Vegetables

1. aubergine (n) Aubergines are long vegetables with purple skin.

2. bean (n) There are many different types of beans including green beans and soya beans.

3. cabbage (n) A cabbage is a hard round vegetable with large green leaves.

4. carrot (n) A carrot is a long thin orange vegetable.

5. cauliflower (n) A cauliflower is a vegetable with a hard, round white part in the centre of green leaves.

6. celery (n) Celery is a long thin green vegetable, usually eaten raw in salads.

7. courgette (n) A courgette is a long vegetable with dark green skin that looks like a cucumber.

8. cucumber (n) A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with green skin and is white inside, often eaten in salads.

9. garlic (n) Garlic is a round white vegetable with strong flavour that is often added to food.

10. leek (n) A leek is a long thin vegetable that is white at one end with green leaves at the other.

11. lettuce (n) A lettuce is a vegetable with large thin green leaves, eaten raw in salads.

12. mushroom (n) A mushroom is grey or brown vegetable with a round top and a short stem.

13. olive (n) Olives are small and black or green – they are eaten raw or used for their oil.

14. onion (n) An onion is a round vegetable with thin brown skin that tastes and smells very strong.

15. pepper (n) A pepper is a red, green or yellow vegetable with small white seeds inside.

16. radish (n) A radish is a small pink or purple vegetable, eaten raw in salads.

17. spinach (n) Spinach is a vegetable with dark green leaves that are cooked or eaten raw in salads.

Other

1. antioxidant (n) Chocolate contains antioxidants which protect the body against cancer.

2. bake (v) When you bake something, you put it in the oven.

3. biscuit (n) I often have a cup of tea with a biscuit as a snack.

4. bottled (adj) A lot of people drink bottled water nowadays.

5. bread (n) I usually have bread and jam for breakfast.

6. burger and chips (n) Kids love eating burgers and chips.

7. caffeine (n) Chocolate contains caffeine.

8. chocolate-covered (adj) Have you ever eaten chocolate-covered peanuts?

9. cocoa (n) White chocolate doesn’t contain any cocoa.

10. cooked (adj) Do you prefer raw or cooked vegetables?

11. crème caramel (n) Crème caramel is a sweet food made from cream, eggs and sugar.

12. crisp (n) Don’t eat too many crisps – they’re bad for you.

13. curry (n) Curry is a hot, spicy dish from India.

14. dark chocolate (n) Dark chocolate is healthier than milk chocolate.

15. deep-fry (v) When you deep-fry something, you cook it in a lot of hot oil.

16. dish (n) Mark has tasted many unusual dishes from around the world.

17. draught (adj) Do you prefer bottled or draught beer?

18. fast food (n) Fast food is food such as burgers and chips.

19. feast (n) Mark had a feast of insects when he was in Indonesia.

20. flavour (n) What’s your favourite ice-cream flavour?

21. fresh (adj) I prefer eating fresh fish to frozen fish.

22. frozen (adj) I prefer eating fresh fish to frozen fish.

23. fry (v) When you fry something, you cook it in hot oil.

24. main course (n) When Mark was in Indonesia he ate roasted cockroaches as a main course.

25. mild (adj) “Mild” is a word that means the opposite of “strong”.

26. milk chocolate (n) A lot of milk chocolate contains very little cocoa.

27. mineral (n) Insects are a good source of protein and minerals.

28. over-cooked (adj) Vegetables that are over-cooked don’t have much flavour.

29. peas (n) Peas are very small round green vegetables.

30. popcorn (n) I love eating popcorn at the cinema.

31. protein (n) Insects are a good source of protein and minerals.

32. raw (adj) Raw meat or fish has not been cooked.

33. red (meat) (n) Beef is a type of red meat.

34. rice (n) Most Indian and Chinese dishes contain rice.

35. roast (v) When you roast something, you cover it with oil and cook it in the oven.

36. salted peanuts (n) Salted peanuts are crunchy and salty.

37. seafood (n) L obster and mussels are types of seafood.

38. strong (adj) D o you like strong, black coffee?

39. syrup (n) Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the shower scene in Psycho.

40. tinned (adj) Tinned food is food that you buy in a tin.

41. tray dinner (n) O n Saturday we had a tray dinner in front of the TV as a treat.

42. vitamin (n) Fruit and vegetables contain important vitamins.

43. weak (adj) I prefer my coffee weak, with lots of milk.

44. white (meat) (n) Chicken and turkey are types of white meat.

45. white chocolate (n) White chocolate doesn’t contain any cocoa.

Partitives

1. a bar of chocolate/soap

2. a bowl of fruit/sugar

3. a box of chocolates/matches

4. a bunch of bananas/flowers

5. a jar of honey/instant coffee

6. a packet of cigarettes/crisps

Taste and Texture

Taste

1. bitter (adj) Lemons have a bitter taste.

2. bland (adj) Something that is bland doesn’t have much taste.

3. delicious (adj) Cobra is a little tough and chewy, but delicious.

4. disgusting (adj) Something that tastes disgusting has a taste that you really dislike.

5. fishy (adj) “Does Cobra taste fishy?” “No, it tastes meaty.”

6. fruity (adj) There’s a rich liquid inside the cockroaches that tastes sweet and fruity.

7. meaty (adj) “Does Cobra taste fishy?” “No, it tastes meaty.”

8. revolting (adj) “Revolting” is a word that means the same as “disgusting”.

9. salty (adj) Something that is salty tastes of salt.

10. spicy (adj) Curry is a hot, spicy dish.

11. tasty (adj) Fried grasshoppers are really crisp and tasty.

Texture

1. chewy (adj) Cobra is a little tough and chewy, but delicious.

2. crisp (adj) Fried grasshoppers are really crisp and tasty.

3. crunchy (adj) Roasted cockroaches are really crunchy on the outside.

4. dry (adj) Do you prefer dry or sweet wine?

5. greasy (adj) Something that tastes greasy has been cooked in too much oil.

6. tough (adj) Something that is tough is difficult to chew.

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