Exercise 4

To learn long list 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. “vegetable which grow underground” (potatoes, carrots etc.). If possible, compare your answers with someone else’s.

Aubergine leek cucumber spinach carrot

Potato cauliflower green/red pepper tomato

Sweetcorn lettuce onion rice pea

Cabbage garlic radish bean shallot

Turnip asparagus beetroot celery pumpkin

Exercise 5 Use the taste and flavour words opposite to describe the following.

1. Indian curry

2. Pizza

3. Sea water

4. A cup of tea with five spoonfuls of sugar

5. Strong black coffee with no sugar

6. Factory-made white bread

Exercise 6 Sort these dishes out under the heading Starters, Main courses or Desserts.

Chicken casserole grilled trout

Irish stew fresh fruit salad

Chocolate fudge cake prawn cocktail

Coffee gateau shrimps in garlic

Pate and roast sorbet

Jelly rump steak

Exercise 7 What might you say to the person/ people with you in a restaurant if …

your chips had too much oil/fat on them?

your dish had obviously been cooked too much/too long?

your piece of meat was absolutely perfectly cooked?

your dish seemed to have no flavour at all?

Exercise 8 How do you like the following foods prepared? Use words : boil, fry, bake, roast, grill, etc. What do you like to put in the following dishes from the list in the box?

a leg of chicken potatoes

a fillet of cod mushrooms

eggs cheese

prawns sausages

salt pepper vinegar mustard drawn sauce

salad-dressing oil mayonnaise lemon juice ketchup

Exercise 9 Answer the questions.

1. Which are fish and which are usually called sea food?

Prawns sardines squid oysters mackerel

Crab plaice trout lobster cod

Sole mussels hake whiting

2. What do we call the meat of these animals?

calf deer sheep (2 names) pig (3 names)

3.Which of these fruit grow in your country/region? Are there others not listed here?

peach	plum	grapefruit	grape
nectarine	star-fruit	blackcurrant	raspberry
melon	lime	kiwi-fruit	mango

Exercise 10

1. Look at the menu. Check the meaning of new words in your dictionary.

L A N G A N ‘ S Hors d’oeuvres Soup of the day Smoked salmon on brown bread Prawn cocktail Pate with toast Scampi Main courses Grilled lamb chops Steak Fried chicken Plaice in wine sauce Various omelettes

R E S T A U R A N T Vegetables All our vegetables are fresh! Potatoes Carrots Peas Cauliflower Green salad Desserts Fresh fruit salad Apple pie Cheese cake

2. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions. Then use them to complete the conversation between the waiter and two customers, Linda and George.

coffee you like Would

order to wine you like some Would

water Fizzy still mineral or

table two a We’d for like

bill have can the we

menu have we the Could

included service the Is

First pate I’d like the

lamb course the I’d chops for main like

vegetables you What would like

Waiter: Good evening, sir. Good evening, madam.

George: Good evening. (a)__________________ , please.

Waiter: Certainly. Is this table all right?

George: That’s fine. (b)________________ , please?

Waiter: Certainly. The soup of the day is French onion soup. Are you ready to order?

George: Yes. (c)______________________ .

Linda: And for me the prawn cocktail.

Waiter: Yes, madam.

George: And then (d)________________________ .

Linda: And I’d like a steak.

Waiter: (e)______________________?

Linda: Medium, please.

Waiter: That’s fine. (f) _____________________?

Linda: Potatoes and cauliflower, please.

Waiter: (g) _______________________?

Linda: Yes. Can I see the wine list? A bottle of French red.

George: And some mineral water, please.

Waiter: (h) ______________________?

George: Still, please.

* * *

George: That was delicious!

Waiter: Thank you very much. (i) ____________________?

Linda: Yes. Black, please.

George: And (j) ____________________?

Waiter: Of course.

George: (k)___________________?

Waiter: No, it isn’t, sir.

George: Can I pay by credit card?

Waiter: Yes that’s fine.

Exercise 11 Use your dictionary. Put the correct group of adjectives from the box next to each noun.

White/brown	Hot/mild	Fresh/frozen
Dry/sweet	Rare/medium/well-done	White/black
Fizzy/still

a___________________________ wine

b___________________________ bread

c___________________________ coffee

d___________________________ mineral water

e___________________________ curry

f___________________________ peas

g___________________________ steak