English Vocabulary in Use Elementary » Unit 10: Food and drink

Word List
  • apple
  • banana
  • beans
  • beer
  • bread
  • carrot(s)
  • chips
  • coffee
  • drink
  • fast food
  • fish
  • fish and chips
  • food
  • fruit
  • fruit juice
  • garlic
  • grape(s)
  • hamburger
  • hot dog
  • meat
  • milk
  • mineral water
  • mushroom(s)
  • onion
  • orange
  • pasta
  • pea(s)
  • pear
  • pepper
  • pineapple
  • pizza
  • potato(es)
  • rice
  • salt
  • strawberry (-ies)
  • sugar
  • tea
  • tomato(es)
  • vegetable(s)
  • wine
Exercises

10.1 ‣ Complete the sentences. Use words from the opposite page.

  1. is popular in Japan.
  2. _____ and _____ are very popular in Italy.
  3. Chips are made from _____.
  4. Many British people eat _____.
  5. Hamburgers are made from _____.
  6. A _____ is a sausage inside a piece of bread.

10.2 ‣ Put these words into two lists: fruit and vegetables.

  1. beans
    • fruit
    • vegetables
  2. pineapple
    • fruit
    • vegetables
  3. grapes
    • fruit
    • vegetables
  4. onions
    • fruit
    • vegetables
  5. apple
    • fruit
    • vegetables
  6. carrot
    • fruit
    • vegetables
  7. garlic
    • fruit
    • vegetables
  8. pear
    • fruit
    • vegetables
  9. mushrooms
    • fruit
    • vegetables

10.3 ‣ Write the names of these fruit and vegetables.

  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. _____

10.4 ‣ Here are the names of some drinks with the letters mixed up. What are they?

  1. eta
  2. rebe _____
  3. klim _____
  4. fecofe _____
  5. rituf eciju _____
  6. nilemar retaw _____

10.5 ‣ Choose a, b or c.

  1. Vegetarians do not eat
    • a) vegetables
    • b) meat
    • c) fast food.
  2. Garlic is a kind of
    • a) fruit
    • b) fast food
    • c) vegetable.
  3. You put
    • a) salt
    • b) beer
    • c) sugar in coffee.
  4. Which is correct
    • a) pinapple
    • b) pineapple
    • c) pieapple?
  5. The first sound in onion is the same as the sound in
    • a) fun
    • b) orange
    • c) man.
  6. A pear is
    • a) a drink
    • b) a vegetable
    • c) a fruit.

10.6 ‣ What are your four favourite foods? And your three favourite drinks? Are they good for you? Use a dictionary to help you.

_____

Answer Key
A ‣ Everyday food

Would you like some bread?

I love sushi because I love rice.

Pasta is good for you, but don’t eat too much!

I always put salt on my chips, but not pepper.

My sister never eats meat or fish. She’s vegetarian.

Do you take sugar in tea or coffee?

Common mistakes

Can I have some bread? [NOT Can I have a bread?]
B ‣ Fast food

I eat hamburgers, hot dogs and pizzas when I don’t have much time.

Fish and chips is popular in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

C ‣ Fruit /fru:t/ and vegetables /ˈvedʒtəbəlz/

Vegetables are good for you. Fruit is also good for you. (singular, uncountable)

Vegetables

Fruit

Common mistakes

I love fruit [NOT I love fruits].
D ‣ Drinks

Common mistakes

Go to a supermarket. How many different kinds of food or drink have English names on them?

Try to learn some of them.

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