English Vocabulary Exercises | Food

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Exercise 5

Negative comments about food: Match the food on the left with the most appropriate comments:

1. coffee or tea → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
2. steak → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
3. an Indian dish → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
4. a sauce → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
5. fish → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale
6. a cake → ???too strong / weak / sweettoo many bonestoo rich / thick / blanda bit overdone / underdonetoo hot / spicya bit dry / stale

 

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ANSWERS

1. coffee or tea → too strong / weak / sweet
2. steak → a bit overdone / underdone
3. an Indian dish → too hot / spicy
4. a sauce → too rich / thick / bland
5. fish → too many bones
6. a cake → a bit dry / stale

English Vocabulary Exercises | Food

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Exercise 4

Delicious food | Complete the following dialogues with the word pairs below:

• tasty / delicious
• flavour / bland
• flavour / tender
• wonderful / revolting
• off / disgusting

1. Yuk! This salmon smells a bit
> Yes, it’s absolutely

2. Your chicken looks very
> Mm, it’s absolutely

3. This sauce hasn’t got much has it?
> No, it’s a bit , I’m afraid.

4. I’ve just discovered a blue cheese from Spain.
> Oh, how  ! I can’t stand blue cheese.

5. I’ve never tasted lamb with so much 
> Yes, and it was so , wasn’t it?

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ANSWERS

1. off / disgusting
2. tasty / delicious
3. flavour / bland
4. wonderful / revolting
5. flavour / tender

English Vocabulary Exercises | Food

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Exercise 3

Problems with food: Complete the sentences with the following words:

stale | burnt | ripe | sour | rotten | fresh

1. I’m afraid l’ve done it again! The toast’s . I’ll make some more.

2. I wouldn’t drink that milk if I were you. It doesn’t smell very

3. This milk tastes a bit . Did somebody forget to put it back in the fridge again?

4. I can’t believe it. I only bought this bread yesterday. It’s already!

5. Some of these apples are and I only bought them at the weekend.

6. I’d leave these bananas for another day. They‘re not yet.

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ANSWERS

1. burnt
2. fresh
3. sour
4. stale
5. rotten
6. ripe

English Vocabulary Exercises | Food

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Exercise 2

A balanced diet:  Among each group of words in orange, which one is less suitable with the word in blue? 

1. fast
junk                           food
easy
frozen

= 

2. simple
plain                          food
rich
fat

= 

3. strong
hard                           flavour
mild
distinctive

= 

4. healthy
fit                               food
organic
fresh

= 

5. main
light                          meal
heavy
fast

= 

6. thin
healthy                        diet
balanced
fat-free

= 

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ANSWERS

1. easy
2. fat
3. hard
4. fit 
5. fast
6. thin

English Vocabulary Exercises | Food

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Exercise 1

Match the following sentences:

1. Have you had breakfast? → ???a small meal eaten just before you go to bedthe desire for foodthe meal eaten around middayvery hungrythe first meal of the daya quick and easy mealwhen you grill food outsidethe main evening meal
2. What time do you have lunch? → ???a small meal eaten just before you go to bedthe desire for foodthe meal eaten around middayvery hungrythe first meal of the daya quick and easy mealwhen you grill food outsidethe main evening meal
3. What are we having for dinner? → ???a small meal eaten just before you go to bedthe desire for foodthe meal eaten around middayvery hungrythe first meal of the daya quick and easy mealwhen you grill food outsidethe main evening meal
4. Do you want some supper? → ???a small meal eaten just before you go to bedthe desire for foodthe meal eaten around middayvery hungrythe first meal of the daya quick and easy mealwhen you grill food outsidethe main evening meal
5. We’ve only got time for a snack. → ???a small meal eaten just before you go to bedthe desire for foodthe meal eaten around middayvery hungrythe first meal of the daya quick and easy mealwhen you grill food outsidethe main evening meal
6. I hope you’ve got a good appetite. → ???a small meal eaten just before you go to bedthe desire for foodthe meal eaten around middayvery hungrythe first meal of the daya quick and easy mealwhen you grill food outsidethe main evening meal
7. I’m starving. → ???a small meal eaten just before you go to bedthe desire for foodthe meal eaten around middayvery hungrythe first meal of the daya quick and easy mealwhen you grill food outsidethe main evening meal
8. We had a barbecue in the back garden. → ???a small meal eaten just before you go to bedthe desire for foodthe meal eaten around middayvery hungrythe first meal of the daya quick and easy mealwhen you grill food outsidethe main evening meal

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ANSWERS

1. Have you had breakfast? → the first meal of the day
2. What time do you have lunch? → the meal eaten around midday
3. What are we having for dinner? → the main evening meal
4. Do you want some supper? → a small meal eaten just before you go to bed
5. We’ve only got time for a snack. → a quick and easy meal
6. I hope you’ve got a good appetite. → the desire for food
7. I’m starving. → very hungry
8. We had a barbecue in the back garden. → when you grill food outside

English Vocabulary Exercises | Diet and Health

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Match two nouns with each of the verbs:

weight | a gym | a diet | a few kilos | chocolates | a health club | a crash diet | anything sweet

1. to join →  / 
2. to lose →   / 
3. to put on →   / 
4. to go on →   / 
5. to resist →   / 
6. to cut out →   / 

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ANSWERS

1. join → a gym / a health club
2. lose → weight / a few kilos
3. put on → weight / a few kilos
4. go on → a diet / a crash diet
5. resist → chocolates / anything sweet
6. cut out → chocolates / anything sweet

English Vocabulary Exercises | Health Problems

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Exercise 10

Match diseases with their probable causes: 

• stress | the sun | smoking | a mosquito bite | dirty water | unprotected sex 

1. AIDS → 
2. typhoid → 
3. heart disease → 
4. skin cancer → 
5. malaria → 
6. lung cancer → 

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ANSWERS

1. AIDS → f. unprotected sex
2. typhoid → e. dirty water
3. heart disease → a. stress
4. skin cancer → b. the sun
5. malaria → d. a mosquito bite
6. lung cancer → c. smoking

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Exercise 9

Choose the verb that you think is most appropriate:

twisted | stung | cut | got | hit | broken | sprained | got | burnt 

1. I’ve  my arm.
2. I’ve  my wrist.
3. I’ve  my thumb.
4. I’ve  my hand.
5. I’ve  a nosebleed.
6. I  my head.
7. I  an electric shock.
8. I got  by a bee.
9. I  my ankle.

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ANSWERS

1. I’ve broken my arm.      
2. I’ve sprained my wrist.        
3. I’ve cut my thumb.           
4. I’ve burnt my hand.          
5. I’ve got a nosebleed.        
6. I hit my head.         
7. I got an electric shock.            
8. I got stung by a bee.          
9. I twisted my ankle.  

English Vocabulary Exercises | Health Problems

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Exercise 8

Complete the sentences with the following words:

agony | blood | black | pain | scratch | blisters

1. She’s in a lot of
2. I’m  and blue all over.
3. There was everywhere.
4. My feet are covered in
5. It’s just a 
6. It was absolute !

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ANSWERS

1. She’s in a lot of pain
2. I’m black and blue all over.
3. There was blood everywhere.
4. My feet are covered in blisters
5. It’s just a scratch
6. It was absolute agony!

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Exercise 7

Complete the dialogue with the following sentences:

1. You’ve got blood on your face.
> I know, I’ve just shaving.

2. What have you done to your hand?
> I taking something out of the oven last night. I don’t think it’s too serious.

3. Have you ever been horse-riding?
> Yes, once, but I fell off and quite badly. I’ve never done it since.

4. What’s the matter? > I’ve just myself on that rose bush.

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ANSWERS

1. cut myself
2. burnt myself
3. injured myself
4. scratched myself