IELTS HOPECO Speaking Practice Test 1: Health

Part 1

1. What do you do to stay healthy?
2. Is it easy to keep fit where you live?
3. What do you think is more important, eating healthily or doing exercise?
4. Do you have a good public health system in your country?
5. Is there anything you’d like to improve about it?

Part 2

Describe something you do to keep healthy.
You should say:

• what this activity is
• when you do it
• and how often you do it
• and explain why you think it’s a good way to look after your health.

Part 3

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	eating fresh fruit and vegetables
playing sport(s)	eating organic foods
(going) swimming	eating regular meals
(going) cycling	drinking water
going to the gym	having a balanced diet
doing yoga / pilates

Unhealthy habits – things that are bad for your health

smoking	taking drugs
binge drinking (excessive amounts of alcohol)	eating to much salt / fat / sugar
	being overweight

Health Collocations

a health farm	health care
a health centre	health and safety (rules / regulations / guidelines)
a health club	a healthy lifestyle
a health service	a healthy diet
a health risk / hazard	a healthy appetite
a health check	a healthy economy
a health problem	a healthy bank balance
a health visitor	a healthy profit
a health inspector	a healthy attitude
health food	a healthy respect
health insurance

Verb + Noun Collocations
 

to look after your health	to be in good / poor health
to take care of our health	to regain your health
to maintain your health

Verb + Adjective Collocations

to feel healthy	to be healthy
to look healthy	to keep / stay healthy

Useful Linking Expressions
 

Adding more detail	More to the point,...
In (actual) fact,...	Indeed,...
Actually,...	To be more precise / exact,...

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