The Reading / Listening - Heart Attacks - Level 0

Doctors say we can avoid heart attacks and strokes. These are the biggest causes of death. A study said over 99 per cent of people who had a heart attack had one or more warning signs. These include high blood pressure and high cholesterol. People can reduce these. They can eat a healthier diet, exercise, or quit smoking.

The study looked at the health records of nine million people. They all had a heart attack or stroke. A researcher said there is a small number of risk factors for heart disease. He said we should look at the things that lead to heart attacks. The goal is to find ways to control risk factors.

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Sources
  • https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-factor-heart-failure-large-scale.html
  • https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/heart-attack-stroke-heart-failure-linked-to-preventable-risk-factors
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/29/health/heart-disease-risk-factors-wellness


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. doctors say we can
  2. the biggest causes
  3. one or more warning
  4. These include high blood
  5. high
  6. People can
  7. eat a healthier
  8. quit
  1. cholesterol
  2. diet
  3. avoid heart attacks
  4. smoking
  5. of death
  6. pressure
  7. reduce these
  8. signs

Paragraph 2

  1. The study looked at the health
  2. nine million
  3. They all had a heart attack
  4. a small number
  5. He said we should look
  6. lead to
  7. The goal is to
  8. control risk
  1. find ways
  2. or stroke
  3. at the things
  4. factors
  5. of risk factors
  6. people
  7. heart attacks
  8. records

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Doctors say (1) _________________________________________________ heart attacks and strokes. These (2) _________________________________________________ causes of death. A study said over 99 per cent of people (3) _________________________________________________ heart attack had one or more warning signs. These (4) _________________________________________________ pressure and high cholesterol. People (5) _________________________________________________. They can eat a healthier diet, exercise, (6) _________________________________________________.

The study looked (7) _________________________________________________ records of nine million people. They (8) _________________________________________________ heart attack or stroke. A researcher said there is (9) _________________________________________________ of risk factors for heart disease. He said we (10) _________________________________________________ the things that (11) _________________________________________________ attacks. The goal is to (12) _________________________________________________ control risk factors.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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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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Free writing

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Answers

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