1. Health
Part 2 – sample question
Describe something you do to keep healthy.
You should say:
- what it is
- how often you do it
- when you do it
and explain why you think it’s a good way to look after your health.
Part 3 – sample questions
1. What are the most popular ways of keeping healthy in your country?
2. Do you think people worry more about their health as they get older?
3. Why do you think some people continue bad habits when they know
that they are damaging to their health?
4. How can children be encouraged to adopt healthy eating habits?
5. Do you think people have become more health conscious in recent
years?
6. Could governments do more to promote healthier lifestyle options?
Useful Vocabulary
Healthy activities/habits – things that are good for your health
- taking regular exercise
- playing sport(s)
- (going) swimming
- (going) cycling
- going to the gym
- doing yoga / pilates / tai chi
- eating fresh fruit and vegetables
- eating organic foods
- eating regular meals
- drinking water
- having a balanced diet
Unhealthy habits – things that are bad for your health
- smoking
- binge drinking (excessive amounts of alcohol)
- taking drugs
- eating too much salt / fat / sugar
- being overweight

2. Health Collocations
- a health farm
- a health centre
- a health club
- a health service
- a health risk / hazard
- a health check
- a health problem
- a health visitor
- a health inspector
- health food
- health insurance
- healthcare
- health and safety (rules / regulations / guidelines)
- a healthy lifestyle
- a healthy diet
- a healthy appetite
- a healthy economy
- a healthy bank balance
- a healthy profit
- a healthy attitude
- a healthy respect
Verb + Noun Collocations
- to look after your health
- to take care of our health
- to maintain your health
- to be in good / poor health
- to regain your health
Verb + Adjective Collocations
- to feel healthy
- to look healthy
- to be healthy
- to keep / stay healthy
Useful Linking Expressions
Adding more detail
In (actual) fact, …
Actually, …
More to the point, …
Indeed, …

3. To be more precise / exact, …
Sample Answer
Qu.6 Could governments do more to promote healthier lifestyle options?
Yes, in my opinion the government has a big responsibility to try to persuade
people to live more healthily. I think they could provide more education in
schools to teach children how to eat more healthily and show them the
importance of taking physical exercise. In fact, it’s the parents too that also
need to be re-educated on these issues. Another thing, I think there should be
more government warnings on TV showing people the dangers of obesity and
poor diet, for example. Actually, they do have some that show the health
risks of smoking and drinking, which are quite powerful, but not really about
healthy eating. Finally, there could be more public facilities to help people
keep fit, like swimming pools, gyms and sports centres. More to the point
they need to be affordable so that everyone has the opportunity to use them.