Homework

Cooking Verbs Intermediate

A. Underline the correct Cooking Verb in each sentence.

1. Before preparing the ingredients, whisk / preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

2. Melt / dice the butter in a pan, then add the eggs and cheese.

3. Grate / carve the cheese over the dish, then cook in a preheated oven for 40 minutes.

4. Beat / boil the pasta for 11 minutes, then drain in a colander and add oil.

5. Serve / grate the curry with rice or naan bread.

B. Match the sentence halves, putting the Cooking Verbs in the correct form.

1. Sam ……………………………… (fry) the onion ……… a. beef in the oven with some leeks and potatoes.

2. I ……………………………… (mash) the ……… b. my own bread. I never buy it from a shop.

3. Dan ……………………………… (beat) the ……… c. in the oil until it was golden brown.

4. Al likes to ……………………………… (sprinkle) ……… d. eggs with a fork, then added them to the flour.

5. We ……………………………… (roast) the ……… e. salt over everything he eats.

6. Sara ……………………………… (stir) ……… f. potatoes in a bowl with some milk and butter.

7. After ……………………………… (peel) ……… g. the sugar into her tea, then added a little milk.

8. After I ……………………………… (burn) ……… h. the carrot, I threw the skin in the bin.

9. I always ……………………………… (bake) ……… i. tins with butter before pouring in the batter.

10. Sam ……………………………… (grease) the ……… j. the toast, the house smelt of smoke all day.

C. Complete the sentences using a suitable Cooking Verb from the box on the left and one
of the nouns from the box on the right.

chop prepare bake steam add pinch recipe soup ingredients herb

1. My Mum taught me how to ……………………………… this ……………………………… when I was very small.

2. The ……………………………… says to ……………………………… the carrots into large chunks before frying.

3. I always ……………………………… the fish in my steamer with basil, my favourite ………………………………

4. I usually ……………………………… a ……………………………… of salt to the soup to give it more flavour.

5. Before ……………………………… the pizza in the oven, I added a few other ………………………………

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 Homework answers
Cooking Verbs Intermediate

Exercise A
1. preheat
2. melt
3. grate
4. boil
5. serve

Exercise B
1. fried, c
2. mashed, f
3. beat, d
4. sprinkle, e
5. roasted, a
6. stirred, g
7. peeling, h
8. burned, j
9. bake, b
10. greased, i

Exercise C
1. prepare, soup
2. recipe, chop
3. steam, herb
4. add, pinch
5. baking, ingredients

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