A listening activity: Is Drinking Caffeine Good Or Bad For You?

Listen carefully and choose the correct word. Write your answers in the comments box below.

1. Now I absolutely love / abhor / adore coffee
2. Here in the UK we drink 70 million / millions cups of this stuff every day
3. Three to four cups of coffee a day shouldn’t / couldn’t / wouldn’t cause any problems
4. Energy drinks range anywhere between 75mg to more / over / about 200mg
5. Drinking coffee keeps you awake / alert
6. What it doesn’t really do is make you more awake / alert
7. What it definitely does do, however, is boost / bust / boast your levels of adrenaline
8. If you really feel the physical effects of caffeine, perhaps you should think about stepping / drawing / cutting back
9. In a jug / jar / pint of coffee there are more polyphenols than you would find in most vegetables