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Neil: So William, would you say you are a 1) ______________ eater, or are you
more 2)________________ with how good something tastes?
Neil: Well, 4) _________ for me I’m quite 5) __________, so what I eat doesn’t
really affect the size of my 6)___________. But actually I do like to eat healthy
food because I think, generally, healthier food 7) _________ better.
Word Facts
Our first word is “diet”. It has four letters and four sounds: D-I-E-T. Diet. Diet can
be a noun or a verb. There are some important differences in meaning.
Firstly “diet” as a noun. This means the food and drink taken by a person or
group of people.
People often use an adjective before diet. For example you may here the
expression “a 8) ____________ diet”. It means eating a range of all the food
types necessary to keep healthy.
Thirdly, we can use it as a verb – to diet. This is another, less common way of
saying “to go on a diet”. It means to eat less in order to lose 10)________.
- So many people diet these days. I’m not really sure if it’s good for them.
KEY:
1. healthy
2. concerned
3. how
4. luckily
5. skinny
6. stomach
7. tastes
8. balanced
9. fit
10. weight