Longman Express 4B Ch.4 A Balanced Diet

Grain products and sugary food give us energy.

• True ✔

• False ✘

A smart lunch box has at least two types of food.

• True ✔

• False ✘

A smart lunch box has at least ______ types of food.

We should eat more meat and fish than fruit and vegetables.

• True ✔

• False ✘

We should eat _____ meat and fish than fruit and vegetables

Read lines 3–4: "We need to eat a little of the food at the top and plenty of the food at the bottom."

The author suggests we should ...

• eat a little of the food we like and a lot of the food we don’t like.

• eat a little fat, salt and sugar, and a lot of grain products

• eat a few dairy products and a lot of fish

• eat a little junk food and a lot of cereal

Read what the children at the top of p.31 say: Choose a variety of fruit and vegetables.

‘A variety of’ means ...

• many different types of

• a healthy amount of

• many of the same type of

• the most colourful

Which sentence is NOT true?

• Most fruit and vegetables contain only a little fat.

• A smart lunch box has more rice than meat.

• It is a good idea to eat low-fat yoghurt.

• Our bodies don’t need salt.

Read the article again. Finish their conversation using words from Paragraphs 4 and 6.

I don't like ...

Read the article again. Finish their conversation using words from Paragraphs 4 and 6.

Yes, but we need to have a ... diet to stay strong and healthy.