Healthy Living: Vocabulary and Talking About Wellbeing
Learn the French for food, exercise, sleep and wellbeing, and how to say what you do to stay healthy.
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Talking about healthy living
Staying healthy is a favourite exam topic. This module gives you the French to talk about food, exercise, sleep and wellbeing. You will meet the key words, learn how to say what you do to stay healthy, and practise the handy phrase for what you should do. Say the French out loud as you go.
Key words
Start with four useful words for talking about health. Each French word is shown with its English meaning.
Match the word
- la santé
- le corps
- les légumes
- le médecin
- Health
- The body
- Vegetables
- The doctor
Find the word
Which French word means "health"?
- la santé
- le sport
- le corps
- le médecin
Healthy or not?
Sort habits into those that are good for your health and those that are not.
Match the phrase
- Je mange des fruits
- Je bois de l'eau
- Je fais du sport
- Je dors bien
- I eat fruit
- I drink water
- I do sport
- I sleep well
Say what you should do
To say what you must or should do, use il faut plus a verb. For example, il faut manger sainement means you must eat healthily, and il faut boire de l'eau means you must drink water. It is a phrase examiners love to see.
Complete the advice
Pour être en bonne _____, il faut _____ des légumes et _____ beaucoup. Il faut aussi faire du _____ et bien _____.
Healthy habits
Which of these French phrases are healthy habits? Choose all that apply.
- Manger des légumes
- Faire du sport
- Boire de l'eau
- Fumer
- Trop manger
Find the healthy sentences
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A healthy day
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What does it mean?
What does the French phrase "il faut manger sainement" mean?
- You must eat healthily
- I hate vegetables
- The doctor is here
- I am tired
Advise a friend
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Your turn
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