Read the given text and answer the questions: 1, 2, 3 and 4. [Unit – 6; Lesson – 4, 5]
What food is good food? Sometimes the food we like to eat isn’t the healthiest food for us. The Food Pyramid helps us to understand the different food groups, and it tells us how much of each food group we should eat. Look at the picture of the Food Pyramid. We eat more of the foods at the bottom of the pyramid. What foods do you see at the bottom? These are things made from grain, for example, rice, roti and bread. Potatoes are not grains, but they are similar. Grains give us energy. Fruit and vegetables are at the next level of the pyramid. These are also very important for us. They have vitamins. They help our eyes and our health. On the next level, there are fish, meat, dairy products, beans and lentils. Meat, fish and chicken have protein. Beans and lentils do, too! Dairy products are things like milk and eggs. They help our teeth and bones. Protein and dairy make us strong. Fat and oil are at the top of the Food Pyramid. These make food delicious, but our body does not need very much of them. Sometimes we can’t get food from all the different groups. But, when we have choices about food, we need to make good choices.
1. Match the words of column A with their meaning that is mentioned in the text in column B.   
Column A
Column B
 (a) Bottom
 (i) made from milk
 (b) Group
 (ii) the highest point of something
 (c) Grains
 (iii) the power that provides heat, light, etc
 (d) Energy
 (iv) the lowest part or point of something
 (e) Dairy
 (v) one kind of delicious food

 (vi) one kind of crops like corn, wheat or rice

 (vii) a large number of things or people together
Answer: (a+iv), (b+vii), (c+vi), (d+iii), (e+i)
Column A
Column B
 (a) Product
 (i) physically powerful
 (b) Strong
 (ii) very often
 (c) Delicious
 (iii) opportunity of choose
 (d) Choice
 (iv) not in regular basis
 (e) Sometimes
 (v) an object to consume

 (vi) easily breakable

 (vii) very pleasant to eat or taste
Answer: (a+v), (b+i), (c+vii), (d+iii), (e+iv)

Or, Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box.
should be
fruits and vegetables
with
too much
after
healthy
must be
energy
a. Good food means ----------- food.
b. We need to eat a lot of grains to get -----------.
c. ---------- are also very important for our body.
d. We should not eat ----------- of fat containing foods.
e. Fruits and vegetables ---------- eaten daily.

Answer: a. healthy b. energy c. fruits and vegetable d. too much e. should be

2.  Read the following statements. Write ‘True’ in your answer script if the statement is true. Write ‘False’ if the statements are false. 

a) Dairy products are the foods made from milk. (T)
b) The passage is about the classification of food items.  (T)
c) The food pyramid is not helpful for us. (F)
d) A food pyramid is the classification of foods.  (T)
e) We eat more of the foods at the top of the pyramid. (F)
f) Bread is made from grain.  (T)
g) A proportionate mixture of various foods is called a balanced diet.  (T)
h) Bean is a source of protein.  (T)
i) We need to eat fat more. (F)
j) Protein and dairy make us weak. (F)
k) Fat and oil are in the middle of the Food pyramid. (F)
l) The Food pyramid helps us to choose the right type of foods.  (T)

3. Answer the following questions in a sentence or sentences.

a) What should you do regarding choices about food?
-Regarding the choices about food, we should always choose those foods which are nutritious and good for our health.

b) What should you eat more after grains and why?
-After grains, we should eat vegetables and fruits because they provide us with minerals and vitamins.

c) What type of foods should you eat very less?
-We should eat the foods very less which are made with oil and fat.

d) What is a balanced diet?
-A balanced diet means a balanced combination of all nutritious foods.

e) Write two sentences about the necessity of healthy food habit.
-The two main necessities of healthy food habit are-
i) Healthy foods keep us strong and fit.
ii) Healthy foods keep our body free from many fatal diseases.

f) What is ‘healthy food’?
-Healthy food means nutritious foods that keep our body fit and strong.

g) What type of food do you need more if you are a runner?
-A runner needs grainy foods more because grains give us energy and make our body strong.

h) What is ‘Food Pyramid’? How does it help us?
-‘Food Pyramid’ is a food chart. It helps us to understand the different food groups.

i) What do you understand by ‘good food’?
-Good food means nutritious foods that keep our body healthy and strong.

j) What type of foods do you need to eat a lot and why?
-We need to eat a lot of grainy foods because these types of foods give us energy. Besides, for mineral, we need to eat a lot of vegetables and fruits.

k) What is the function of dairy products in our body?
-Dairy products make our bone and teeth strong and they also produce energy in our body.

3. Write at least five sentences about ‘Healthy Foods’ on the basis of the text.              10

a) What do you mean by healthy foods?
b) What type of foods does our body need?
c) What type of foods should we eat more?
d) What type of foods should we eat moderately?
e) What type of foods should we eat less?

HEALTHY FOOD

Healthy foods mean nutritious foods and our body needs the foods which are nutritious and healthy. We should eat the foods more which are good for our health and the foods that keep our fit and healthy. Besides, we should eat meat, fish, milk, butter and other dairy products moderately. But we should eat the foods less which are made with fat and oil.


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