WorksheetsLongman 4B Ch.4 A Balanced Diet Reading Comprehension
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
Read line 4. What does "Unfortunately" mean?
Something happy has happened
Something bad has happened
Something happened by mistake
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
Which food group contains a lot of fat, salt and sugar?
dairy products
grain products
junk food
fruit and vegetables
Our bodies don't need any fats or salt.
True
False
Grain products and sugary food give us energy.
True
False
A smart lunch box has at least two types of food.
True
False
We should eat more meat and fish than fruit and vegetables.
True
False
We should eat three portions of ________, two portions of ________ and one portion of ________.
vegetables, grain product, meat
grain product, vegetables, meat
meat, grain product, vegetables
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.
What is the author's main idea in the article?
It is OK to just eat the food we like.
It is necessary to be strong and healthy.
We need to eat different types of food.
We always need to choose low-fat food.
Fill in the blank using words from the passage.
A (a) diet is important for keeping a healthy body. Sometimes that might mean you have to eat food you don’t like.
Read line 25–27.
What is another word for "important"?
(a)
Answer in complete sentences.
Do you only eat the food you like? Why / Why not?
