Strong Choices Every Day: Healthy Food Habits – Reading Comprehension for Class 5 

This Grade 5 reading comprehension worksheet teaches children the importance of healthy eating through a simple and meaningful passage. Students learn the difference between nutritious foods like fruits, grains, vegetables, milk, and pulses, and junk foods that are oily, sugary, and salty. The passage clearly explains how good food choices give energy, help our body grow, and keep us active, while junk food can lead to tiredness and illness.

Children also understand what a balanced diet means and how habits like drinking clean water, eating on time, and choosing fresh foods keep the body and mind strong. The worksheet helps learners develop awareness, responsibility, and self-discipline while improving their reading comprehension.

Why Reading Comprehension Matters in Grammar? 

Comprehension exercises strengthen every part of language learning. For Grade 5 students, this topic is important because: 
1. It improves vocabulary and understanding of real-life informational texts. 
2. It helps children identify key ideas and supporting details. 
3. It strengthens critical thinking about daily choices and routines. 
4. It encourages responsible behaviour through meaningful content.

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students answer simple objective questions about healthy foods, effects of junk food, and what a balanced diet means. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions 
Learners describe how healthy food helps the body, why junk food should be avoided, and the meaning of a balanced diet. 

📚 Exercise 3 – Reflection and Connection 
Students think deeply about why schools teach healthy eating, how good food habits help students, and how parents can encourage nutrition at home. 

📝 Vocabulary Builder 
Students find an antonym for “healthy” from the passage. 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Option 
1. d) Fruits 
2. b) We fall sick 
3. a) Eating food in right amount 

Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions 
1. It gives energy and helps our body grow. 
2. It means eating different kinds of food in the right amount. 
3. Because junk food causes tiredness and illness. 

Exercise 3 – Reflection and Connection 
1. To build lifelong healthy habits. 
2. It helps them stay active and focus better. 
3. By cooking nutritious meals at home. 
4. Unhealthy. 

Help your child build strong habits and strong skills with this wholesome reading comprehension worksheet! 
Good reading and good eating go hand in hand. 

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