Healthy Lifestyles -

Physical Activities and Families

Picture Story #1
ELSA Level: Literacy and Level 1
Activity: Picture Story: They Never Walk (This story can also
be used with Picture Story #2 as a story exchange)
Time: 1 hour
Materials: Downloadable picture story and the appropriate
accompanying text (Level 1 or Literacy)
Downloadable Worksheet #1 (to make an overhead
and for learners to copy) and Worksheet #2.

Learning Outcomes:
Learners will be able to:
Listen for key vocabulary and content
Understand the effects of a sedentary lifestyle

Suggested Approach:
Higher level classes can listen to the instructor tell the story
while they arrange the pictures in order in groups.

Instructors of lower level classes may wish to make an overhead

copy of the picture story first, using the pictures from Worksheet
#1 before orally telling the story and having the groups order
the pictures.

Learners can then match the sentences to the pictures, either as

the instructor tells the story again, or by looking at the pictures
and matching the corresponding text. (There are two text
versions of the story that can be used with the same pictures.
One is simplified for literacy learners and the other for Level 1.)

For Level 1 classes, pre-teach or review the adverbs of frequency

“always” and “never” as they are used in the Level 1 version.
This story also focuses on possessive pronouns. For the Literacy
version of the story, the focus is on simple present sentences in
the affirmative and negative.

Finally learners can use Worksheet #1 to copy the story. Faster

learners can complete Worksheet #2 as an extension activity.

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 Picture Story: They Don’t Walk (Literacy)

1. They live in Canada.

2. They drive everywhere. They don’t walk.

3. He drives his son to school.

4. He plays on the computer.

5. The children play soccer. He doesn’t

play soccer.

6. They eat a big dinner at 6:00.

7. They don’t go outside.

8. They watch T.V.

9. They are tired and sad.

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Picture Story: They Never Walk (Level 1)

1. Rita, Tony and their son Sam live in Canada.

2. They always drive and they never walk.

3. The school is not far from home. Tony

always drives Sam to school.

4. Sam always plays on the computer after

school.

5. Children play soccer in the park. Sam never

plays in the park.

6. Rita, Tony and Sam always eat a big dinner

at 6:00.

7. They never go outside after dinner.

8. They always stay inside together and watch

T.V.

9. They always feel tired and lonely in Canada.

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 Worksheet #1 - Write the Story

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 Worksheet #1 - Write the Story

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Circle the answers:

Do they walk? Yes, they do. No, they don’t.

Does he play soccer? Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.

Do you walk every day? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.

Do you play soccer? Yes, I do. No I don’t.

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 Worksheet #2: Finish the sentences

eat drive play watch walk

1. They __________ everywhere.

2. They don’t ___________.

3. Sam doesn’ t__________ soccer in the park.

4. They ________ a big dinner at 6:00.

5. They _________ T.V. after dinner every night.

Change the sentences to negatives. (use don’t or

doesn’t)
Example:
1.They drive everywhere.
They don’t drive everywhere.
2. He plays soccer in the park.
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3. They watch T.V. every night.
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4. He goes to the park.

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5. They go outside after dinner.

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6. I walk to school.

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