Healthy living and lifestyle: Translation into English - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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5.8 Healthy living and lifestyle: Translation into English

AQA 8652 · about 25 minutes

Total Marks

Name: _______________________________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______

Translate the following sentences into English. Write full, natural English sentences.

Je mange beaucoup de fruits et de légumes tous les jours.

(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

Il ne fait jamais de sport, donc il n'est pas en forme.

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

L'année dernière, j'ai arrêté de manger des bonbons.

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

Pour rester en bonne santé, il faut dormir huit heures par nuit.

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

Mes parents ne fument pas, mais mon oncle fume trop.

(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

Je vais essayer de faire plus d'exercice cette année.

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

Le stress peut être mauvais pour la santé.

(Total for Question 7 is 2 marks)

Si je mangeais moins de sucre, je me sentirais mieux.

(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)

Mark scheme · 5.8 Healthy living and lifestyle: Translation into English

Question 1

M1 correct present tense: I eat / I'm eating
A1 a lot of fruit and vegetables every day
Answer: I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables every day. (oe: I eat lots of fruit and veg every day.)

Question 2

M1 ne...jamais correctly rendered: he never does/plays any sport
M1 donc correctly rendered: so/therefore
A1 en forme correctly rendered: (he isn't) fit / in (good) shape
Answer: He never does any sport, so he isn't fit. (oe: ... so he's not in good shape / not in good physical condition.)

Question 3

M1 L'année dernière correctly rendered: last year
M1 perfect tense correctly rendered: I stopped
A1 arrêter de + infinitif rendered as 'stopped eating' (not 'stopped to eat')
Answer: Last year, I stopped eating sweets.

Question 4

M1 pour + infinitif correctly rendered: to stay healthy / in order to stay healthy
M1 il faut correctly rendered: you must / you have to / it is necessary to
A1 eight hours a night / per night correctly included
Answer: To stay healthy, you must sleep eight hours a night. (oe: ...you need to / you have to sleep eight hours a night.)

Question 5

M1 negative correctly rendered: my parents don't smoke
M1 mais correctly rendered: but
A1 mon oncle fume trop correctly rendered: my uncle smokes too much
Answer: My parents don't smoke, but my uncle smokes too much.

Question 6

M1 futur proche correctly rendered: I am going to try
M1 essayer de + infinitif correctly rendered: to try to do
A1 more exercise this year correctly included
Answer: I am going to try to do more exercise this year. (oe: I'm going to try and do more exercise this year.)

Question 7

M1 peut être correctly rendered: can be
A1 mauvais pour la santé correctly rendered: bad for your/one's health
Answer: Stress can be bad for your health. (oe: ...bad for one's health / bad for health.)

Question 8

M1 si + imparfait correctly rendered: if I ate
M1 moins de sucre correctly rendered: less sugar
M1 conditional correctly rendered: I would feel
A1 mieux correctly rendered: better
Answer: If I ate less sugar, I would feel better.

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