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Breakfast - Fill in The Gaps
Breakfast - Fill in The Gaps
BREAKFAST
Everyone know that it is very important to eat a good breakfast as part of a
healthy diet. But about 20% of British school children say they sometimes
don’t have time to eat breakfast, while 7% say they hardly
(1)____________ eat breakfast before they leave home to go to school.
This is a big problem because many pupils often eat unhealthy snacks
instead (2)_____________ a proper breakfast and more likely to put
(3)__________ weight. They can also have trouble concentrating during
lessons.
In the UK, (4) _____________ most popular things to eat for breakfast are
cereals with milk, toast with butter and jam. The traditional fried breakfast
is something that people eat occasionally or at the weekends. But many
breakfast cereals contains too (5)______________sugar. This is bad for
your teeth and also makes you feel hungry more quickly. In some
countries, people eat things (6)______________ as eggs, or fish with white
rice for breakfast, which people in other parts of the world eat for lunch or
dinner.
Reading Comprehension:
Choose the options which match the meaning of the phrasal verbs with
PUT.
a. When you’ve finished, please can you put away the breakfast
things?
I. Put them on the table
II. Put them in the cupboard
b. They put the fire out by throwing a blanket on it.
I. Started
II. Stopped
c. The café has put up its prices, so ice-cream is more expensive.
I. Increased
II. Decreased
d. I’ve put my name down on the list for next camping trip. I can’t
wait!
I. Added
II. Removed
e. They had to put off the race until the next day because of the storm
I. Cancel
II. Delay
put on put off put away put down put out put
up