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• Why should children eat breakfast?
• How do people eat French fries around the world?
• What happened around 10,000 BC?
• How do jellyfish eat?
• What are oases?
• How do elephants express themselves?
• What are the features of rainforests?
• How are tornadoes and hurricanes different?
• What is a content creator?
• How did Mary Shelley write Frankenstein?
• What is AR art?
• What is it like to ride a roller coaster?
• What do paleontologists study?
• Why do earthquakes happen?
• Why are World Heritage Sites important?
• What are the planets like in our solar system?
Food is essential for life. It gives living things the energy they need to survive. Food helps a living thing’s body grow and function properly. However, different living things have different ways of getting food and eating. But no matter how or what they eat, all living things must have food to stay alive.
Fueling Up
Mornings are busy for everyone. You have to wash up, get dressed, and get to school on time. But do not skip breakfast. People say it is the most important meal of the day.
Breakfast gives your body energy to start a new day. You probably have not eaten anything since dinner the night before. That means your body has not received any fuel to make energy for about 12 hours. This is why you should not skip breakfast. Your body’s fuel tank is empty. It needs to be filled again.
Why should children eat breakfast?
Eating breakfast is also a smart and healthy habit. Studies show that eating breakfast improves concentration and memory, especially in children and teenagers. So it helps you perform better at school. And eating breakfast prevents both unhealthy snacking before lunch and overeating during lunch.
Tomorrow morning, sit down and have a plate of scrambled eggs before school. Or if you are running late, grab a banana and have it on your way to school.
1 What is the passage mainly about?
a what children eat for breakfast
b why children should eat breakfast
c what children do before breakfast
2 What is NOT true about breakfast?
a Breakfast gives your body energy to start a new day.
b Eating breakfast improves your concentration and memory.
c If you eat breakfast, you will overeat during lunch.
3 What does eating breakfast prevent you from doing?
a getting to school on time
b eating unhealthy snacks before lunch
c concentrating on your studies during class
4 What is true according to the passage?
a A banana is not a good food to eat for breakfast.
b Children who eat breakfast perform better at school.
c Everyone has time to eat breakfast in the morning.
1 Why do some people skip breakfast? Because .
2 Why is it important to eat breakfast? Because
A Complete the chart.
Why Should Children Eat Breakfast?
Breakfast is a healthy habit.
It provides
to start a new day. It prevents
snacking before lunch. It prevents
during lunch.
Breakfast is a smart habit.
It improves children’s ❹ and memory. It helps them ❺ better at school.
concentration energy overeating perform unhealthy
B Complete the summary.
Breakfast is very ❶ . People should not skip it. Breakfast is the ❷ you need to make energy at the start of the day. Eating breakfast helps ❸ concentration and memory, especially in children and teenagers. It also prevents unhealthy ❹ before lunch and overeating during lunch. So tomorrow morning, make sure you eat ❺ before school.
breakfast fuel important improve snacking
