy. 4. On a daily basis, the average child in America is exposed to dozens of television advertisements for ____junk food____. 5. The job will take approximately three weeks, and cost ___approximately______ £1,000. 6. Why are you in such a bad _____mood____ this morning? 7. Her illness _____kept____ her away from work for several weeks. 8. It is important to take measures to _______avoid______ the risk of fire. 9. The doctors are doing all that they can, but she is still not breathing ________properly__________. 10. The body requires a healthy and adequate ________rest__________. ● Prepositions V. Complete each sentence with the correct preposition. 1. People often behave irrationally when they are ____under_____ stress. 2. What brought _____about____ the change in his attitude? 3. There is a mounting anxiety ____about_____ the rise in violent crime. 4. The company is concentrating its resources _____on____ developing new products. 5. Banks normally give priority ____to_____ large businesses when deciding on loans. 6. Direct marketing allows a firm to communicate directly ___with______ its customers. 7. Lan’s mother encouraged her ______in___ her ambition to become a model. 8. I think his career is more important ____to_____ him than I am. 9. Young people ____of_____ all ages go there to meet. 10. Try to keep a balance ____between_____ work and relaxation C. Grammar • Modal verbs in first conditional sentences I. Circle the correct modal verbs to complete the following sentences. 1. If you arrive early, you should / can have time to play a game with me. 2. Nam can / must help with your homework if you ask him nicely. 3. If you visit my hometown, you might / must come to stay with me. 4. If she phones you, you may / must tell me. 5. She must / can be on time if she wants to come with us.