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A1 English • 20 mins Vocabulary & Speaking

🥗 Healthy Habits

Learn 10 everyday words to talk about food, movement, and self-care.

📋 How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 For Teachers

Guide learners through the table and practice in 20 minutes.

Check practice scores on the screen and listen to the voice recordings.

🧑‍🎓 For Learners

Read the word table first and study the memory tips.

Next, do the 16 practice tasks and record your voice in the shadowing section.

Word table

Here are your 10 healthy habit words. Read each column carefully.

🍎 Theme 1: Eating well

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
fruit	Sweet food from trees or plants.	eat fresh fruit, sweet fruit	I eat fresh fruit in the morning.	Picture a juicy sweet apple or orange.
vegetable	A plant you eat, like a carrot.	green vegetable, fresh vegetables	Eat a green vegetable every day.	Think of green food on your table.
salad	A mix of cold fresh vegetables.	green salad, make a salad	We make a big salad for lunch.	Picture a cold bowl of green leaves.
carrot	A long orange vegetable.	crunchy carrot, eat a carrot	A rabbit likes to eat an orange carrot.	Picture a bright orange cone that rabbits love.

🏃 Theme 2: Moving

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
jog	Run at a slow, easy speed.	go for a jog, jog in the park	I jog in the morning to stay active.	J-O-G: Just One Good slow run.
bike	You ride it. It has two wheels.	ride a bike, new bike	She rides her bike to work.	Two round wheels, quick and fun.
strong	Having power in your body.	stay strong, strong body	Exercise makes you strong.	Picture big arms lifting a heavy box.

🪥 Theme 3: Looking after yourself

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
teeth	Hard white parts inside your mouth.	brush your teeth, clean teeth	Brush your teeth every night.	Smile and show your two white rows.
doctor	A person who helps sick people.	see a doctor, good doctor	I need to see a doctor today.	The friendly helper in a white coat.
rest	A time to relax and stop work.	have a rest, get some rest	You look tired. Take a short rest.	Stop moving, close your eyes, relax.

Practice

16 tasks from easy to hard. Choose or write the right words.

Part 1: Words that go together

Pick the best word to match each action.

1. Which word goes with: ride?

____ a bike ____ teeth ____ fresh fruit ____ a doctor

2. Which word goes with: brush?

____ a bike ____ teeth ____ fresh fruit ____ a doctor

3. Which word goes with: eat?

____ a bike ____ teeth ____ fresh fruit ____ a doctor

4. Which word goes with: see?

____ a bike ____ teeth ____ fresh fruit ____ a doctor

Part 2: Fill in the blank

Type the correct word from the word bank into each blank.

carrot jog rest salad

5. Eat an orange ____ for a healthy snack.

6. I ____ every day to stay active.

7. I feel tired. I need a short ____.

8. My mum makes a big green ____ with our lunch.

Part 3: Choose the word

Select the word that makes the best sense in the sentence.

9. My head hurts, so I go to the ___ today.

____ doctor ____ carrot ____ teeth

10. He jogs and rides a bike, so he is ___.

____ strong ____ vegetable ____ fruit

11. He washes the fresh ___ for dinner.

____ salad ____ bike ____ rest

12. A long orange vegetable is a ___.

____ carrot ____ doctor ____ jog

Part 4: Sentence-building

Put the given words in order to write a correct sentence.

Words: [ ride / I / my / today / bike ]

13. Put the words in order:

____ (Type sentence here...)

Words: [ vegetable / Eat / today / a / fresh ]

14. Put the words in order:

____ (Type sentence here...)

Words: [ stay / jog / They / to / strong ]

15. Put the words in order:

____ (Type sentence here...)

Words: [ before / Brush / bed / teeth / your ]

16. Put the words in order:

____ (Type sentence here...)

Shadowing

Listen, speak aloud, and record your voice for each item.

Part 1: Collocations

Item 17 🔊 fresh fruit

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 18 🔊 ride a bike

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 19 🔊 brush your teeth

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 20 🔊 have a rest

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Part 2: Sentences

Item 21 🔊 I eat green salad.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 22 🔊 She rides a bike.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 23 🔊 He is very strong.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 24 🔊 Go see a doctor.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Part 3: Everyday Speech

Item 25 🔊 I jog every day.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 26 🔊 Carrots are good for you.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Part 4: Tricky Pronunciation

Item 27 • 3 parts

Say: VEJ-tuh-buhl

🔊 vegetable

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 28 • th sound

Put your tongue between your teeth and blow softly.

🔊 teeth

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Healthy Habits: Vocabulary and Pronunciation

🥗 Healthy Habits

📋 How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 For Teachers

🧑‍🎓 For Learners

Word table

Practice

Part 1: Words that go together

Part 2: Fill in the blank

Part 3: Choose the word

Part 4: Sentence-building

Shadowing

Part 1: Collocations

Part 2: Sentences

Part 3: Everyday Speech

Part 4: Tricky Pronunciation

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