Are You a Healthy ary Eater? aati CONTENT A quiz on eating habits READING SKILLS Previewing Taking notes VOCABULARY SKILLS, Understanding suffixes: -ly Using synonyms Bete ca 1 Se eu tert re3)Before You Read A. How often do you eat these foods? Write your answers in the list below. ‘Then think of other foods to add to each group. eee white rice fresh fruit junk food white bread brown rice fresh vegetables fried food wheat bread Inevereat__. _leat___onceinawhile. 1 eat___every day. Reading Skil Look quickly at the reading on page 9 to answer the questions below. Previewing Questions page 96 1, What is this reading about? 2, What kind of reading is it—a newspaper article, a blog, a story, a quiz? C. Take the healthy eating quiz.on page 9. 8 Chapter 2 | Are You a Healthy Eater?Reading Passage dy Are You a Healthy Eater? {Gi How often do you eat breakfast? {BB How often do you eat something just before 1. Inever eat breakfast. ‘you go to bed? 2 Thave breakfast once or twice a week. 1. Lalways eat something just before I go 3. [eat breakfast 3-6 times a week. tobed. 4 Leat breakfast every morning, 2. Loften have something to eat just before [BbtHow often do you snack on! fresh fruits and ep, be 3. Irarely eat just before I go to bed. vegetables? 4 I never eat just before I go to bed. 1 I never snack on fresh fruits and vegetables. 2 Isnack on fresh fruits and vegetables once (J How often do you eat your largest meal in, ina while. the evening? 3. Isnack on fresh fruits and vegetables once 1 Lalways eat my largest meal in the evening. a day. 2. I frequently eat my largest meal in the 4 I snack on fresh fruits and vegetables more evening. than once a day. 3. rarely eat my largest meal in the evening. po you eat junk fooa? 4. Inever eat my largest meal in the evening. 1 Yes, [ often eat junk food. [BB How often do you eat brown rice or wheat 2 Yes, I sometimes eat junk food. bread instead of white rice or white bread? 3. No, I hardly ever eat junk food. 1 Inever eat brown rice or wheat bread 4 No, I never eat junk food. 2 I sometimes eat brown rice or wheat bread. Be [Do you eat quickly? 3. Lusually eat brown rice or wheat bread. 1. Yes, Talways eat quickly. 4. Leat brown rice or wheat bread all the time: 2 Yes, I eat quickly 90 percent ofthe time, 3. Yes, I sometimes eat quickly. 4 No, [usually eat slowly. {BBhHow often do you skip meals? 1. [frequently skip meals. 2 Iskip meals about 3 times a week. 3. [rarely skip a meal. 4 [never skip meals. ney a a Your Score? © Word Count: 440} Reading Time: Words per Minute: eee (otinutes) (Word Count/Reading Time) pe 1 snack on eat between meals 3 score the number of pints you get on atest, 2 skipameal not eata meal iz, or gamea Understanding the Text ‘A. Read the quiz again. What do healthy eaters do? What don't they do? ‘Take notes in the chart below. Reading Skil: Taking Notes page 94 ere (ator eat breakfast every day eat junk food B. Comprehension. Check (V) True or False based on the information in the reading. Then correct the false statements. True False 1. It’s good to eat your largest meal of the day in the evening. O =. 2. Eating slowly is a good idea. Bo 3. It's important to eat breakfast every day. oo 4, White rice is better for you than brown rice. Oo @ 5, It’s healthy to eat something just before yougotobed. O O 6, An apple or an orange is a healthy snack. a 7 You should snack on junk food instead of vegetables. a 8, Healthy eaters frequently skip meals. m (RM What do you think? Work with your classmates to answer the questions below. 1, Are you a healthy eater? Why or why not? 2. What is your favorite healthy snack? What are some other healthy snacks? 3. Why is breakfast an important meal? 4. Lots of people like junk food. Why do you think junk food is so popular? 10 Chapter | Are You a Healthy Eater?D. Vocabulary. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence fresh healthy instead of meal total 1. Ithink 'ma____ eater because I never skip breakfast. Every morning I have a bowl of cereal and some fresh fruit. 2. Lusually eat my biggest ___ in the middle of the day. 3. [try to snack on fruit when I get hungry between meals. 4, Lusually eat a__of five small meals every day. 5. I know I should snack on fresh fruit junk food. E, Understanding Suffixes. Rewrite each sentence using the adverb form of the boldfaced adjective. In English, we add the suffix -ly to some adjectives to form an adverb. Adjective Adverb quick + ly =~ quickly frequent + ly frequently real + ly really 1. My usual breakfast is cereal. 1 usually have cereal for breakfast 2. My parents are slow eaters. My parents eat 3. It is rare for me to eat junk food. I__ eat junk food. 4. [have a quick meal in the evening. I eat__ in the evening, 5. My sister is a professional cook. My sister cooks E. Using Synonyms. Rewrite each sentence using a synonym for the boldfaced words. one time frequently sometimes hardly ever 1. Some people prefer to eat once a day. Some people prefer to eat one time a day 2, We go to restaurants once in a while. 3. My brother skips breakfast often. 4, We almost never eat a big breakfast. "Discussion & Writing 1. Work with a partner to add answers to the health quiz below. (The best answer to each question is number 4.) Then share your quiz with your classmates. {Bd How offen do you exercise? 1 Inever exercise. 2 Lexercise once or twice a week. 3 Lexercise 3-6 times a week. 4 exercise every day. [Bp How offen do you drink 6-8 glasses of water a day? 1 — 2 3 4 [drink 6-8 glasses of water every day: (Bo you drink j 1 2 3 4 Lalways drink juice instead of soda, {GB Hiow often do you get 8 hours of sleep at night? 1 2 3 4 always get 8 hours of sleep at night. Ee anor 2. Choose one of these items and look on the Internet for more information. Tell your classmates three interesting things you learned. Web Search! P a healthy breakfast junk food snacks healthy eating quiz We ecuens Mini-Dictionary NOUNS ‘ADJECTIVES ADVERBS breakfast fresh hardly ever meal healthy | instead of page 108 total perfect just F once in awhile F quickly rarely 12 Chapter 2 | Are You a Healthy Eater?