Complete IGCSE Paper 1 format listening tasks on food, health and body topics
F5Lesson 10 of 12◇ F5 Lesson 10 of 12 L Listening
Listening — Food, Health and Body Texts
الاستِماع — نُصوص الطَّعام والصِّحَّة والجِسم
Food, Health & Body · Everyday activities
🎯
Learning Objectives
Focus on these outcomes rather than trying to memorise everything at once.
Identify key vocabulary from F5 in fast spoken Arabic
Apply prediction and active listening strategies to extract specific information
Revision plan
- 10 minWarm-upPrediction and vocabulary activation
- 25 minStep 1Three IGCSE-format listening tasks
- 12 minStep 2Answer review — food/health specific analysis
- 6 minStep 3Performance tracker and reflection
- 7 minPlenaryVocabulary harvest from listening
Exam connection: Listening: food and health descriptions (Paper 1 all formats) | Reading: restaurant blog, health article, doctor's leaflet (Paper 2 R1–R4, Q1/Q2 matching, Q4 gap-fill) | Writing: 80–100-word food and health article/email practice that builds toward later Paper 4 extended writing | Speaking: restaurant role play (transactional) + doctor-patient role play + topic conversation on food and health
📖
Vocabulary
Tap each card to reveal the meaning, category and example.
Three-step recall
- Say the Arabic aloud.
- Cover the meaning and recall it.
- Use six items in your own spoken or written sentences.
🧩
Quizzes
Use the two short checks. Errors show you what to revise next.
Quiz 1 — Meaning check
0 / 61. What does بَيض mean?
2. What does خُبز mean?
3. What does مِلح mean?
4. What does أُرز mean?
5. What does تُفّاح mean?
6. What does مَوْز mean?
Quiz 2 — Match Arabic and English
العربية
English
Matched: 0 / 6
Stretch challenge
Choose three matched items and combine them into one accurate sentence or short exchange.
📚
Grammar
Read the rule, notice the pattern and then produce your own examples.
Core rule / strategy
Listening strategy: food vocabulary in speech (often fast, with Arabic-speaking variation). Passive structures in listening: يُقَدَّم، يُضاف — recognise these in speech. Modal structures in listening: identify advice language (يجب، ينبغي، من الأفضَل) as signals for advice content.
Notice the pattern
- آكُل الخُبز كلَّ يوم.
- أُحِبُّ الأُرز مع الدَّجاج.
- أخي يَأكُلُ اللَّحم.
- تَأكُلُ أُختي الدَّجاج.
Accuracy checklist
- Check the subject and verb or noun/adjective agreement.
- Check gender, number and tense or time frame.
- Use the lesson structure in a complete, meaningful sentence.
- Read the sentence aloud and correct anything that sounds incomplete.
Saved automatically in this browser.
Check a model pattern after you try
Compare your sentences with these lesson patterns. Check the same agreement, tense or word order.
- يُقَدَّم، يُضاف
- يجب، ينبغي، من الأفضَل
- آكُل الخُبز كلَّ يوم
Now correct one of your own sentences if needed.
🎯
Skills Practice
Practise listening, reading, speaking and writing with the same lesson language.
🎧
Listening
Listen for time, place or person. Listen twice: first for the overall meaning, then for evidence.
🎧 Recorded audio coming soon — use the device voice for listening practice now. Keep the transcript hidden for your first two listens.
يُقَدَّم، يُحَضَّر.
- What is the main topic or situation?
- Who, where or when is mentioned?
- Write one supporting detail.
Check your listening
A successful answer identifies the main topic, at least three accurate words and one relevant detail. Replay once, then reveal the transcript only if you still need support.
📄
Reading
Underline known words before answering.
ألم/أشعر بـ. من الأفضَل. يُقَدَّم مع.
- What is the main idea or situation?
- Choose one phrase and explain what it means in this context.
- Find one example that shows the lesson language or grammar in use.
- What extra detail could you add to make the text more complete?
Reading support
Start with names, numbers, repeated words, connectors and familiar verb patterns. You do not need to translate every word.
🗣️
Speaking
Build your answer, then ask a follow-up question.
- Talk about food, health or the body using the lesson focus. Give one personal detail or piece of advice.
- Use at least three useful items from this lesson and one complete sentence with the target grammar.
- Add one reason, detail or example instead of giving only a short answer.
Useful frame:في رَأيي.. لِأَنَّ.. أَيضاً.. وَمِن جِهَةٍ أُخرى..
Working alone? Record yourself for 30–60 seconds, listen back once, and improve one pronunciation, grammar or fluency point.
✍️
Writing
Plan, write, check and improve.
Task: Write a short practical response about food or health using the lesson focus and vocabulary. Target: 60–80 words.
Need help? Build your answer in small steps
- Opening: one clear sentence that answers the task.
- Detail: add two relevant pieces of information.
- Extend: add a reason, opinion, time phrase or example.
- Check: compare agreement, spelling and tense with the lesson rule.
Patterns from this lesson you can adapt:
- ألم/أشعر بـ
- من الأفضَل
Try first without opening this support. Adapt the patterns; do not copy them as a complete answer.
✍️
Activities
Complete the activities in order, or choose the one that addresses your weakest area.
Independent revision: if an activity mentions a partner, cards, a picture or classroom equipment, use paper/notes on your device and complete both sides yourself. For speaking, record your answer and listen back once.
Warm-up10 min
Prediction and vocabulary activation
Study all task sheets. Read all questions and annotate: "This question asks about FOOD NAME — listen for a food noun. This asks about SYMPTOMS — listen for body part + ألم/أشعر بـ. This asks about ADVICE — listen for يجب/ينبغي." you also circle any vocabulary in the questions they expect to hear in the audio. This 4-minute preparation routine is now well-established — You do it automatically. "Notice how reading the questions first activates your food and health vocabulary in your brain — when you hear the audio, your brain is already primed to recognise the right words."
Step 125 min
Three IGCSE-format listening tasks
Text 1 (45 sec): A person describes their diet and health habits — 8 multiple choice (3 options): 3 food-related questions (what they eat for breakfast, which foods they avoid, what drink they prefer), 2 health habit questions (how often they exercise, how much water they drink), 2 opinion questions (their view on fast food, their attitude to vegetarianism), 1 body-related question (a symptom they mention). Text 2 (40 sec): A doctor gives advice to a patient — matching: match advice to the symptom it addresses (5 statements). Text 3 (50 sec): A chef describes a traditional Arabic dish — select TWO correct statements from five (about ingredients, preparation and cultural background). All texts played twice.
Step 212 min
Answer review — food/health specific analysis
Go through all answers. Focus on: (1) Food vocabulary distractors — "The speaker said خضروات (vegetables) but some learners chose فاكهة (fruit). Both are healthy foods — the distractor works because they are semantically related. Always listen for the EXACT word, not just the category." (2) Modal advice recognition — "In Text 2, did you identify when the doctor was giving MUST advice (يجب) vs SHOULD advice (ينبغي) vs BETTER advice (من الأفضَل)? These distinctions sometimes matter for the answer." (3) Passive in Text 3 — "يُقَدَّم مع — did you hear the مع? That tells you something is SERVED WITH, not just 'presented'."
Step 36 min
Performance tracker and reflection
You record scores: Text 1 (/8), Text 2 (/5), Text 3 (/6) = /19. Compare to Units 3 and 4 listening scores. Trend analysis: is performance improving? Write: "My food/health vocabulary recognition was [strong/developing]. The listening strategy that helped most today was [prediction/active listening/second-listen checking]. I will improve [X] by [action]."
Plenary7 min
Vocabulary harvest from listening
Play 20 seconds of Text 1 again. Write every food or health word they heard. Count and share. Connect to the vocabulary work across Lessons 1–9 of this unit: "Every word you recognised in that audio is one you have practised in the last 9 lessons. Your vocabulary is growing." you add any new words they heard in the audio (that they did not know before) to your vocabulary books — this rewards careful listening as a vocabulary-building strategy.
Useful to have
Things you can make or find to help you revise this lesson:
- Listening task sheets (3 texts — food/health/body themed)
- IGCSE Paper 1 format questions
- Strategy annotation guide
- Performance tracker (F5)
Stretch challenge
If you already speak some Arabic at home: listen to Text 3 and write a full transcript from memory. Compare to your partner's transcript. Analyse: (1) passive structures heard (يُقَدَّم، يُحَضَّر), (2) food vocabulary, (3) cultural information. Write a 30-word Arabic reflection on what this Arabic chef text reveals about Arabic food culture.
🏁
Plenary
Finish with a quick check and one clear next step.
Key takeaways
- Complete IGCSE Paper 1 format listening tasks on food, health and body topics
- Identify key vocabulary from F5 in fast spoken Arabic
- Apply prediction and active listening strategies to extract specific information
- Grammar focus: Listening strategy: food vocabulary in speech (often fast, with Arabic-speaking variation). Passive structures in listening: يُقَدَّم، يُضاف — recognise these in speech. Modal structures in listening: identify advice language (يجب، ينبغي، من الأفضَل) as signals for advice content.
Final check
IGCSE-format listening tasks. Performance tracker. Vocabulary harvest (formative).
Optional follow-up
Portfolio piece final version due next lesson. Listen to 3 minutes of Arabic cooking content (YouTube — Arabic food channel). Write: 5 food words you recognised, 2 cooking verbs you heard (يُضاف، يُطبَخ etc.), 1 observation about the speaker's Arabic.
Confidence check
How secure do you feel after this lesson?
Remember: quick revision works best when you revisit weak vocabulary and correct errors, not when you try to complete everything in one sitting.