The Reading / Listening - Bedtime - Level 0

We all know that going to bed early is healthy. Scientists say the healthiest time is between 10pm and 11pm. Six years ago, the scientists looked at the sleeping and waking times of 80,000 people. They then checked their health for six years. Many people who went to bed earlier than 10pm or later than 11pm got heart disease.

A scientist spoke about how our body clock affects our heart. He said going to bed early or late could change our body clock. This may be bad for our heart. He said our body liked to wake up to morning light. He said the riskiest sleeping time was after midnight because the body may not see the morning light.

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Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59204831
  • https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/nov/09/sleep-at-10pm-linked-to-lower-risk-of-heart-disease-study-finds
  • https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-is-the-optimal-bedtime-to-stave-off-heart-disease-researchers-say/ar-AAQtsmT


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. We all know
  2. going to bed early
  3. the healthiest
  4. between 10pm
  5. sleeping and
  6. They then
  7. Many people who went
  8. heart
  1. and 11pm
  2. disease
  3. that
  4. time
  5. checked their health
  6. is healthy
  7. waking times
  8. to bed earlier

Paragraph 2

  1. how our body clock
  2. going to bed early or
  3. This may be bad
  4. our body liked to
  5. the riskiest sleeping
  6. after
  7. the body
  8. see the morning
  1. may not
  2. for our heart
  3. light
  4. time
  5. midnight
  6. affects our heart
  7. wake up
  8. late

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

We all know that going to bed (1) ___________________. Scientists say (2) ___________________ is between 10pm and 11pm. (3) ___________________, the scientists looked at the sleeping (4) ___________________ of 80,000 people. They then (5) ___________________ for six years. Many people who went to bed earlier than 10pm or later than 11pm (6) ___________________.

(7) ___________________ about how our body (8) ___________________ heart. He said going to bed early or late could change our body clock. This (9) ___________________ for our heart. He said our body (10) ___________________ up to morning light. He (11) ___________________ sleeping time was after midnight because the body may not see (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Weallknowthatgoingtobedearlyishealthy.Scientistssaythehealthies
ttimeisbetween10pmand11pm.Sixyearsago,thescientistslookedatt
hesleepingandwakingtimesof80,000people.Theythencheckedtheir
healthforsixyears.Manypeoplewhowenttobedearlierthan10pmorlat
erthan11pmgotheartdisease.Ascientistspokeabouthowourbodycloc
kaffectsourheart.Hesaidgoingtobedearlyorlatecouldchangeourbody
clock.Thismaybebadforourheart.Hesaidourbodylikedtowakeuptom
orninglight.Hesaidtheriskiestsleepingtimewasaftermidnightbecaus
ethebodymaynotseethemorninglight.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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