Comprehension - Healthy weight loss

I believe that it is time for some plain common sense about losing weight.

Being overweight is serious and it is an increasing problem, especially for children. It is destroying their health and, in some cases, causing great unhappiness.

Weight loss can be so simple but you shouldn't expect it to happen quickly. Research has shown how unhealthy it is for your weight to go up and down as it often does when people follow crash diets.

It makes me angry to see the amount of time and money people waste on expensive weight loss treatments and programmes. What is even more worrying is that so many people are putting their health at risk with some of these fad crash diets, especially those that do not allow food from some of the important food groups.

There are only two simple rules to follow to lose weight or to maintain a healthy weight. They are to eat a balanced diet with less fat and sugar and to exercise more.

You don't have to starve to lose weight. If you eat fewer sweets things like lollies, cakes and biscuits, eat more fruit and vegetables, drink water instead of soft drinks and juices, and reduce facts by eating less fried food, you will lose weight and be healthier.

You don't need to pay a lot of money to join a gym or buy expensive equipment. Exercise should be part of your everyday life, like walking or cycling instead of going by car. Your need to be active instead of watching TV or sitting at a computer. Start some organized activity you'll keep up because you enjoy it.

It is important that you continue with your lifestyle changes, not just for a few days, weeks or months. Of course, sometimes you will eat the wrong food and that is fine as long as it only happens occasionally and you normally eat, drink and exercise wisely.

It really shouldn't be too complicated, difficult or expensive to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. You just need to be patient and makes some changes to your life. If you do, you can be healthier and have a much better future without spending a lot of money and making a lot other people very rich.

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet, knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Tenses Exercise

A. Fill in the right forms of the verb in the blanks.
1. He ___washes______ (wash) his bike by himself.
2. My friend sometimes _____plays_____ (play) with his uncle.
3. I like to _____talk_____ ( talk ) with the actor.
4. My friend often ____goes______ (go) shopping.
5. My mother ______cooked_____ (cook) the dinner last weekend.
6. My coaches _________swim________ (swim) in the sea.
7. We _finish___(finish) doing our homework before dinner everyday.
8. My younger brother ___ate______ (eat) three apples yesterday.
9. One of my friends _____likes______ (like ) to play the guitar.
10. Can you _____run_____ (run) two miles ?
11. The teacher _____has______ (have) a headache.
12. They ____watch________ (watch) a movie every week.
13. Does it _______snow_______ (snow) outside?
14. He often _____takes____ (take) his umbrella with him.
15. My good friends ___stayed_______ (stay) in a good hotel last week.
16. I was very happy to ___play_______ ( play ) in the park yesterday.
17. My friends often ______bring____ (bring) his books to read.
18. The workers _______washed____ (wash) his car last weekend.
19. Tom and Jerry _______climb__________ (climb) the hill.
20. I __finish____(finish) practise playing pinao before dinner everyday
21. My aunt ____cooked_____ ( cook) lunch with me yesterday.
22. One of my uncles ____doesn't __like_____ (not like ) to play the guitar.
23. Did you ___fly_______ (fly) by plane last week ?
24. The teacher ____does not have_______ (not have) a headache.
25. They ______do not watch______ ( not watch) a movie every week.
26. Did it _______rain_______ ( rain) outside?
27. He often ______rides___ (ride) bike by myself.
28. My best friend _____lives_____ (live) with his uncle.
29. I like to _____travel_____ ( travel ) to USA.
30. My friends often ___go_______ (go) shopping.