Reading: Healthy Eating Fact or Myth
Healthy eating fact or myth is the A2–B1 reading text that introduces the genre of myth-busting health writing. The text in this worksheet covers common nutrition claims (carbs make you fat, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, organic is always better, you need eight glasses of water a day) and weighs them against current nutritional science. Learners read for claim, evidence, and conclusion — the building blocks of analytical reading at higher levels.
This worksheet builds A2–B1 reading comprehension through a myth-busting health text, with focus on argument structure.
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What’s inside:
- An A2–B1 health text (~400 words) on nutrition myths and facts
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with nutrition and health-claim terms
- Comprehension items: identify the claim, the evidence, the conclusion for each myth
- Vocabulary-in-context: hedging language (may, might, tends to, suggests)
- Writing follow-up: research and present one health myth from your culture
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Hedged scientific language is the central A2–B1 reading skill — some studies suggest, evidence indicates, may be linked to signal qualified claims, not certainty. Distinguishing claim from evidence: the writer states a popular belief, then shows what research says, then concludes. False-friend nutrition terms: protein, calorie, vitamin translate directly across most L1s.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A2 to B1, in pre-intermediate and intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) and B1 Preliminary (PET) Reading. Part of the Culture & Lifestyle Readings collection — the natural next step is A Day in the Life of a Chef, which extends health/food reading into the workplace-life genre.
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