By the end of this exercise, you can give somebody advice in English about sleep, food and sport — using if-clauses type I and type II.
Free Year 9 English practice: sleep, food and sport for teenagers, with if-clauses type I and II, self-marking gap-fills and a writing task.
Read the text about teenagers and health. Choose the correct word for each gap.
Doctors say that teenagers need between eight and ten hours of 1 every night. Most German teenagers get much less, and many of them fall asleep again in the first lesson.
The reason is often the same: screens. The blue light of a phone tells the 2 that it is still daytime, so the body does not get tired.
Food is the second problem. A quick 3 between two lessons is fine, but energy drinks contain a lot of sugar and 4. Two cans can be as strong as four cups of coffee.
The good news is that small changes help. Students who cycle to school are fitter and can 5 better in lessons. Thirty minutes of 6 a day is already enough to make a difference.
Sport also helps against stress. When you run, swim or dance, your body produces hormones which improve your 7. And if you play in a team, you meet other people regularly, which is good for your mental 8 too.
If + present simple, will + infinitive. Careful: there is never a will in the if-part. If you drink more water, you will feel better.
1. If you more water, you will feel better.
2. If she goes to bed early, she so tired tomorrow.
3. You will sleep better if you your phone off at ten.
4. If we to school, we will get some exercise for free.
5. If Tom drinks two energy drinks now, he sleep tonight.
6. If it tomorrow, we will train in the gym.
7. Your parents will be pleased if you them in the kitchen.
8. If I time after school, I'll come to training.
If + simple past, would + infinitive — for things that are unlikely or not true right now. After if I we normally say were: If I were you, I would talk to a doctor.
1. If I more free time, I would join a sports club.
2. If she went to bed earlier, she so tired in the mornings.
3. What would you do if you your own personal trainer?
4. If we a swimming pool in our village, I would swim every day.
5. He would be much fitter if he less television.
6. If I you, I would talk to a doctor about it.
7. If everybody the rules, the game would be fair.
8. She much more energy if she ate breakfast.
Your friend is tired every morning, drinks two energy drinks a day and never does sport. Write 6–8 sentences of advice. Use at least two type I and two type II if-clauses.
• What will happen if your friend goes on like this?
• What should he or she change first — sleep, food or exercise?
• What would you do if you were in the same situation?
• Which small change is easy to start tomorrow?
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