Hermanas Franciscanas Cooperadoras Parroquiales

Colegio Santa Isabel de Hungra

Departamento de Ingls
Idioma extranjero Ingls
Profesora: Daniela Pizarro Gizzi.
Nivel: NB5

Reading comprehension test Unit 3: Food and health .

NAME: DATE:
GRADE :5TH
Ideal score

Score achieved

Mark

35

Learning outcomes: Read and show comprehension of non literary texts like notes, postcards,
invitations, greeting cards , menus , recipes, dialogue, instructions or emails, identifying:general
ideas , explicit and implicit information, vocabulary of the lesson and common expressions.
Classify vocabulary of the lesson .
Attitudes Show an accurate and persistent work style to achieve the subject purposes.
show respect to others, realities and cultures, Recognizing their contributions and valuing the
diversity of lifestyles.
General instructions:

Carefully read the entire test before answering.

You have 90 minutes to take the test.
Use ONLY blue or black pen.
The use of liquid paper is NOT allowed.
The use of cellphones or any technological device is NOT allowed.
I Multiple choice (34 pts)
Questions 1-11 are about the following text.
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

salad

Tomato soup

Chicken soup

empanada

Sea food

To

Main course

Vegetable
soup
Legumes

Rice and
chicken

Pasta

stew

Fish and
chips

pizza

sa

Dessert

Fruit salad

strawberries

Banana

pancakes

Ice cream

Lemon pie

Starter

1. What type of text is this?

a)
b)
c)
d)

A letter
An invitation
A menu
An announcement

2. Whats for dessert on

Wednesday?
a) Sea food
b) Ice cream
c) Cake
d) Banana

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Colegio Santa Isabel de Hungra
Departamento de Ingls
Idioma extranjero Ingls
Profesora: Daniela Pizarro Gizzi.
Nivel: NB5

3. Whats for main course on Friday?

a) Ice cream
b)Fish and chips
c)Fruit salad
d)pasta
5. When will they serve stew for main
course?
a)
b)
c)
d)

On Thursday
On Monday
On Wednesday
On Saturday

7. Which vegetables are in the text?

a)
b)
c)
d)

pasta
strawberry
banana
tomato

9. On __________, there is
empanada for starter
a)
b)
c)
d)

Monday
Tuesday
Friday
Wednesday

11. On Friday, there is ______ for main

course.
a)
b)
c)
d)

stew
spaghetti
rice and chicken
fish and chips

Questions 13 17 are about the following text.

Vocabulary:
1. Stay/keep healthy: mantenerse saludable
2. Starchy food: comida con almidn(carbohidratos)
3. A lot of: un montn de
4. To Cut down : reducir
5. To Get active: hacer actividad fsica
6. To Avoid: evitar
7. To Get thirsty: tener sed.
8. To Skip : saltarse
9. To Keep in shape: mantenerse en forma
10. Advisable: aconsejable
11. As son as posible: lo ms pronto posible.

4. Whats for starter on Monday?

a)
b)
c)
d)

empanada
tomato salad
vegetable soup
pizza

6. Which fruits are in the text?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Pancake, ice cream

Banana, strawberries , lemon
cake
sea food.

8. What meats are in the text?

a)
b)
c)
d)

tomato
chicken, fish
cake
stew

10. On Thursday, there is __________

for main course.
a)
b)
c)
d)

stew
spaghetti
rice and chicken
fish and chips

12. On Tuesday, there is ________ for

main course.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Rice and chicken

salad
pasta
soup

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Colegio Santa Isabel de Hungra
Departamento de Ingls
Idioma extranjero Ingls
Profesora: Daniela Pizarro Gizzi.
Nivel: NB5

8 tips to stay healthy!

To prefer healthy food and have a balanced diet is important to keep healthy, and it can help you
to feel great. It is easy. Just follow these fabulous eight rules to start off with.

Base your meal on starchy food, like bread and pasta.

Include a lot of fruit and vegetables.
Add more fish to your diet.
Cut down on the excess of fat and sugar.
Cut down on the salt.
Get active and avoid obesity.
Always drink water, never get thirsty.
Never skip breakfast.

So, keep in shape and look great for summer! Its advisable to start eating healthy food as
son as possible, so, when summer comes, youll be ready for the beach!

13. What is the text about?

a) About the food that you must eat
b) About the things that you must and
must NOT do to keep healty
c) About an invitation to a meal
d) About a problem of a person
15. Why is it important to prefer healthy
food and have a balanced diet?
a) Because it helps you to live more.
b) Because it helps you to keep
healthy and feel great.
c) Because it helps you to play with
your friends.
d) Because it helps you to study.
17. How can we stay healthy?

Vocabulary:

a) Eating junk food

b) Eating vegetables and drinking
more water
c) Going to the gym
d) Skipping breakfast

1. Nutritional value: valor nutricional

2. Large amounts of: grandes cantidades de
3. Food additives: aditivos alimenticios
4. To Buy: comprar
5. Lots of flavour: mucho sabor
6. Associated with: asociado a
7. Heart problems: probelas al corazn
8. Type 2 diabetes: diabetes tipo dos
9. Dental cavities: caries
Questions
18- 24 are about the following text.
10. To improve:
mejorar
11. Adequate quantity of water: adecuada cantidad de agua.
12. To mantain food health: mantener una buena salud.
13. Cheap: barato.

14. What food must we eat?

a)
b)
c)
d)

grains ,like bread and pasta

meat
junk food
desserts

16. What must we Not do to keep

healty?
a)
b)
c)
d)

get active
cut down on the salt
add more fish
skip breakfast

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Colegio Santa Isabel de Hungra
Departamento de Ingls
Idioma extranjero Ingls
Profesora: Daniela Pizarro Gizzi.
Nivel: NB5

18. What type of text is this?

a) A letter
b) An invitation
c) A menu
d) An article of a magazine

19. Which is the difference between

healthy and junk food?

a) There is no difference between j

and healthy food.
b) Junk food does not have vitamin
or nutrients. Healthy food does lo
of nutrients and vitamins.
c) Healthy and junk food are food f
our health
d) Healthy and junk food are bad fo
our health

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Colegio Santa Isabel de Hungra
Departamento de Ingls
Idioma extranjero Ingls
Profesora: Daniela Pizarro Gizzi.
Nivel: NB5

20. What examples of healthy food

appear in the text?
a)
b)
c)
d)

21. What examples of junk food

appear in the text?

Cake
Milk
Vegetables, fruits and water
Hamburgers

22. Consumption of junk food is

associated with___________

a) Cake
b) Milk
c) Hamburgers, hot dogs and french
fries
d) Vegetables
23. Junk food does not
have__________

a) nutrients from all the food groups

b) obesity, heart problems, type 2
diabetes, and dental cavities.
c) poor nutritional value
d) good health
24. Which is the effect of junk food on
our health?

a)
b)
c)
d)

fat
sugar
salt
proteins, vitamins or fibre

25. Why is Healthy food NOT popular?

a) The effect is that Healthy food

improves or maintains good
health.
b) The effect is that Junk food
causes obesity, heart problems,
type 2 diabetes, and dental
cavities.
c) The effect is that Junk food
improves our health.
d) There is no effect of junk food on
health.

a) Because it is delicious
b) Because it is cheap
c) Because it isnt easy to buy and it
has too much preparation.
d) Because it improves or maintains
good health

Questions 26-31 are about the following dialogue.

Vocabulary:
1. Hungry: hambriento/a
2. Starving: muy hambriento/a
3. Tray: bandeja
Susan: Im not hungry. What about you ?
Tony: Im very hungry, Im starving!
Susan: What do you want to eat?
Tony: Let me see,What is there for lunch today?
Susan: What day is it today?
Tony: Tuesday. The menu today is mixed salad, spaghetti with meat sauce and fruit salad for dessert.
Mm, I love spaghetti.
Susan: Im not sure about the spaghetti, but the fruit salad looks delicious. Here is your tray.
Tony: thank you.

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Colegio Santa Isabel de Hungra
Departamento de Ingls
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Tony: Can I have todays menu please?

Waitress: Here you are: salad, spaghetti and your fruit salad. What do you want to drink?
Tony: fruit juice, please. Thank you.
Waitress: Yes, sure. Anything else?
Tony: The dessert, the fruit salad, and a glass of milk. Thank you.
26. What examples of main course
appear in the text?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Fish and chips

pizza
spaghetti with meat sauce
legumes

28. What examples of starters

appear in the text?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Tomato salad
empanada
vegetables soup
mixed salad

30. Susan orders _________

a)
b)
c)
d)

spaghetti
the tomato salad
the fruit salad
mixed salad

32. Which foods are healthy?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Hamburgers and hot dogs

sugar
orange, celery and tomato
soft drinks

34. Which foods are meat types?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Potatoes
Fish and beef
Strawberries
Legumes

27. What examples of desserts

appear in the text?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Lemon pie
Fruit salad
cake
ice cream

29. The menu on Tuesday

is________
a) Soup, pizza and pancakes
b) Salad, spaghetti and fruit
c) Sea food, rice and chicken
and cake
d) Salad, stew and lemon pie
31. Tony orders____________
a) Salad, spaghetti and fruit
b) Soup and a dessert
c) Salad, spaghetti, fruit and a
glass of milk
d) Sea food, stew and pancakes
33. which foods are junk food?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Fruit juice
vegetables
lemon, berries
french fries, donuts and
cupcakes.

35. Which are drinks?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Mash potato
Juice, water and soda
Cakes
Ice cream

Good luck !