Ex.1 A.With one or two other students, write different foods in lists under the four
headings. You can write the same food in more than one list. Discuss the meaning of
the headings first. Good food Disgusting food Dangerous food Irresistible food
B.Unfortunately, food is not always nice to eat! Here are some words to describe it.
Divide the words into three columns - one column for good qualities, one for bad
qualities and one for qualities that can be good or bad.
good bad good or bad
Delicious
Burnt
Cold
Greasy
Fresh
soft tasty
Stale
sweet tender
Overcooked
warm tough
salty undercooked
raw hard hot
Ex.2.To learn long lists of words, it is sometimes helpful to divide them up into groups. Try dividing these vegetable names into groups, in any way you like, e.g. 'vegetables which grow underground' (potatoes, carrots etc.).
aubergine
leek
cucumber
spinach
carrot
potato
cauliflower
celery green/red
pepper
courgette
sweetcorn
lettuce
onion
rice
pea cabbage
garlic
radish
bean
turnip
asparagus
beetroot
Ex.3.Use the taste and flavour words to describe the following.
1 Indian curry 5 a cup of tea with five spoonfuls of sugar
2 pizza 6 strong black coffee with no sugar
3 sea water 7 factory-made white bread
4 an unripe apple
Ex. 4.Sort these dishes out under the headings starters, main courses or desserts.
chicken
casserole
coffee
gateau
fresh fruit salad
Irish stew pate and toast
prawn cocktail
rump steak grilled trout
Ex. 5.What might you say to the person/people with you in a restaurant if...
1 your chips had too much oil/fat on them?
2 your dish had obviously been cooked too much/too long?
3 your piece of meat was absolutely perfectly cooked?
4 your dish seemed to have no flavour at all?
Ex. 6. A. How do you like the following foods prepared? What do you like to put on the foods from the list ?
a leg of chicken
eggs
potatoes
cheese
sausages a fillet of cod
prawns
mushrooms
B. What type of potatoes do you like best:
Boiled in jackets
Fried
Chips
Crisps
Baked potato
Mashed potato
Ex. 7. A. What do we call the meat of these animals?
calf deer sheep (two names) pig (three names)
B. Which of these fruit grow in your country/region? Are there others not listed here?
C. Read the list of foodstuffs and the list of verbs. Note down what you can do to each of the foodstuffs by listing the appropriate verbs. Then take each verb and say which of the foodstuffs it can be used with.
1 eggs
2 potatoes
3 meat
4 pastry or dough
5 fish
6 cream
7 vegetables
Roll
Scale
Whip
dice scramble
Mince
Stew
beat chip
Knead
Bone
stuff crack
Blend
Steam
chop carve
Grate
Peel
Mash
Ex. 8. A.In the list below cross out things an Englishman doesn't have for breakfast.
Ex. 9.This time A wants to know about the dishes in the list below. A covers the information on the right. B answers using the information in the menu notes.
A
seafood chowder beef stew pizza
custard pie cheesecake
Ex. 10.Do you often eat the following food in your country? If so, do you eat it in the same way?
Example: In Britain, we often eat 'fish' but not usually 'raw fish'.
raw fish fried rice fried eggs grilled sausages baked potatoes roast beef raw spinach roast peppers fried bread boiled eggs grilled cheese baked bananas
Ex. 11.Choose a possible adjective to describe each of these foods.
Ex. 12. A .Put each of the following verbs into its correct place in the sentences below.
chew lick polish off swallow digest gnaw consume peck at (a) The children have no appetite. They just ____ their food. They hardly eat anything.
(b) My mother always used to say to me, 'Now make sure you ____ meat carefully before you ____ it.
(c) In Britain people ____ four million tons of potatoes every year.
(d) He has an enormous appetite. I've seen him _____ four hamburgers and a pile of chips at a sitting.
(e) The starving prisoners were so desperate they would ____ any meat bones they could find.
(f) It's not good for your body to ____ your food so quickly. Eat slowly so that you can _____it properly.
(g) He was so hungry that when he'd finished his food, he began to ______ the plate!
B. Some meat is given a different name from the animal it comes from. What animals
do the following meats come from?
(a) pork
(b) beef
(c) bacon
(d) venison(
e) veal
(f) mutton
(g) ham
C. Match each verb on the left below with the food item on the right it is preparation most often associated with.
(a) to carve cheese .
(b) to crack an orange
(c) to grate a loaf
(d) to knead a nut
(e) to peel a rabbit
(f) to skin a joint of meat (g) to slice dough D. Instructions as above.
(a) to mince cream
(b) to shell meat
(c) to toss a hard-boiled egg
(d) to whip eggs
(e) to stuff a cake
(f) to mash a chicken
(g) to beat a pancake (h) to ice potatoes
E. Explain the difference between the words or phrases in each of the following pairs.
(a) starving and parched
(b) a snack and a square meal
(c) stale and mouldy
(d) peckish and starving
(e) uneatable and inedible
(f) a beer-bottle and a bottle of beer (g) a starter and a dessert
Ex. 12. Drinking
A.Make sentences by connecting each person on the left below with the correct phrase on the right
(a) A teetotaller serves people in a pub
(b) A secret drinker runs a pub
(c) A social drinker has a drink from time to time
(d) An occasional drinker only drinks with other people, e. g. at parties
(e) An alcoholic doesn’t want other people to know he drinks
(f) A drunkard drinks a lot
(g) A barmaid is often drunk (h) A heavy drinker never drinks alcohol (i) A publican is addicted to alcohol B. Which drinks would be a good drink for
(a) a children s party
(b) an adults party
(c) a formal reception
(d) someone who s going to drive
(e) a last drink of the evening
(f) a hot day
(g) someone who is nervous before an important occasion (h) someone who is trying to give up alcohol
C Put each of the following words into its correct place in the sentences below
sip
pub crawl
toast
breathalyzer drop
stagger
booze
corkscrew intoxicated
vineyard
cheers
hangover
(a) Let s open another bottle of wine Where’s the ___?
(b) We went on a _____ last night This morning I’ve got a terrible________
(c) Wine is made from grapes which are grown in a ___
(d) Here’s a ____ to John and Elizabeth.
(e) Don t drink it all at once. Just ___ it.
(f) When British people drink they often say, ___
(g) The police stopped the driver and gave him a ___ test.
(h) I don t want much please just a _______
(i) A slang word for alcoholic drink is ___
(j) A formal word for drunk is ___
(k) He couldn t walk properly He could only ___
D. Briefly describe as a warning of the possible dangers of alcohol, an evening in which some people start drinking and end up in a police cell Use at least six of the words at the top of the exercise above.
E. Explain the difference in each of the following pairs
(a) sober and drunk
(b) tipsy and drunk
(c) still orange and fizzy orange '
(d) draught beer and bottled beer
(e) a pub and an off licence
Ex. 13.Here are some dishes from different countries of the world. Can you match the countries with the names of the dishes?
Spain tacos Mexico fondue Italy curry
India roast beef and Yorkshire pudding England paella Switzerland spaghetti bolognese Germany sausage and sauerkraut
Food Recipes
Ex. 14. Here are some recipes. With another student, try to guess what each recipe is for.
Ex. 15. Measure for measure
Here is a recipe for cucumbers filled with rice, but all the measures and the ingredients are mixed up. With another student, try to put the right measures with the right ingredients.
Ex. 16.Look carefully below at the different things that can be made in the kitchen.
Why it should be me that goes out to work: an extract from the diary of a frustrated and indecisive housewife or - husband.
Our first menu
Asparagus Soup - for starter
Dover Sole
Roast Chicken,potatoes, carrots, peas -main dish
Peach Flan - for dessert
Our first performance
Act One
scrub asparagus stems strip away the base cut out woody parts scale the fish,bone andfilletit cut off head and tail peel andwash potatoes top and tail carrots shell peas thaw frozen chicken skin peaches andremove stones
Act Two
chop up asparagus orshred it place fish ongreased foil slice potatoes dice carrots crack two eggs for the tart separate them
Act Three
scald marrow bones forbeef-tea brown them in oven put in large pan;add otheringredients bring to boil andsimmer toextract juices strain through sieve brush fish withmelted butter stuff the chicken cover the breast with bacon rashers season andrub with lemon juice cook in middle ofpre-heated oven sift flour and salt into bowl for pastry cut up butter,rub into flour andmix
add water,sprinkling evenly over surface beat egg-whites andfold them intomixture knead gently, thenchill for 30 minutes
Act Four
pour over asparagus andboil allow to bubble for an hour,stirring regularly dress the fish place in hot oven steam vegetables baste(çàøèòü) the chicken roll out pastry bake in oven whip orwhisk cream for topping
Act Five
warm the plates skim the soup toremove fat, etc. garnish the fish coat withpre-prepared sauce (oh!) drain vegetables make gravy from stock carve meat grate nutmeg over flan leave to cool
FinaleServe
Epiloguefreeze left-overs
The next day I read the plan of action ... and went out to find a job. Chicken Chow Mein is OK, even though it has this rather strangeafter-taste.