FCE Speaking Preparation
- food and drink -
VERBS
Read the text below and match the words in bold with their definitions underneath. Use your dictionary to check your answers.
I recently went on a cookery course. It was very tiring work. First of all I had to learn how to prepare food. The teacher showed us how to marinade meat before we cooked it, baste it while it was cooking and even how to slice it once it had been cooked. We were also shown how to chop, grate and dice vegetables. I had never realised before how many different ways there are of cooking food; I had to learn how to fry, bake, roast, grill, barbecue, stir-fry and steam it! The best part of the course was trying out the food we had cooked. Sorne of the students would nibble the food cautiously and, in the case of the drinks we had prepared, sip delicately before they would swallow. I, on the other hand, would gobble and gulp it, sometimes without even bothering to chew it properly first!
1. To make something soft with your teeth.
2. To swallow food or liquid quickly.
3. To make food into small pieces by rubbing it overa metal tool.
4. To cook overa pan of boiling water by allowing the hot mist from the water to pass through small
holes in a container with food in.
5. To cook food outdoors on a metal grill over wood or charcoal.
6. To soak meat or fish in a mixture of wine and herbs, etc, before cooking it.
7. To eat something by taking small bites.
8. To make food or liquid pass down your throat from your mouth to the stomach.
9. To eat greedily.
10. To pour melted fat and juices over meat as it is cooking.
11. To cut something into thin pieces.
12. To cook food in oil or fat in a shallow pan.
13. To cook food using very strong heat directly above it.
14. To drink something by taking only a small amount of liquid at a time.
15. To cut food into small pieces with a knife.
NOUNS AND OTHER WORDS
Check the words below and match them to their definitions underneath. Use your dictionary to check your answers.
recipe side dish health foods diet
menu ingredients bill starter
fast faod balanced diet main course fatty
takeaway calories carbohydrates vegetarian
tip dessert vegan fibre
1. I had soup as a ______, followed by chicken and chips for the______, with a ______ of a green salad, and finally a delicious ______ of strawberries and cream.
2. My friend Tim is a ______; he won't eat meat. His girlfriend won't eat any food that exploits
animals (including eggs and cheese). She's a ______.
3. In the restaurant, I chose my food from the ______, and when I had finished, paid the ______
and left the waiter a small ______
4. l'm on a ______ because l'm trying to lose weight, so I suppose I should eat more ______, but l'm afraid I can't resist hamburgers, pizzas and other ______.
5. I bought a really good ______ book last week, but can't find sorne of the ______ I need for the dishes.
6. Shall we have dinner at home or shall we eat out? 1 know, let's do a bit of both. I'11 go to the
Chinese and bring something back.
7. Nutritionists tell us that we should eat a ______. We should eat less ______ food such as meat and cheese, and should eat more foods that contain ______, like brown bread and vegetables.
8. Cakes and biscuits contain lots of ______ and ______
