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Exam Skills X5 · Topic Consolidation: Areas A & B

X5-L04

Area A — Health, Body & Illnessالمِحْوَرُ أ — الصِّحَّةُ وَالجِسْمُ وَالمَرَضُ

Consolidate the body, symptoms and health advice — from describing pain to giving advice — across the four papers.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Retrieve and consolidate Area A: health & the body vocabulary from F1–P6.
  • Deploy the vocabulary in Paper 1 listening and Paper 2 reading tasks.
  • Produce accurate Paper 3 speaking and Paper 4 writing on the topic.
  • Diagnose and close your own remaining gaps at exam level.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

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Recognise · retrieve

Topic vocabulary vault

Topic vocabulary8 terms
الرَّأْسُhead
المَعِدَةُstomach
الحَرَارَةُfever / temperature
أَشْعُرُ بِأَلَمٍI feel pain
الطَّبِيبُdoctor
الدَّوَاءُmedicine
أَرْتَاحُI rest
الرِّيَاضَةُexercise / sport
Retrieval mission

Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds on this topic — a wrong answer costs a life.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

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Paper 1 — Listening

Transcript-based practice — read the script, then answer.

Listen for detail

Choose the correct option

5 marks
Listening script

يَقُولُ الطَّبِيبُ لِأَحْمَدَ: مَا بِكَ؟ يُجِيبُ أَحْمَدُ: أَشْعُرُ بِأَلَمٍ فِي مَعِدَتِي وَعِنْدِي حَرَارَةٌ. يَنْصَحُهُ الطَّبِيبُ بِأَنْ يَشْرَبَ المَاءَ، وَيَأْخُذَ الدَّوَاءَ، وَيَرْتَاحَ فِي البَيْتِ يَوْمَيْنِ. كَمَا يَقُولُ إِنَّ الرِّيَاضَةَ المُنْتَظِمَةَ تَحْمِي الصِّحَّةَ.

1What hurts Ahmed?

2What else does he have?

3What does the doctor tell him to drink?

4How long should he rest?

5What protects health, per the doctor?

0/5
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Paper 2 — Reading

لِلْحِفَاظِ عَلَى الصِّحَّةِ، يَنْصَحُ الخُبَرَاءُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أُمُورٍ. أَوَّلًا، تَنَاوُلُ طَعَامٍ مُتَوَازِنٍ فِيهِ خُضَارٌ وَفَوَاكِهُ. ثَانِيًا، مُمَارَسَةُ الرِّيَاضَةِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي الأُسْبُوعِ. ثَالِثًا، النَّوْمُ الكَافِي لِأَنَّ الجِسْمَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى الرَّاحَةِ.

Read for detail

Prove each answer from the text

5 marks
1How many pieces of advice are given?

2What should a balanced diet contain?

3How often should you exercise?

4Why is sleep important?

5What is the text's purpose?

0/5
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Speak · develop your answers

Paper 3 — Speaking on the topic

Prompts

  1. مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ لِلْحِفَاظِ عَلَى صِحَّتِكَ؟
    What do you do to stay healthy?
  2. مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ عِنْدَمَا تَكُونُ مَرِيضًا؟
    What do you do when you are ill?

Model exchange

Examiner

مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ لِلْحِفَاظِ عَلَى صِحَّتِكَ؟

Question
You

أُمَارِسُ الرِّيَاضَةَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي الأُسْبُوعِ وَآكُلُ طَعَامًا صِحِّيًّا. أَنَامُ مُبَكِّرًا لِأَنَّ الرَّاحَةَ مُهِمَّةٌ لِلْجِسْمِ، وَعِنْدَمَا أَمْرَضُ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الطَّبِيبِ.

Habit + reason
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Paper 4 — Writing on the topic

Task

Write about 80–90 words on health: what you do to stay healthy, and what you do when you are ill. Give reasons.

  • Cover every required point.
  • Use at least two tenses and an opinion with a reason.
  • Correct agreement and topic vocabulary.
  • Write 80–90 words.
Reveal a model answer

أَهْتَمُّ بِصِحَّتِي كَثِيرًا. أُمَارِسُ الرِّيَاضَةَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي الأُسْبُوعِ لِأَنَّهَا تُقَوِّي الجِسْمَ. آكُلُ طَعَامًا مُتَوَازِنًا فِيهِ خُضَارٌ وَفَوَاكِهُ، وَأَشْرَبُ المَاءَ كَثِيرًا. أَنَامُ مُبَكِّرًا لِأَنَّ الجِسْمَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى الرَّاحَةِ. عِنْدَمَا أَشْعُرُ بِأَلَمٍ أَوْ حَرَارَةٍ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الطَّبِيبِ وَآخُذُ الدَّوَاءَ وَأَرْتَاحُ فِي البَيْتِ.

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Diagnose · target

Consolidation tracker

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Reflection

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