Food and Drink (10) ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE (ELEMENTARY)

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE (ELEMENTARY)

Food and Drink (10)

A	Everyday food Would you like some bread?                                                                     I love sushi because I love rice. Pasta is good for you, but don’t eat too much! I always put salt on my chips, but not pepper. My sister never eats meat or fish. She’s vegetarian. Do you take sugar in tea or coffee? Common mistakes Can I have some bread? [NOT Can I have a bread?]
B	Fast food I eat hamburgers, hot dogs and pizzas when I don’t have much time. Fish and chips is popular in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
C	Fruit /fruːt/ and vegetables /ˈvedʒtəbəlz/         Vegetables are good for you. Fruit is also good for you. (singular, uncountable) Vegetables. Common mistakes I love fruit [NOT I love fruits].
D	Drink Tip Go to a supermarket. How many different kinds of food or drink have English names on them? Try to learn some of them.

Exercises

10.1	Complete the sentences. Use words from the opposite page. 1 ___Rice_____ is popular in Japan. 2 ____________ and ____________ are very popular in Italy. 3 Chips are made from____________ 4 Many British people eat____________ 5 Hamburgers are made from____________ 6 A ____________ is a sausage inside a piece of bread.
10.2	Put these words into two lists: fruit and vegetables. beans    pineapple    grapes    onions     apple     carrot     garlic     pear    mushrooms fruit vegetables beans
10.3	Write the names of these fruit and vegetables.
10.4	Here are the names of some drinks with the letters mixed up. What are they? 1 eta __tea___ 2 rebe _________ 3 klim _________ 4 fecofe _________ 5 rituf eciju _________ 6 nilemar retaw _________
10.5	Choose a, b or c. 1 Vegetarians do not eat a) vegetables b) meat c) fast food. 2 Garlic is a kind of a) fruit b) fast food c) vegetable. 3 You put a) salt b) beer c) sugar in coffee. 4 Which is correct a) pinapple b) pineapple c) pieapple? 5 The first sound in onion is the same as the sound in a) fun b) orange c) man. 6 A pear is a) a drink b) a vegetable c) a fruit.
10.6	What are your four favourite foods? And your three favourite drinks? Are they good for you? Use a dictionary to help you.

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