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Food

1 Replace the underlined words with the correct adjectives and nouns.

Would you like your chicken cooked below a very strong heat or cooked in very hot water? grilled boiled

1 Gemma sometimes eats uncooked vegetables as a first portion of food. ________________ ________________

2 For his largest portion of food, Adam chose a meat-free lasagne. ________________ ________________

3 I won’t have a sugary dish at the end of the meal. I’ll have some recently picked fruit instead. ________________ ________________

4 Danny doesn’t like it when his potatoes are cooked in the oven with fat. He prefers food that doesn’t contain much fat. ________________ ________________

5 Lucy usually only has a small portion of food for lunch, and she avoids anything which might make her put on weight. ________________ ________________

2 Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives and adjective–noun combinations.

Young children often find strong flavours unpleasant, so they usually prefer bland food.

1 A ________________ curry is a ________________ in India.

2 For the last fifteen years, my uncle has lived on _________________ from the supermarket. He never cooks anything himself!

3 The pie had a _________________ of beef and it was absolutely _________________.

4 __________________ may look very __________________ when you order it, but by the time you get home, it has often lost its appeal.

5 The meat was so __________________ that it wasn’t __________________. It had been cooked in the oven for far too long!

-ing form / to infinitive

3 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in the list.

|ask buy buy meet order phone |

Sam Are you ready for your dinner guests tonight?

Vicky No, not really. I forgot to buy the most important ingredients, so I’m running late now.

Sam Have you tried (1) _________________ your guests? They could come round and help you.

Vicky I’m definitely not doing that. I regret

(2) _________________ Helen for help last time. She completely took control of my kitchen.

Sam Oh yes, I remember (3) _________________ her at your party last year. She’s quite a dominant person!

Vicky At least I remembered (4) ________________ plenty of crisps, so no-one will be hungry while I finish cooking.

Sam You’ve got the number of the local takeaway, too. Why don’t you try (5) _________________ some food now?

Vicky Yes, maybe you’re right. It should be here by the time the guests arrive!

Vocabulary extra

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs formed with the words in A and the words in B.

|A eat dish whip pick cut |

|B up out up at out |

I don’t feel like cooking tonight. Shall we eat out?

1 As we didn’t have much time to eat last night, George _____________________ a quick meal of pasta and pesto.

2 It looks like you aren’t hungry. You’ve been _____________________ your food for ages.

3 As part of his new healthy lifestyle, Richard has _____________________ all fattening food.

4 Please tell everyone that it’s time for dinner now. My mum is _____________________.

5 Complete the dictionary entries with the correct phrasal verbs.

|eat out phr v to have a meal in a café or restaurant. |

|1 _________________ phr v to make cold food warmer. |

|2 _________________ phr v to cut food into smaller pieces with a |

|knife. |

|3 _________________ phr v to eat a very large amount of food. |

6 Complete the text with the correct phrasal verbs.

Are you tired and not in the mood for cooking? Do you fancy eating out, but you can’t really afford it? There’s no need to

(1) _____________________ a boring tin of soup. Here’s a simple recipe for a spicy chicken noodle dish, which you can

(2) _____________________ in about fifteen minutes. While you’re frying the chicken with soy sauce and chilli,

(3) _____________________ a few spring onions, mushrooms, and red and green peppers. Add them to the frying pan, followed by some honey, lemon juice and Chinese spices. Leave the mixture to cook for a few minutes, then boil the noodles until they’re soft and ready to eat. That’s all you need to do! The meal is ready to (4) _____________________. Enjoy!

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