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Pre-intermediate Unit 3, p27: Food and meals

Review
1 Find twenty words about food and meals in the word puzzle. Write them in the spaces.
Words go:

m u

g m

u m

m u

o m

2 Choose words from exercise 1 to complete two conversations in a caf. The first letter is shown.
Waiter Are you ready to order your 1 m

now?
2

, Ill have the vegetarian 3 l

, with a green
6
with c
on top for dessert.

Beth

Yes. I dont eat meat, so for my main c

4
s
. Fruits good so Ill have 5 s

Alan

Well, I like meat so Ill have the roast 7 c

. For a vegetable dish, Id like fried 8 m
9
with green h
, please. Which ones do you use?

Waiter

10

and parsley.

Waiter May I take your order?

Charlie Yes, Id like a hamburger with 11 c

on top, and can I have tomato 12 s

with it?

Waiter Yes, Ill bring some ketchup. And you, sir?

Ned

I think Id like the Indian 13 c

Waiter The main

15
s

14

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. Whats in it?

is chicken but it also has onions, potatoes and two or three different
.

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Extension
3 Match descriptions 18 with adjectives ah.
abitterB1 bdeliciousB1

chot B1

dmildB2

esaltyB2 fsourB1 gspicyB1

htastyB1

1 having a good taste:

2 having an extremely good taste:
3 having a strong flavour from lots of
spices:
4 having a strong flavour that makes your
mouth burn:
5 having a taste of salt:
6 having a sharp taste like vinegar:
7 not having a strong flavour:
8 having a strong, sour, usually unpleasant
taste:

4 Cover exercise 3. Complete the conversations with the eight adjectives.

A: Wow, this currys 1

B: You mean the temperature?

A: No, I mean the amount of chilli pepper. But its 2

. I like it.

A: What do you think of this sauce?

B: Well, its 3

, full of strong flavours but its not 4

A: No, I dont use much salt. Do you like it?

B: Very much. Its absolutely 5

A: Whats wrong?
B: The salad dressings got too much lemon juice in it. Its very 6

A: Hows your soup?

B: Good. Its quite 7
A: The coffees 8

and easy to eat, not spicy at all.

this morning.

B: Put some sugar in it. That will help.

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