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A balanced diet English: Level A2

NAME: JUAN DAVID SANCHEZ GUEVARA

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Read the first entry of the blog: Superfood from Peru. GRADE AND SECTION: 3rd “C”

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PERUVIAN SUPERFOOD:
Peruvian Superfood
LUCUMA
“Superfoods” is a new term to describe food Healthy recipes
that offers great nutritional benefits and few
calories. They are full of vitamins and minerals About Peru
that the body needs.
My favourite Peruvian superfood is lucuma, which is a sweet fruit with
green skin and yellow flesh.

Lucuma gives you energy to start your day and it helps you prevent
heart diseases and some types of cancer.
I love lucuma ice cream, it is my favourite way to eat this fruit.

Try it! It is delicious and healthy.

LET’S UNDERSTAND!

UNDERSTAND - EXERCISE 1
Choose the correct answer for each question according to the blog entry you just read. Follow the example:

1. Which of the following does NOT describe 3. Which options is NOT a benefit of eating
superfoods? lucuma?
a) They offer nutritional benefits. a) It makes you taller.

b) They are sweet and tasty. b) It give you energy.

c) They are full of vitamins. c) It helps prevent some types of cancer.

d) They have few calories. d) It helps prevent heart diseases.

2. Which one is NOT a characteristic of lucuma? 4. According to the blog entry, what is the
author’s favourite way to eat lucuma?
a) It has green skin.
a) As a dessert.
b) It is a fruit.
b) As a cake.
c) It has white flesh.
c) With honey.
d) It is sweet.
d) As ice cream.

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UNDERSTAND - EXERCISE 2
Match the parts of the blog entry with the best subtitle for it. Follow the example:

“Superfoods” is a new term to

describe food that offers great
1 nutritional benefits and few calories.
They are full of vitamins and minerals
that the body needs.
A The best way to eat lucuma.

My favourite Peruvian superfood is

2 lucuma, which is a sweet fruit with
B What are superfoods?
green skin and yellow flesh.

C My favourite superfood.
Lucuma gives you energy to start
your day, and it helps you prevent
3
heart diseases and some types of
cancer. D The benefits of lucuma.

I love lucuma ice cream, it is my

4 favourite way to eat this fruit.

LET’S PRACTISE!

PRACTISE – EXERCISE 1
Complete the description of the following superfood with the words from the box. Follow the example:

and – immune – and – vitamin c – superfood

system

GOLDEN BERRIES

The Golden Berry or aguaymanto is a round and (1)

yellow fruit that is consider a superfood (2) from Peru.

This berry is beneficial to your immune (3) because it is high

in vitamin c (4) and B.

I personally love it because it is very delicious and (5)

nutritious!

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PRACTISE – EXERCISE 2
Match the description with the correct superfood. Follow the example:

TROUT BLUEBERRIES SACHA INCHI SEED

A B C
It is a small and round It is a small and brown It is a fish from the Andes
berry that gives you grain from the Peruvian with soft and pink meat,
vitamin C, calcium and Amazon. Its oil is it is high in Omega 3, so it
fiber. It is good for heart cholesterol free. It is good is good for your brain and
health and your eyes. for your intestines and it heart.
helps you to lose weight.

LOOK at this example of a blog entry and read the tip to describe food.

TIP TO PICTURE
DESCRIBE TITLE OR
HEADLINE
FOOD: About us!

Use the word PERUVIAN SUPERFOOD: Peruvian Superfood

“and” between LUCUMA

Healthy recipes
two adjectives INTRODUCTION “Superfoods” is a new term to
describe food that offers great
to describe the About Peru
nutritional benefits and few
same food. calories. They are full of vitamins
and minerals that the body needs.

My favourite Peruvian superfood is

lucuma, which is a sweet fruit with
green skin and yellow flesh.
Lucuma gives you energy to start your day and it helps you prevent
heart diseases and some types of cancer.
I love lucuma ice cream, it is my favourite way to eat this fruit.

MAIN POINTS Try it! It is delicious and healthy.

(Description
and benefits).
CONCLUSION OR
RECOMMENDATION