I. Underline the correct word in each sentence.
- Would you like a bread/roll with your soup?
- The first course/plate consisted of cold fish and salad.
- That was a really lovely food/meal. Please let me pay for you.
- I felt so thirsty that I drank two cans/tins of Corky Cola.
- Nowadays many people buy frozen/iced food instead of fresh food.
- Could you give me the receipt/recipe for this cake? It's delicious!
- This pie is fantastic! It's really tasteful/tasty.
- Helen is a really good cook/cooker.
- Can I have a fork/spoon so I can stir my coffee?
- Waiter, could you bring me the accounts/bill/addition, please?
- It's a very popular restaurant - we should apply for/book/keep a table.
- If you're hungry, why not ask for a large dish/plate/portion?
- Please help/serve/wait yourself to salads from the salad bar.
- Waiter, can I see the catalogue/directory/menu, please?
- This fish is not what I called/commanded/ordered.
- This dish/plate/serving is a speciality of our restaurant.
- Have you tried the crude/raw/undercooked fish at the new Japanese restaurant?
- Paul never eats meat, he's a vegetable/vegetarian/vegetation.
- Have you decided what to have for your main course/food/helping?
II. Write the number of the picture next to the correct word.
III. What verbs denote ways of cooking food? The pictures below can help you.
IV. Complete each sentence with a suitable verb from the box.
add | bake | boil | chop | fry | grate | mix | peel | roast | squeeze |
- John decided to ...roast...the beef in the oven for two hours.
- Put all the ingredients in a bowl and them together well.
- First the onions into small pieces.
- I wanted to some cakes this morning, but I didn't have time.
- Taste the soup, and salt and pepper if necessary.
- ...the potatoes, and then cut them into large pieces.
- These vegetables taste great if you them for a minute in hot oil.
- ...some cheese, and sprinkle it over the pasta.
- ...a lemon and sprinkle the juice over the salad.
- ...the rice in salted water for ten minutes.
V. Complete each phrase with a suitable word from the box.
bacon | saucers | butter | bread | forks | pepper | beer | chips | chocolate | instant | coffee | wine | grapes |
cups and | a can of | |
fish and | a bar of | |
knives and | a jar of | |
bread and | a bunch of... | |
eggs and | a bottle of.... | |
salt and | a loaf of |
VI. Complete the labels with suitable words from the box.
frying | pan | saucepan | casserole | dish | jar | kettle | bowl | tin-opener | mug | food | mixer | jar |
VII. Match each description with the name of a kind of food from the box.
cheese | chop | grape | lamb | lettuce | onion | plum | pie |
- Green or purple fruit which grows in bunches.
...grape - Small vegetable with a strong smell and taste.
- Plant with large green leaves used in salads.
- Meat from a young sheep.
- Meat, vegetables or fruit baked in pastry.
- Small sweet fruit with red or yellow skin, and a stone in the centre.
- Solid food made from milk.
- Piece of pork or lamb with a bone, cut from the ribs of the animal.
VIII. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
bill | book | dessert | menu | takeaway | tip |
- We weren't sure what to have, so we asked for the:menu
- Tony finished his meal, paid the..., and left the restaurant.
- After two courses we felt full, so we didn't have any
- We had a very tasty Indian ...for the main course.
- This is a popular restaurant and you have to... a table.
- The service was excellent so we left a large... on the table.
IX. Which are fish and which are usually called seafood?
prawns | sardines | squid | oysters | mackerel | mussels crab | plaice | trout | lobster | cod | sole | whiting | hake |
X. What do we call the meat of these animals?
calf | deer | sheep (two names) | pig (three names) |
XI. Label the vegetables using the words from the box.
asparagus | aubergine (Br)/eggplant (Am) | bean | broccoli | |
cabbage | carrot | cauliflower | celery | courgette (Br)/zucchini (Am) |
leek | lettuce | mushroom | onion | pepper |
XII. Complete each sentence with a or some, or leave the space blank.
- I'd like ..a... chicken, please, a large one for roasting.
- Could I have... bread, please?
- Do we have time for ...snack before our bus leaves?
- Would you like to come to ...lunch with me on Thursday?
- There's...milk jug in the cupboard near the fridge.
- George has decided to go on...diet, starting next week.
- I'm going to have ....cheese and tomato sandwich.
- For breakfast I eat....toast and marmalade, and drink a glass of milk.
- Do you like ....yoghurt? Personally, I can't stand it!
- Tim managed to eat ....chicken, but felt too ill to eat anything else.
XIII. Complete each sentence (1-10) with a suitable ending (1-10). Use each ending once.
- Dinner's nearly ready. Can you lay 6....
- There's some meat in the fridge. Just warm....
- Keep an eye on the milk or it might boil....
- Jack likes his steak rare but I prefer mine well....
- When we finish lunch, I'll do the washing....
- I always cut roast beef with an electric carving....
- Mary bought a lovely set of cups and ....
- h) They serve a very cheap three course....
- i) I really enjoyed that freshly ground....
- j) If you have finished eating I'll clear....
- up if you dry and put the dishes away.
- it up in the microwave oven for a few minutes.
- coffee you made for me this morning.
- meal at the pub opposite the supermarket.
- knife as it makes really thin slices.
- the small table in the dining room?
- saucers in the sales last week.
- done, but not burnt if you see what I mean.
- away the plates and bring the next course.
- over and make a mess on the cooker.
XIV. Complete each sentence with one suitable word.
- I'm trying to cut down....on....fatty food.
- Don't worry! The smell of garlic wears....after a while.
- Let's look....the market before we buy any vegetables.
- I can't understand this recipe. Can you work....what it means?
- I'm afraid I don't feel up....eating another cream cake.
- I visited a farm once, and it put me....eating meat for a week.
- I haven't got....to cleaning the fish yet.
- Why don't we warm....last night's leftovers for lunch?
- Keith usually makes....his recipes as he goes along.
- The waiter seemed a bit put....when we didn't leave a tip.
XV. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
a) Would you prefer....С....potatoes or chips?
A) poached
B) ground
C) mashed
D) powdered
b) I bought this bread four days ago and now it's....
A) stale
B)off
C) bad
D) rotten
c) Don't forget to buy a packet of....peas.
A) chilled
B) frozen
C) frosted
D) chilly
d) Can you give me the.... for this pie? It's delicious.
A) prescription
B) instructions
C) ingredients
D) recipe
e) There was a wonderful smell of....bread in the kitchen.
A) cooking
B) roasting
C) baking
D) grilling
f) Don't buy those fish, they aren't very....
A) fresh
B) new
C) recent
D) young
g) I'd like to eat more of this cake, but it's very....
A) fat
B) fatty
C) fattened
D) fattening
h) Waiter, I can't eat this meat. It's under- ....
A) done
B) developed
C) nourished
D) weight
i) Is the hamburger for you to eat here, or to....?
A) go out
B) take away
C) carry on
D) sit down
j) That was fantastic. Could I have a second...., please?
A) plate
B) course
C) helping
D) service
XVI. Make a word or compound word to match the description.
- A spoon used for putting sugar in tea....teaspoon....
- A cloth put on the table at meal times ....
- A metal device for opening bottles....
- A pot in which tea is made....
- An electrical appliance for making toast....
- A cup specially made for coffee ....
- An omelette containing mushrooms....
- h) An electrical appliance for mixing food....
- i) A napkin made of paper ....
- j) The amount contained in a tablespoon....
- k) An electrical appliance for washing dishes....
XVII. Decide which answer (А, В, С or D) best fits each space.
Chickpea soup
This recipe is both (1)....В....and cheap. If you use dried chickpeas,
(2)....them for at least twelve hours in cold water. Drain them and
put them in a large (3)....with plenty of water. Bring them to the
boil, and then let them simmer gently (4)....the chickpeas are soft. I
find it easier to use (5)....chickpeas, which are already cooked. This
(6)....time, and also guarantees that the chickpeas will be soft, since
it can take hours of boiling before they (7)....Two small 450 gram
cans are usually (8)....Strain the chickpeas, but keep some of them
liquid for the soup. (9)....three tablespoons of olive oil into a
saucepan, and gently heat a chopped (10)...., two or three cloves of
garlic and some (11)....carrot. (12)....half the chickpeas
and turn them in the oil over a low heat. Meanwhile blend the remaining
chickpeas in a food (13)....until they make a smooth cream. Add
about half a litre of water to the vegetables and bring to the boil. Mix in the
creamed chickpeas and cook slowly. Add salt and (14)....and a pinch
of mixed herbs. Some (15)....add lemon juice at the end.
1 | A | expensive | B | tasty | C | worth | D | cold |
2 | A | soak | B | bury | C | wash | D | water |
3 | A | kettle | B | mug | C | sink | D | saucepan |
4 | A | when | B | until | C | if | D | enough |
5 | A | the | B | to | C | canned | D | crude |
6 | A | makes | B | takes | C | saves | D | gives |
7 | A | soften | B | harden | C | widen | D | lengthen |
8 | A | much | B | enough | C | mine | D | few |
9 | A | Grate | B | Peel | C | Beat | D | Pour |
10 | A | onion | B | up | C | one | D | water |
11 | A | melted | B | beaten | C | poached | D | sliced |
12 | A | One | B | Then | C | Add | D | Serve |
13 | A | just | B | not | C | dish | D | mixer |
14 | A | paper | B | puppy | C | pepper | D | poppy |
15 | A | cookers | B | cooks | C | cookery | D | chiefs |
XVIII. A Badly Written Menu
The manager of this restaurant is not brilliant in English, and he has made sixteen mistakes in the menu. Underline them and correct them.
XIX. Write down your favourite recipe.
Использованная литература.
- Michael McCarthy Felicity O'Dell, English Vocabulary in Use (upper-intermediate and advanced)
- Michael McCarthy Felicity О 'Dell, English Vocabulary in Use (advanced)
- Martin Hewings, Advanced Grammar in Use
- Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use (for intermediate students)
- Michael Vince, Paul Emmerson, Intermediate Language Practice
- Michael Vince, Paul Emmerson, First Certificate Language Practice
- Peter Watcyn-Jones and Mark Farrell, Test Your Vocabulary 5