🍊 French A2-B1 · Health · Reading comprehension
French Reading Comprehension: Fruit Juices and Health 🥤
A French reading comprehension worksheet about fruit juices, sugar, health, and everyday choices. Learners build health-related vocabulary, understand an informative text, and express a simple opinion in French.
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Contents
Before reading, ask your students: do you sometimes drink orange juice in the morning? Do you think fruit juice is always healthy? A glass of juice makes a perfect conversation starter, and a perfect way into the text.
Warm-up before reading
Do you sometimes drink orange juice in the morning? Which drinks do you prefer?
Do you think fruit juice is always healthy? What is the difference between eating a whole fruit and drinking juice?
Which drinks should people limit in a balanced diet? Why?
💡 Why this topic works: fruit juices, sugar, breakfast habits and health are themes every learner can relate to, which makes the class discussion almost run by itself.
What is included
A short reading passage designed for French learners at A2-B1 level, about fruit juices and their place in a balanced diet.
Reading questions, vocabulary matching, logical connectors (car, pourtant, donc, mais, plutôt), and guided writing practice.
Even when they seem natural, fruit juices can contain a lot of sugar: that is the starting point of the text, and of a useful vocabulary of health, risk, recommendations and consumption.
Objectives & audience
- Understand an informative text: main ideas and key information
- Build health-related vocabulary
- Use logical connectors: car, pourtant, donc, mais, plutôt
- Express and justify an opinion in simple French
- French learners at A2-B1, teens or adults
- Teachers: a lesson about health, food, drinks or argumentation
- Homeschool and independent practice at home
- Middle school, high school and adult classes
Teaching ideas
Ask learners about their favorite drinks and breakfast habits before reading.
First, a general understanding of the text. Then, reread to find precise information.
Compare fruit juices, sodas, water and whole fruits to help learners give more nuanced answers.
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Is a glass of orange juice a fruit or a sugary drink? After this worksheet, your students will have the French words, and a few arguments, to answer the question themselves.
