health & fitness – speaking practice
Level: A1
Skill: Speaking
Topic: Health & Fitness
Time: 20-25 minutes
exercise 1 – activity vocabulary
Say the vocabulary and do the action.
walk · run · swim · cycle · stretch · exercise
go to the gym · play football · do yoga · do martial arts
Repeat one vocabulary and action five times, then repeat the next.
Repeat the list until comfortable.
exercise 2 – pronoun cycle
Say the pronoun cycle for each activity.
I … every week.
You … every week.
He … every week.
She … every week.
It … every week.
We … every week.
You … every week.
They … every week.
walk · run · swim · cycle · stretch · exercise
go to the gym · play football · do yoga · do martial arts
Repeat until comfortable.
exercise 3 – frequency substitution
Say the sentence.
Change the frequency adverb each time.
‘I …[adverb]… go to the gym.’
always
usually / often
sometimes
rarely
never
Repeat for each activity.
exercise 4 – pronoun cycle negative
Say the pronoun cycle for each activity.
I don’t … very often.
You don’t … very often.
He doesn’t … very often.
She doesn’t … very often.
It doesn’t … very often.
We don’t … very often.
You don’t … very often.
They don’t … very often.
walk · run · swim · cycle · stretch · exercise
go to the gym · play football · do yoga · do martial arts
Repeat three times.
exercise 5 – past simple
Say the sentences.
Repeat five times.
I walked yesterday.
I ran last week.
I swam last month.
I cycled at the weekend.
I went to the gym on Monday.
I played football when I was young.
I did yoga last night.
I didn’t exercise yesterday.
I didn’t go to the gym last week.
I didn’t play football this week.
