IX. Read the following passage and write T (true) or F (false) for each statement.
How many calories can you burn in one hour? Well, it all depends on the activity. You use calories all the time, even when you are resting. Reading, sleeping, sitting and sunbathing all use about 60 calories an hour. Very light activities use 75 calories. Examples are eating, writing, knitting, shaving, driving and washing up. Light activities which use about 100 calories an hour include playing the piano, getting dressed and having a shower. Under moderate activities which use between 100 and 200 calories an hour we can put walking, doing housework, shopping and skating. Energetic activities use 200-400 calories. Those activities include horse riding, cycling, swimming, skipping and dancing. Finally there are strenuous activities which use up to 600 calories an hour. These activities include climbing stairs, jogging, digging the garden and playing football.
1. Horse riding uses the most amount of calories.
2. Reading uses as many calories as writing.
3. The calories we burn for eating and washing up are the same.
4. Walking is a very light activity.
5. Sunbathing uses more calories than driving.
6. When we are resting, we don’t burn calories.
7. Having a shower uses only 100 calories an hour.
8. Cycling and dancing use the same amount of calories
9. Playing football uses fewer calories than swimming.
10. The amount of calories we use an hour depends on the activity we do.
X. Write complete sentences, using the words/ phrases given in their correct forms.
1. Nick/ wash/ hands a lot/ he/ not/ have the flu.
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2. David/ eat/ lots of junk food/ he/ not do exercise.
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3. doctor/ told Elena that she/ sleep more/ she/ try to relax more.
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4. My sister/ play/ computer games/ she does exercise too.
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5. Eating/ carrots help/ you see objects / more clearly/ at night.
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6. Going outside/ wet hair /give/ you a cold or flu.
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XI. Make correct sentences from the words and phrases given.
1. We/ keep/ our bodies/ warm/ avoid/ flu/ a cold.
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2. Getting/ enough/ rest/ help/ you/ concentrate/ school.
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3. Vitamins/ play/ important/ role/ our diet.
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4. You/ not/ play/ more/ computer games/ free time.
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5. Doctor/ asking/ Mai/ questions/ about/ health problems.
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👉 Strenuous activities (like playing football, jogging) use up to 600 calories, while horse riding only uses 200–400 calories.Reading uses as many calories as writing. → F
👉 Reading uses 60 calories, writing uses 75 calories.The calories we burn for eating and washing up are the same. → T
👉 Both are very light activities (75 calories/hour).Walking is a very light activity. → F
👉 Walking is a moderate activity (100–200 calories/hour).Sunbathing uses more calories than driving. → F
👉 Sunbathing = 60 calories, driving = 75 calories.When we are resting, we don’t burn calories. → F
👉 We still burn 60 calories/hour even when resting.Having a shower uses only 100 calories an hour. → TCycling and dancing use the same amount of calories. → T
👉 Both are energetic activities (200–400 calories/hour).Playing football uses fewer calories than swimming. → F
👉 Football = up to 600, swimming = 200–400.The amount of calories we use an hour depends on the activity we do. → TX. Write complete sentencesNick washes his hands a lot, so he doesn’t have the flu.David eats lots of junk food, and he doesn’t do exercise.The doctor told Elena that she should sleep more and try to relax more.My sister plays computer games, but she does exercise too.Eating carrots helps you see objects more clearly at night.Going outside with wet hair can give you a cold or flu.XI. Make correct sentencesWe should keep our bodies warm to avoid the flu or a cold.Getting enough rest helps you concentrate at school.Vitamins play an important role in our diet.You should not play more computer games in your free time.The doctor is asking Mai some questions about her health problems.
