The Reading / Listening - Grapes and Eyesight - Level 0

Carrots are good for our eyes. A new study says grapes are also good. A few grapes a day can help our vision. A researcher said eating grapes was good for people who are getting older. She added that we can easily buy grapes. The study is good news for people who don't like carrots.

Many people took part in the testing. Half of them ate grapes every day; the other half ate a placebo snack. The people who ate the grapes had better muscle strength in the retina in their eyes. The retina protects our eyes from blue light. A lot of blue light comes from computer screens. It damages our eyes.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Grapes and Eyesight - Level 1 Grapes and Eyesight - Level 2   or  Grapes and Eyesight - Level 3

Sources
  • https://nypost.com/2023/10/13/grapes-are-the-new-carrots-when-it-comes-to-good-vision-new-eye-health-research/
  • https://uk.style.yahoo.com/fruits-grapes-health-benefits-vision-ageing-111631308.html
  • https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1824216/eye-health-grapes-protect-eyesight


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. Carrots are
  2. A few grapes
  3. help our
  4. A researcher said eating grapes
  5. people who are
  6. we can easily
  7. good
  8. people who don't like
  1. carrots
  2. was good
  3. buy grapes
  4. good for our eyes
  5. news
  6. vision
  7. getting older
  8. a day

Paragraph 2

  1. Many people took
  2. Half of them ate grapes
  3. the other half ate
  4. people who
  5. better muscle strength
  6. protects our eyes from
  7. blue light comes
  8. It damages
  1. in the retina
  2. from computer screens
  3. part in the testing
  4. our eyes
  5. a placebo
  6. ate the grapes
  7. every day
  8. blue light

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Carrots (1) ___________________ our eyes. A new study says grapes are also good. A few grapes (2) ___________________ help our vision. A researcher (3) ___________________ was good for people who are (4) ___________________. She added that we (5) ___________________ grapes. The study is good news for people (6) ___________________ carrots.

Many people (7) ___________________ the testing. Half of them ate grapes every day; (8) ___________________ ate a placebo snack. The (9) ___________________ the grapes had better muscle (10) ___________________ retina in their eyes. The retina (11) ___________________ from blue light. A lot of blue light comes from computer screens. It (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Carrotsaregoodforoureyes.Anewstudysaysgrapesarealsogood.Afe
wgrapesadaycanhelpourvision.Aresearchersaideatinggrapeswasgo
odforpeoplewhoaregettingolder.Sheaddedthatwecaneasilybuyg
rapes.Thestudyisgoodnewsforpeoplewhodon'tlikecarrots.Manypeo
pletookpartinthetesting.Halfofthemategrapeseveryday;theotherha
lfateaplacebosnack.Thepeoplewhoatethegrapeshadbettermusclest
rengthintheretinaintheireyes.Theretinaprotectsoureyesfrombluelight
.Alotofbluelightcomesfromcomputerscreens.Itdamagesoureyes.

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

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Answers

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