HiLo: May You Have A Long-Life

HiLo: May You Have A Long-Life

By Teresa Siewert

​Check Your Understanding

​On the following slides, select the best choice to answer the reading comprehension questions.

Multiple Choice

The main idea of this selection is: People can try to live longer by

• Living in Canada, watching TV, and avoiding stress

• Eating lots of fast food and not exercising

• Eating well, exercising, and having fun with their friends

• Reading all the time, worrying, and eating fats

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a reason people are living longer?

• They are having more birthdays.

• They are younger.

• Parents keep children home from school.

• Medical care is better.

Multiple Choice

What it is important to include in a healthy diet?

• Fruits and vegetables

• Candy and Donuts

• French fries and milkshakes

• Soda and cookies

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is an opinion?

• Keeping mentally active includes learning new things.

• You should never eat fried foods.

• People are generally living longer than before.

• Vivian McClain is more than 100 years old.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

• Having fun can help us stay healthy.

• Exercise improves our memory.

• People lived longer lives 100 years ago.

• Soon, many people will live to be more than 100 years old.

​ Vocabulary

​Find each vocabulary word in the selection. The words and sentences around it will help you to figure out its meaning.

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Choose the answer with the best definition of the underlined word in the following slides. ​

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Multiple Choice

One reason for longer life is that medical care continues to improve.

• Goes on

• Holds gently

• Wants

• Bends easily

Multiple Choice

By eating sensibly, a person can be healthy.

• With lots of feeling

• In an intelligent way

• On time

• A lot

Multiple Choice

Exercise doesn't have to be vigorous.

• lazy

• forceful

• light

• occasional

Multiple Choice

It's important to learn how to cope with stress.

• wear

• handle

• change

• avoid

Multiple Choice

Keeping mentally active is also important.

• In an unhealthy way

• In a hurried way

• Having to do with the mind

• Having to do with the body

​Word Work

​ A suffix is a word part that comes at the end of a base word. The suffix /ly/ can be added to base words to form new words.

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For example: soft ​+ ly = softly