Name: English Language Feb.

26,2024
Read the following text in which the writer sheds light on the importance of
healthy food. Them answer the questions that follow.
1. Doctors tell us to eat more fruit and more vegetables. They tell us to drink
more water and less coke. But do we listen?? No, we just continue to eat lots
of junk food, for example, pizzas, sweets, chips, cakes and biscuits.
2. We are what we eat. If we keep putting bad things into our bodies every
day, like lots of fat and sugar, we will see bad things happen to our body.
Unhealthy food makes your body unhealthy. When you get older you start to
have a lot of problems like heart disease. But most of us don't think much
about the future. We only think about today. We only think that hamburgers
taste better than salad. We think drinks with sugar are nicer than water.
Burgers, fries and fizzy drinks may be delicious, but they haven't got enough
vitamins and minerals. Your body needs other important nutrients.
3. If you want to be healthy, you must eat healthy food every day and avoid
junk food since it leads to many health problems.

A. Answer the following questions in complete sentences of your own.

1. What are some of the good things we should eat?
2. Why do we prefer junk food?
3. What is the advice that the writer gives to the readers?

B. What do the following underlined pronouns in the text refer to?

1. They ------- (para.1) 2. We------------ (para.2) 3. They --------- (para.2)

C. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false
ones.
1. People usually listen to what doctors say. -------------
2. People don’t eat much junk food. -------------
3. Your health depends on the food you eat. --------------
4. Burgers and fizzy drinks contain all the nutrients we need. ------------