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Exercise 1 - Food Tastes and Textures
Exercise 1 - Food Tastes and Textures
1 I only ate a salad for dinner. It was so ______light______ that I still feel hungry.
2 Sorry it’s taking me so long to eat this — the meat is very ______chewy______!
3 The meat should be cooked until it is _______tender_____ so that you can cut and
eat it easily.
5 You need to whisk lots of bubbles into the cream to make it ________crisp____.
6 This soup is very _____bland_______. I think you need to add more flavour.
7 The pastry is a bit soft and soggy. You should cook for longer till it’s
_______crisp_____.
A Complete the recipe with the words for ways of preparing and cooking food in the word box. Use
crack drizzle fold grate grill mix pour separate slice sprinkle whisk
1 (a) _______crack_____ one egg so the shell is broken, then break it open and add
the egg to a mixing bowl. Get another egg and (b) ______pour______ the egg yolk
from the egg white. Add the yolk to the bowl. Then (c) __whisk__________ the egg
quickly using a fork till it is all mixed together. Add milk to the mixing bowl and (d)
a thick piece of bread from a loaf and put it in the dish to soak up the mixture on both
sides.
4 (g) _____fold_______ a small amount of runny honey on top and serve the toast. Or
(h) _______slice_____ some cheese into small pieces and (i) ____________ them on
the cooked toast. Then (j) ____________ the toast till the cheese is melted. (k)
____________ it in half so you have a soft, sticky and cheesy centre, then serve.
Exercise 3 — Ways of preparing and cooking food
Complete the recipe with the words for ways of preparing and cooking food in the word box. Use
blend brush dice drop heat peel refrigerate roll squeeze stir warm up
2 (b) ____blend_________ the carrots to remove all the skins. Then (c)
_____dice________ them into small cubes using a knife. Put some oil in a pan, add
3 Put two cloves of garlic and some vegetable stock in a food processor. (d)
juice out of half a lemon to add. Then turn on the food processor to (f)
4 Get a ball of pastry and (g) _______roll______ it till it’s flat and thin. Put the pastry
in the pie tin, saving some for the top. (h) ______drop_______ the liquid mix into the
carrots, then add that to the pie tin. Put the rest of the pastry on top of the pie. Then (i)
______place_______ it with some melted butter and put it in the oven for forty
minutes.
5 Enjoy the pie hot from the oven. If there is any left over, you can (j)
Mum: Grandma just called and she’s coming over for lunch soon. What should
we make?
Sarah: Well, I think we have (1) __________ tins of tuna in the cupboard ... Yes!
There are two of them.
Mum: That’s perfect. We can make (2) __________ tuna salad sandwiches!
Grandma likes those! I bought a (3) __________ of bread yesterday. How
many slices have we left?
Sarah: Don’t worry! We still have (4) __________ bread.
Mum: Great! Are there any tomatoes in the fridge? We’ll want some for our
sandwiches.
Sarah: Yes, there are.
Mum: Good! I think there’s also a (5) __________ of eggs in the fridge.
Sarah: Yes … but there aren’t (6) __________ eggs left.
Mum: That’s OK. We only need two eggs for our sandwiches. Are there any
onions in the cupboard?
Sarah: Well, I see a (7) __________ of potatoes but we don’t have (8) __________
onions left.
Mum: That’s OK. We don’t need them.
Sarah: What about salad dressing?
Mum: Oh, right. I think we have a (9) __________ of it in the fridge.
Sarah: Yes. There’s some left.
Mum: Good. We just need a few (10) __________ of it. OK! Time to make the
sandwiches! Grandma will be arriving soon.
[someone knocking on the door]
Sarah: Oh! Grandma is already here!
1 A a few 5 A cube 9 A litre
B a little B jug B sack
C plenty C carton C bottle
3 A loaf 7 A bag
B carton B scoop
C slice C can
4 A any 8 A no
B many B any
C lots of C some
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Exercise 5- Imperatives
Complete the following steps of making lemon chicken using the correct form of the verbs in
the word box. You can use some of the verbs more than once. You may also need to use the
negative form of some of the verbs. Use capital letters where necessary.
First, (1) _______________ four spring onions and a piece of ginger into small pieces.
(2)
_______________ them in a bowl and (3) _______________ them well with four
tablespoons of lemon juice and one tablespoon of sugar. (4) _______________ any soy
sauce at this stage.
Next, (5) _______________ 400 grams of chicken into strips. If you want smaller
pieces, (6) _______________ them into cubes. (7) _______________ the chicken to the
bowl. Then (8) _______________ the bowl in the fridge for thirty minutes.
After that, (9) _______________ a stick of celery and 100 grams of mushrooms into
small pieces. (10) _______________ some oil in a frying pan. (11) _______________
frying the celery or mushrooms until the oil is hot. When the oil is hot, (12)
_______________ the celery and mushrooms until they are tender.
Lastly, (13) _______________ the chicken mixture to the pan and (14)
_______________ everything together until the chicken is cooked through. Then (15)
_______________ one teaspoon of soy sauce. If you don’t want the dish to be too
sweet, (16) _______________ another teaspoon of soy sauce.