Sleeping Late

B1 –  Intermediate

Do you always sleep late? If staying in bed till late morning interests you, better watch out for yourself. This is not a recommended practice by health experts. Even doctors all over the world suggest to strictly avoid sleeping late. Sleeping late not only makes your body subject to various health problems, but also disturbs your daily routine and increases stress. Your physical and mental health both will be greatly affected.

Read the article about a new study that found that going to bed late may be bad for our health.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1804/180416-sleeping-late.html

Discussion Questions:

  1. What time do you usually go to bed? Why? Do you wish you slept earlier/later? Explain.
  2. What does sleep mean to you?
  3. Do you always get enough sleep? Why is that?
  4. What are you like when you don’t get enough sleep? Describe.
  5. How have your sleeping patterns changed over the years? Describe.
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8 replies on “Sleeping Late”

1- I usually go to bed at 11pm, because I have a late dinner. I would like to go to bed earlier, but it’s not that easy for me.

2- Rest.
Resetting the brain.

3- I feel tired, moody, intolerant.

4- In general they were always the same, they remained the same over time.

Good going with practicing your writing!

For questions # 2 and 4, make sure to answer in complete sentences:

Rest.
Resetting the brain.

For me, sleep means to rest and reset the brain.

I feel tired, moody, intolerant.

When I don’t get enough sleep, I usually feel tired, moody, and intolerant.

You may continue with this exercise to keep seeing improvements in your skills.

1. I go to bed at around 11 pm.
2. For me “Sleep” means an important/mandatory/necessary action. Without these processes, our bodies can’t function correctly.
3. I consider that I sleep enough. I sleep six to seven hours every day. As per expert’s opinions, the perfect hours for sleeping are seven to eight hours. But with 6-7 hours I am Ok.
4. if I don’t get enough sleep I am tired, angry, headache etc.
5. When I was 10-20 years I slept around 8-10 hours. After that I always sleep around 6-7 hours. It’s strange the day that I sleep 8 hours or more.

Nice work on your answers and practicing your writing once again.

Here are ways to improve the following sentences:

Without these processes, our bodies can’t function correctly.

Without doing this process, our bodies can’t function properly.

As per expert’s opinions, the perfect hours for sleeping are seven to eight hours.

As per experts’ opinion, the perfect number of hours of sleep is seven to eight hours.

Happy writing!

1. What time do you usually go to bed?
I use to go to bed at 12 pm.

2. What does sleep mean to you?
For me sleeping is a natural needing of our living organism. Simply if we don’t sleep we die. Our body needs to rest a certain number of hours to save energy and allow our systems to work properly.

3. Do you always get enough sleep?
Yes, I use to sleep 7 hours a day, which at the moment results in a good health and I don’t feel tired during the day.

4. What are you like if you don’t get enough sleep?
I get tired, at least for the first hour. Then I use to recover.

5. How have your sleeping patterns changed over the years?
Not much, honestly. Only when I had night jobs when I was 23-24 years old, but it was only for a few weeks and a summer. Afterwards I had also a job where I had to travel a lot so I had to wake up very early in the morning and I used to go to be earlier in order to sleep at least 6-7 hours.

Nice going with your writing exercises.

Here are better expressions you can use in these sentences:

I use to go to bed at 12 midnight (MN).

I use to usually go to bed at 12 pm.

For me sleeping is a natural needing of our living organism.

For me, sleeping is a natural needing of our living organism one of our the basic things that our bodies need.

Just remember to keep being consistent with it.

1. What time do you usually go to bed?
I usually go to bed at ten from Monday to Thursday, on weekends I probably go to bed at eleven or twelve. If I have to work the next day, I fall asleep earlier because I need eight hours of sleep.
2. What does sleep mean to you?
Sleep is very important for me, I need stay on the bed almost eight hours every single night. It is necessary to stay healthy and active.
3. Do you always get enough sleep?
Yes I do.
4. What are you like if you don’t get enough sleep?
I have a headache, I feel uncomfortable, ungry and very tired. I am not a person who well-functioning if I couldn´t sleep well.
5. How have your sleeping patterns changed over the years?
Now it’s hard to sleep well, I wake up several times throughout the night. When I was young, I slept without waking up all night. Of course I felt better.

Great going with your writing practice.

See how this sentence can be revised:

I usually go to bed at ten from Monday to Thursday, on weekends I probably go to bed at eleven or twelve.

I usually go to bed at ten from Monday to Thursday. On weekends, I probably normally go to bed a little late than usual at around eleven or twelve.

Until your next post!

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