Are you breathing wrong?

Advanced lesson plan (B2 and above): Are you breathing wrong? - BUY ME A COFFEE if you like my FREE ESL content

Breathing is natural: nothing difficult about it, right? Actually, there is a "right" and "wrong" way to get oxygen into your lungs, according to experts. 

In this B2+ worksheet, students will practise using the passive voice with reporting verbs, see six breath-related idioms and learn lots of relevant vocabulary.  

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Lesson objectives:

1) To match words for different types of breathing with pictures: to gasp, to wheeze, to pant, to sigh, to sniff, to blow.

2) To practise using the passive voice with reporting verbs, while talking about the alleged benefits/risks of "alternate-nostril breathing".

3) To understand nuance and puns with three breath-related jokes, about an asthmatic, a seabird and an Apple Store. 

4) To explain "correct" breathing techniques, using information gathered from a short instructional video. 

5) To expand the students' repertoire of idioms, matching six breath-related idioms/phrasal verbs with their definitions. 

6) To practise reading comprehension by studying an article about Hilary Clinton's claim she used a yogic technique called alternate-nostril breathing to help her cope with her 2016 electoral defeat.