VOCABULARY
The Food I Eat
A Reading A–Z Vocabulary Book
Word Count: 150
The Food
I Eat
Written by Lisa Ing
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The Food
ELEMENTS USED IN THIS BOOK
Vocabulary words: Fruits and vegetables:
vegetables, plants, lettuce, spinach, carrots, peas,
fruits, melon, grapes, apples, cherries, tomato
I Eat sauce; Grains: grains, rice, oatmeal, flour,
bread, pancakes, crust; Meats: meats, animals,
hamburgers, chicken, fish, pepperoni; Dairy
Products: dairy products, milk, cheese, yogurt,
ice cream; Other: snacks, candy, cookies, popcorn,
potato chips, pizza
High-frequency words: a, are, and, big, come,
for, from, good, has, I, it, like, little, make, many,
red, too, you
Other words: eat, food, sweet, salty
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A ReadingA–Z Vocabulary Book
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Written by Lisa Ing
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Grains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Meats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 carrots peas
Dairy Products . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Vegetables
Pizza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Vegetables come from plants.
I eat lettuce and spinach.
I eat carrots and peas.
Vegetables are good for you.
3 4
grapes oatmeal
melon rice
flour
pancakes
apples cherries
bread
Fruit Grains
Fruits grow on plants. Grains are food.
I eat a big melon. I eat rice and oatmeal.
I eat little grapes. Grains make flour.
I eat red apples and cherries. Flour makes bread and pancakes.
Fruits are good for you. Grains are good for you.
5 6
hamburger milk cheese
chicken
fish ice cream
yogurt
Meats Dairy Products
Meats come from animals. Dairy products come from milk.
I eat hamburgers. I like to drink milk.
I eat chicken and fish. I like to eat cheese.
Meats are good for you. I like yogurt and ice cream.
7 8
candy pepperoni crust
cookies
popcorn
cheese
tomato
potato chips sauce
Snacks Pizza
Snacks are food. Pizza has many foods on it.
I eat sweet candy and cookies. It has a bread crust.
I eat salty popcorn. It has tomato sauce.
I eat salty potato chips. It has cheese and pepperoni.
Too many snacks are bad for you. I like pizza.
9 10
