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Unit
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What do you see in the picture?

Do you eat peanut butter?

Americans love to eat peanut butter. But

what is peanut butter? lt is a thick, creamy
paste. You buy it in a jar at the grocery store.
Manufacturers roast peanuts and take off
the skin. Then they grind them into a thick
paste-that's peanut butter!
The peanut is not really a nut, but a
pea. lt is a strange pea because it grows
underground. But peanut plants also have
green vin~s with yellow flowers. These vines
or stems grow above the ground and are
quite long. Peanuts are very healthy for you.
They have more protein than a steak and
they have many vitamins, too.
The peanut comes from South America, but peanut butter is a food
that is truly "American." Peanut butter started in 1890 in St. Louis. A
doctor made sorne peanut butter. He gave it to patients who could not
eat regular food. Later, peanut butter was popular as a health food.
Peanut butter is very popular with children in the United States.
Perhaps their favorita way to eat it is in a sandwich. Many children add
jelly to their peanut butter sandwiches. This makes a favorita snack or
lunchtime meal.

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UNIT 4

VOCABULARY
Complete the sentences. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

l. Peanut butter is a thick _ __

a. paste
b. jelly
2. You can huy peanut butter in a _ __
a. skin
b. jar
3. To make peanut butter, manufacturers
grind them.
a. eat
b. roast

peanuts, and then

4. Peanut butter is healthy for you because it has

a. steak
b. protein
S. Children like to eat peanut butter and
a. jelly
b. butter

and vitamins.

sandwiches.

6. In 1890 a doctor gave peanut butter to his _ __

a. manufacturers
b. patients

COMPREHENSION
A. Looking for Main Ideas
CircJe the letter of the best answer.

l. Peanut butter is
a. a thick, creamy paste
b. jelly in a jar
c. a sandwich
2. The peanut is a
a. nut
b. pea
c. kind of steak
3. Peanut butter started _ __
a. in South America
b. underground
c. in 1890, in St. Louis
PEANUT BUTIER

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B. Looking for Details

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