GCSEPolishAQARevision NotesTheme 2: Local national international and global areas of interestSocial issuesHealthy & Unhealthy Living

Healthy & Unhealthy Living (AQA GCSE Polish): Revision Note

Exam code: 8688

Written by: Sylwia Jurczak

Reviewed by: Bridgette Barrett

Updated on 24 September 2026

Healthy and unhealthy living

There are a few different aspects of healthy lifestyles you can talk about in this topic:

healthy diet and unhealthy eating
physical activity
unhealthy habits

Some important grammar points for this topic are:

modal verbs, especially musieć, powinien, and pozwalać to give health advice and say what you should, must or are not allowed to do
the past tense (perfective and imperfective verbs) to talk about what you have done to stay healthy
adverbs of frequency to say how often you do something

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Healthy and unhealthy living: vocabulary

Some useful words and phrases for the topic of 'Healthy lifestyles' are:

Category	Polish	Part of speech	English
Being healthy	aktywność	n (f)	activity
	aktywny	adj	active
	ćwiczenia	n (nt) pl	exercise
	czas wolny	n (m)	free time
	energia	n (f)	energy
	fitnes	n (m)	fitness
	spać	v	to sleep
	sport	n (m)	sport
	wspinaczka	n (f)	mountain climbing
	wynik	n (m)	result
	wysportowany	adj	fit/ athletic
	wyścig	n (m)	race
Physical activity	biegać	v	to run
	grać	v	to play
	joga	n (f)	yoga
	pływać	v	to swim
	siłownia	n (f)	the gym
	uprawiać sport	v	to do sport
Unhealthy habits	alkohol	n (m)	alcohol
	chory	adj	sick, ill
	leniwy	adj	lazy
	palić	v	to smoke
	papierosy	n (m) pl	cigarettes
	słaby	adj	weak
	niebezpieczny	adj	dangerous
Adverbs of frequency	czasami		sometimes
	często		often
	nigdy		never
	rzadko		rarely
	zawsze		always

Higher tier

Category	Polish	Part of speech	English	Examples
Being healthy	świadomy	adj	conscious/ aware	On jest świadomy, że palenie jest niebezpieczne.	He is aware that smoking is dangerous.
	dieta	n(f)	food, diet, nutrition	Jego dieta jest bardzo niezdrowa.	His diet is very unhealthy.
	wspinać się	v	to climb	Lubię wspinać się ze znajomymi.	I like climbing with friends.
	relaksować się	v	to relax	Ona relaksuje się co wieczór.	She relaxes every evening.
	rzucić/ poddać się	v	to give up	Ona rzuciła palenie.	She has given up smoking.
Unhealthy habits	uzależnić się	v	to become addicted	Ona jest uzależniona od cukru.	She is addicted to sugar.
Unhealthy habits	przytyć	v	to gain weight	Możesz przytyć jak będziesz jeść za dużo fast food.	You can gain weight if you eat too much fast food.
Adverbs of frequency	regularnie	adv	regularly	Uprawiam sport regularnie, aby być zdrowym.	I do sport regularly to stay healthy / fit.

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