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UNIT 1

FOOD & COOKING


Vocabulary
1) Circle the word that is different. Explain why

1 beans - grapes - peach - raspberry


The others are all _______________
2 beef - pork - lamb - salmon
The others are all _______________
3 beet - cabbage - pear - pepper
The others are all _______________
4 eggplant - lemon - mango - melon
The others are all _______________
5 crab - mussels - beef - shrimp
The others are all _______________
6 cabbage - cherry - zucchini -cucumber
The others are all _______________

2) Complete the sentences with the words in the box

canned -- fresh -- frozen -- low-fat -- raw -- spicy -- take-out

1 ________ tomatoes usually last for about 2 years


2 I don’t feel like cooking. Let’s get ________ for dinner.
3 Are there any ________ peas in the freezer?
4 I don’t really like ________ fish, so I never eat sushi.
5 Hannah’s on a diet, so she bought some ______________ yogurt to have for
dessert.
6 They eat a lot of ___________________ food in Mexico.
7 We buy ___________________ bread from the bakery every morning.
Pronunciation

1) Write the words below in the chart

beef - carton - chicken - chocolate - cook - crab - soup - jar - mango - peach -
raw - salt - sausage - squid - sugar - tuna

2) Write the food words.


1 /boild/ ________
2/ˈkæbɪdʒ/ ________
3 /'spaisi/ ________
4 /roostid/ ________
5 /greips/ _________
6 /frut/ ________
7 /beikt/ ________
8 /'melon/ ________
9 /zu'kini/ ________
Present simple vs continuous

1) Complete the sentences with the correct present simple or present continuous form
of the verbs in brackets.

1 Josh ………………………… at least one point in every game he plays. (score)


2 I ………………………… that they will give Kate a place on the team. (believe)
3 Susan ………………………… to finish her homework today. (try)
4 My dad ………………………… Chinese food tonight. (cook)
5 My brother loves books. He ………………………… a book every week. (read)
6 I ………………………… all of my old Friends DVDs this week. (watch)
7 Sam ………………………… before 7 a.m., even on Sundays. (get up)
8 Look out of the window. A big storm …………………………! (come)
9 Lisa usually ………………………… video games when she gets home. (play)
10 I ………………………… what you’re saying, but I don’t agree with it. (understand)

2) Complete the email with the correct present simple or present continuous form of
the verbs in brackets.

To: lauren@email.com
Hi Lauren

How 1………………………… (be) everything? I hope you 2………………………… (have) a great time at
football camp this week. I 3………………………… (enjoy) my summer drama project. Every
summer we 4………………………… (put on) a play by Shakespeare, and this year we 5…………………………
(work) on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It’s a great play because it 6………………………… (have)
so many different roles. We 7………………………… (practice) about six hours a day, and we’re
performing the play in public next week. I 8………………………… (try) very hard to learn my lines. I
9………………………… (play) two parts in the play, and sometimes I 10………………………… (forget) which
part I’m playing! Anyway, I 11………………………… (believe) it will be a great performance. My
grandparents 12………………………… (travel) from Leeds next week just to see me in the play. I
know you 13………………………… (be) very busy at camp, but I 14………………………… (hope) to hear from
you soon.

Take care!
Daisy
Chunks: idioms
Idiomatic expressions are colloquial phrases that native speakers use in daily
conversation. Their meaning cannot be inferred from the individual words, and they
have to be memorized as a single item.
1) Choose an idiom from class 2 (Check the PDF) that summarizes the idea of each sentence

a) My brother only eats a small range of foods. My brother is _________


b) I love Cheerios so much. I eat a lot of them on weekends. I __________
c) I accompany my food with soda. I ________ my food with soda
d) My mom eats a little. She ___________
e) I like to have big breakfasts. I like to have __________
f) I like to eat sweet things. I __________

2) Choose the correct word and complete the chunk

1. Let's not sugarcoat/sugarcut it. It wasn't what we expected


2. Be consistent and your effort will bear fruit/fruits
3. "What was the problem?" In/On a nutshell, she's a bad boss
4. Don't worry about that. You have bigger fish to fry/cook
5. I'll have to butter up/down my dad before I ask him for money
6. My brother egged me on/in to get into a fight but I didn't listen to him
7. She has a lot on/in her plate, and now she'll have an extra project for next month

3) Choose 5 chunks and make sentences about you

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Writing a recipe
1) Read the recipe and complete with the words in the left

give - drain - season - simmer - remove - boil - cover - stir - cook (x2) cover
- bring

2) Write your class recipe here using verbs and phrases from the recipe
above

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Answers
Food Vocabulary - Exercise 1 Pronunciation exercise 2

1. beans - fruit 1 boiled


2. salmon - meat 2 cabbage
3. pear - vegetables 3 spicy
4. eggplant - fruit 4 roasted
5. beef - seafood 5 grapes
6. cherry - vegetables 6 fruit
7 baked
Food Vocabulary - Exercise 2 8 melon
1. canned 9 zucchini
2. take-out
3. frozen Writing a recipe
4. raw 1. bring / boil
5. low-fat 2. cook / drain
6. spicy 3. heat / cook
7. fresh 4. season / cover / simmer
5. give / stir
Pronunciación - Exercise 1 6. remove / cool

1. chicken, squid
2. beef, peach
3. crab, mango
4. carton, jar
5. chocolate, sausage
6. raw, salt
7. cook, sugar
8. soup, tuna
Answers
Present simple vs continuous. Ex 2 Chunks - Exercise 2
Choose the correct word and complete
1 is the chunk
2 ’re having
3 ’m enjoying 1. sugarcoat
4 put on 2. fruit
5 ’re working 3. In a nutshell
6 has 4. fry
7 ’re practising 5. up
8 ’m trying 6. on
9 ’m playing 7. on
10 forget
11 believe
12 are travelling
13 ’re
14 hope

Chunks - Exercise 1
a) a picky eater
b) pig out
c) wash down
d) eats like a bird
e) a hearty breakfast
f) have a sweet tooth

2) Choose the correct word and


complete the chunk

1. Let's not sugarcoat/sugarcut it. It wasn't


what we expected
2. Be consistent and your effort will bear
fruit/fruits
3. "What was the problem?" In/On a
nutshell, she's a bad boss
4. Don't worry about that. You have
Notes
Reflection

New vocabulary Things I learned

Things I want to expand on:

Questions I have: I want to improve: My next steps:

Notes:

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