Keeping fit

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: a tour of the gymListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find the verb pairsGrammar exercise
11. 11Verb + to, verb + -ingGrammar rule
12. 12To or -ing?Grammar exercise
13. 13Say it right: wanna, work OUTSpeaking practice
14. 14My fitness planSpeaking practice
15. 15Let's discussDiscussion
16. 16Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: my fitness diaryGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: my exercise planDiscussion

Words

• work out/ˌwɜːrk ˈaʊt/

  to do exercise to make your body strong and healthy (a workout = one time you exercise)

• treadmill/ˈtredmɪl/

  a machine you walk or run on without going anywhere

• lift weights/ˌlɪft ˈweɪts/

  to pick up heavy things again and again, to make your muscles strong

• personal trainer/ˌpɜːrsənl ˈtreɪnər/

  a person who makes an exercise plan for you and helps you with it

• stretch/stretʃ/

  to make your arms, legs or body long, for example before exercise or after you wake up

• sore/sɔːr/

  hurting a little, often after a lot of exercise

• membership/ˈmembərʃɪp/

  being a member of a club or a gym, when you pay for it

• habit/ˈhæbɪt/

  something you do often, almost without thinking

• in shape/ɪn ˈʃeɪp/

  healthy and strong because you exercise (get in shape)

• give up/ˌɡɪv ˈʌp/

  to stop doing something, or to stop trying (past: gave up)

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about exercise.

1. How did you stay active when you were a child?
2. Is it easy or hard for you to find time for exercise?
3. Have you ever had a gym membership?

Grammar rule

Verb + to, verb + -ing

verb + to + verb

want, would like, need, decide, plan, hope, promise, try, learn, forget: I want to get in shape. She decided to buy new running shoes.

verb + verb with -ing

enjoy, finish, stop, keep, practice, suggest, don't mind: I enjoy swimming. He stopped going to the gym.

both are fine

like, love, hate, start: I like running. / I like to run. She started going to yoga. / She started to go to yoga.

would like takes to: I'd like to try yoga (not I'd like trying). For activities, use go + -ing: go swimming, go running.

Careful: stop, try and forget can also take the other form, but then the meaning changes. He stopped to drink water = he stopped running because he wanted a drink.