Part I what we eat Fruit and Vegetables

Part 1

1. Which of these vegetables can you find in the picture? Label each vegetable in the picture with the appropriate number.

1. artichoke

2. asparagus

3. aubergine (Am.

egg plant)

4. beans

5. beetroot (Am. beet)

6. broccoli

7. brussel sprouts

8. cabbage

9. carrot

10. cauliflower

11. celery root

12. chicory

13. Chinese leaves (Am. bok choy)

14. courgette (Am. zucchini)

15. cucumber

16. dill

17. garlic

18. horse-radish

19. Jerusalem artichoke

20. leek

21. lentils

22. lettuce

23. marrow (Am. squash)

24. mushroom

25. okra

26. onion

27. parsley

28. parsnip

29. peas

30. potato

31. pumpkin

32. radish

33. red / green pepper

34. shallot

35. sorrel

36. soya

37. spinach

38. spring onion (Am. green onion)

39. swede (Am. rutabaga)

40. sweet potato

41. tomato

42. turnip

43. white radish

44. yam

2. Name the vegetables which you eat every day.

Which vegetables do you like to eat in soups / salads / pickled / raw?

3. 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.). If possible, compare your answers with someone else’s.

aubergine leek cucumber spinach carrot potato cauliflower courgette lettuce onion pea cabbage garlic radish bean shallot turnip asparagus beetroot marrow brussel sprouts swede pumpkin sorrel green/red pepper celery

Part 2

A. Now try to do the same with the different fruit below.

1. apple

2. apricot

3. ashberry

4. banana

5. bilberry (blueberry, huckleberry)

6. blackberry

7. black / red currants

8. blood orange

9. cantalop (Am.cantaloupe)

10. cherry

11. cherry-plum

12. coconut

13. cornel (Cornelian cherries, dogwood)

14. cranberry

15. cranberry bush (snowball tree)

16. date

17. dog rose (sweetbrier)

18. elderberry

19. fig

20. gooseberry

21. grapefruit

22. grapes

23. hawthorn

24. honeydew melon

25. kiwi fruit

26. lemon

27. lime

28. lychee

29. mango

30. melon

31. mulberry

32. nectarine

33. orange

34. papaya

35. passion fruit

36. peach

37. pear

38. persimmon

39. pineapple

40. pip

41. plantain

42. plum

43. pomegranate

44. pulp

45. quince

46. raisins / sultana

47. raspberry

48. rhubarb

49. sea-buckthorn

50. star fruit

51. stone(Br)=pit(Am)

52. strawberry

53. sweet cherry

54. tangerine

55. watermelon

56. wild strawberry

B. Do you like fruit? Which? Why?

Which of the following fruits are your favourites? Why?

Which of them grow in our country and which have come from other countries?

Which fruits are sour / sweet / bitter?

Which are other fruits that you have never tasted?

Which fruits are yellow / blue / dark blue / green / orange / red?

C. Choose several vegetables. How can you buy them?

	by the dozen	canned	bunch	one by one	by the pound

D. Choose a vegetable to go with each ad and write it in the line below. There may be more than one good answer.

Sweet, not strong Will not make you cry		Cheaper by the 10 lb. Bag!		CRISP & LEAFY GREAT FOR SALAD!
1. _______________		2. _______________		3. ______________
THREE BEAUTIFUL WHITE HEADS FOR ONLY $ 3.00		RED, RIPE, JUICY!		BUY TWELVE AND GET ONE EAR FREE!
4. _______________		5. _______________		6. ______________
Two stalks for $2!		Tender pods – Great for stir-fry!		3 cloves for only $1,5!
7. _______________		8. _______________		9. ______________

E. Find as many answers as possible for each statement. Your answers may be different from your neighbour’s.

1. You can get “milk” from this.

2. Monkeys like this.

3. You can make good juice from this.

4. You can find them in candy bars.

5. You can make wine from these.

6. You often sprinkle salt on these.

7. You can eat these with a spoon.

8. You crack these open with a knife.

9. You often sprinkle sugar on these.

F. Here are some common expressions using fruit. Work with several other students to see if you can find out what each one means. Do you think they are nice things to say or not? Put a plus or a minus after each expression to show whether it’s a positive or negative thing to say. Write a short definition.

• the apple of my eye

• the top banana

• a peach

• a plum

• a lemon

• a nut

G. The following words are listed in alphabetical order according to length. Fit them into their proper places in the Word Frames. The puzzle has been started for you with the word TOMATO. Now look for an 8-letter word in which A is the sixth letter. Continue this way until the puzzle is completed.

3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Fig	Bean	Apple	Cherry	Apricot	Broccoli	Artichoke	Grapefruit
Pea	Beet	Lemon	Garlic	Avocado	Cucumber	Asparagus	Strawberry
Yam	Kiwi	Mango	Grapes	Cabbage	Egg plant	Blueberry	Watermelon
	Leek	Melon	Orange	Kumquat	Zucchini	Nectarine	11
	Lime	Olive	Potato	Lettuce		Persimmon	Bean sprouts
	Okra	Onion	Radish	Pumpkin		Pineapple	Cauliflower
	Pear	Peach	Squash	Spinach		Raspberry	Green pepper
	Plum		Tomato			Red pepper
			Turnip			Tangerine