Diet camp
Nobody 1
(want / tell) that they are eating too much. But that’s
exactly what happened to a group of teens who recently attended a diet camp for teenagers.
Designed for teens who 2

(hope / give) the opportunity to lose

weight, the leaders at the camp 3

(know / be) tough on the kids.
On his first day there, fourteen-year-old Nathan Clump, who weighs over a hundred kilos, was
advised that he needed to learn how to diet. Indeed, he was told that he
4
(should / show) how to diet properly before, and that his lack of
willpower was risking serious ill health. It 5

(estimate) that
between 25 and 35% of British teenagers are overweight. Nathan aims to be one teenager
who reduces his weight.

2.Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1 Many people know that saturated fats are bad for your health.
Saturated fats .
2 A think tank estimates that half the population will soon be overweight.
It .
3 People think the native islanders died from malnutrition.
The native islanders .
4 Somebody should have carried out the study more carefully.
The study .
5 Should we criticise doctors when we are responsible for our own diets?
Should doctors

3.Complete the sentences. Use compound adjectives formed from a word in A and a word in B below.
There is one extra word in each box.
A bleary breath half highly thought well

B blowing hearted known provoking respected taking
1 Simon only made a half hearted attempt to prepare for the race. He should have spent a lot more time
training.
2 Sir John Smith is one of the most judges in the country. Everybody thinks he has a very good
reputation for being intelligent, fair and honest.
3 In a performance, Anderson won the race in a time that nobody has ever achieved before.
4 A TV presenter visited our school last week. It was amazing. I’d never met anyone famous
before.
5 We watched a documentary about over-fishing in the oceans. It really made me consider
whether we shouldn’t stop fishing altogether.