The Reading / Listening - Toilet Scrolling - Level 0

Many of us use our smartphone in the toilet. The habit of checking emails on the toilet could damage our body. A doctor warned that bathroom bacteria contain health risks. He said many people do not know about the dangers. He added that smartphone addiction could have some serious results.

People wrongly think it is OK to use smartphones in the toilet. Doing this makes us sit down for longer. This puts extra pressure on our stomach. Bacteria could damage the "toilet areas" of our stomach. The doctor warned that smartphones are dirtier than toilet seats. He said we shouldn't take phones into the toilet.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Toilet Scrolling - Level 1 Toilet Scrolling - Level 2   or  Toilet Scrolling - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/doctor-says-using-your-phone-31100350
  • https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1821079/doctor-warning-using-phone-on-the-toilet
  • https://nypost.com/2023/10/02/here-is-the-real-reason-why-you-shouldnt-use-your-phone-on-the-toilet/


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Many of us use our smartphone
  2. The habit of
  3. damage our
  4. bathroom bacteria contain
  5. many people do not
  6. know
  7. smartphone
  8. have some serious
  1. know
  2. addiction
  3. health risks
  4. about the dangers
  5. results
  6. in the toilet
  7. checking emails
  8. body

Paragraph 2

  1. People wrongly
  2. use smartphones
  3. Doing this makes
  4. sit down
  5. This puts extra pressure
  6. damage the "toilet
  7. smartphones are dirtier
  8. we shouldn't take phones
  1. than toilet seats
  2. on our stomach
  3. for longer
  4. into the toilet
  5. areas" of our stomach
  6. us sit down
  7. think it is OK
  8. in the toilet

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Many (1) ___________________ our smartphone in the toilet. The (2) ___________________ emails on the toilet could (3) ___________________. A doctor warned that bathroom bacteria (4) ___________________. He said many people do not know (5) ___________________. He added that smartphone addiction could have (6) ___________________.

People wrongly think (7) ___________________ to use smartphones in the toilet. Doing this (8) ___________________ down for longer. This puts (9) ___________________ our stomach. Bacteria could damage (10) ___________________ of our stomach. The (11) ___________________ smartphones are dirtier than toilet seats. He said we shouldn't (12) ___________________ the toilet.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Manyofususeoursmartphoneinthetoilet.Thehabitofcheckingemailso
nthetoiletcoulddamageourbody.Adoctorwarnedthatbathroombacte
riacontainhealthrisks.Hesaidmanypeopledonotknowaboutthedange
rs.Headdedthatsmartphoneaddictioncouldhavesomeseriousresults.
PeoplewronglythinkitisOKtousesmartphonesinthetoilet.Doingthism
akesussitdownforlonger.Thisputsextrapressureonourstomach.Bact
eriacoulddamagethe"toiletareas"ofourstomach.Thedoctorwarnedth
atsmartphonesaredirtierthantoiletseats.Hesaidweshouldn'ttakepho
nesintothetoilet.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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