REMEDIAL WORKSHOP

FITH GRADE

A. Read the text and then decide whether the statements are true or false.

Hi! My names Alex. I always have a sandwich and tea for breakfast. My favourite sandwiches are ham
and tomatoes sandwiches. Theyre delicious! And I also like cheese sandwiches. On weekdays I have
lunch at school. I take a packed lunch with me. I have some sandwiches, an apple or a banana and I
usually drink hot chocolate or tea. For dinner I have jacket potatoes with cheese and some salad, pizza
or fish and chips. But I like spaghetti the most because it is my favourite food.

1. He has hot chocolate for breakfast. __

2. He likes cheese sandwiches. __

3. He doesnt have fruit for lunch. __

4. He drinks tea or hot chocolate at school. __

5. He doesnt eat sandwiches for dinner. __

6. His favourite food is pizza. ___

B. It's important for people to eat as much as they need to give them energy. If they eat too little food or the
wrong food they won't have enough energy. If they eat too much, they will need to make more exercise; otherwise
they will put on weight. When we eat the correct quantity of food for the exercise we take, we call this the energy
balance.

Fat is very high in calories, and so is no help at all in keeping energy balance. Fat has also been linked with
heart disease, and many experts believe that eating less would help to reduce it.

Sugar isn't good for the energy balance either. The only value of the diet is to provide energy, and you can get
that from other foods. There's no doubt that too much sugar makes you fat and it doesn't do your teeth much
good either.

Fibre, on the other hand is something that we eat too little of. One of the simplest ways of eating more fibre is
to eat more bread, particularly whole meal, granary, or high fibre bread .It's a good, cheap source of fibre and
nutrients without too many calories .Potatoes are good, too. Like bread, they are underrated, but they're excellent
for filling you up without making you fat, especially if you don't cover them with butter or fry them in fat.
 So eat less fatty food (sweets, chocolate, cakes pudding, jam) and eat more fibre foods (bread, potatoes, pasta,
fresh fruit and vegetables).

Are these sentences true or false? Justify.

1-People wont need to make exercise if they eat too much. ----------------------------------------------------------------

2-When people eat too much they put on weight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3-Eating less fat would cause heart attacks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4-Sugar provides energy, but it causes obesity. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5-Fibre foods are good for the energy balance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Answer these questions.

1-Give a title to the passage. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2-Why is exercising necessary for good health? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3-What does "the energy balance" mean? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4-What are fatty foods? Give examples. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5-What are fibre foods? Give examples. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Complete these sentences.

1-People eat a variety of foods so as to -------------------------------------------------------------------------

2-People mustn't eat the wrong food so as not to -----------------------------------------------------------

3-If we don't exercise regularly, we ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4-People must eat fibre foods such as --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Find in the text words that mean almost the same as:
1-will be fat (paragraph 1) ---------------------------------------------

2-decrease and diminish (paragraph 2) -----------------------------

3-give and supply (paragraph 3) ---------------------------------------

4-cook food in hot oil or fat (paragraph 4) --------------------------

Classify the items above:

Fruit Vegetables Drink Dairy products Starches

Rewrite each sentence to make it comparative or superlative

1. He was (tall) than his brother. _______________________________________

2. Our car is the (fast) of all. ___________________________________________

3. Her lunch is _ (good) than mine. _______________________________________

4. Ballet is (difficult) than rap dancing. ______________________________________

5. Our dog is the (fierce) on our street. _____________________________________

6. The sun is (bright) than the moon. _______________________________________

7. Bob has the (big) feet in the classroom. ___________________________________

8. Elizabeth is (intelligent) than Elona. ______________________________________

9. The kitchen is (dirty) than the bathroom. ___________________________________

10. The science book is the (heavy) of the texts. ______________________________

11. The kitten is (cute) than the puppy. _____________________________________

12. Old teachers are (crabby) than new teachers. ___________________________

13. Oranges are (sweet) than grapefruits. ___________________________________

14. Jill is the (quiet) student in the room. ____________________________________

15. Using a printer is (fast) than writing by hand. ______________________________

16. Black is the (dark) of all the colors. ______________________________________

17. Heidis hair is (soft) than Malcolms hair. __________________________________

18. Chili peppers are (spicy) than bell peppers. _______________________________

19. Metals are (shiny) than non-metals. _____________________________________

20. My glass is (full) than my brothers glass. _________________________________

COMPARATIVE - SUPERLATIVE

Fill in the gaps with the comparative form of the adjectives given.

1. A hippopotamus is ______ than a bird. (heavy)

2. Monkeys are _______ than chickens. (Big)
3. July is ______ than January. (hot)
4. A lion is ______ than a cat. (dangerous)
5. Animals are ______ than people. (friendly)

Fill in the gaps it the superlative form of the adjectives given.

6. Elephants are the _______ animals. (heavy)

7. Gorillas are the ________ in the jungle. (strong)
8. Ducks are the _________ in the river. (fast)
9. Dolphin is the ________ in sea. ( fast)
10. Rats are the ______ in the world. (ugly)