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In this Vocabulary Builder you practise food, drink and containers.
1 These food words are very similar to their Portuguese equivalent. Try to pronounce and stress them correctly. Listen and check.
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2 Write three more words in each column. Mark the stress.
Fruit Vegetables Meat___
Mangoes peas chicken
3 Print out Vocabulary Builder 17. How many of your nouns are here? Did you spell and stress them all correctly? If they're not here, check the stress and spelling in a dictionary.
Containers/On the table
Containers and Units
G - a carton of milk
I - a jar of jam
L - a portion of chips
K - a piece of toast
O - a tube of toothpaste
D - a bowl of nuts
E - a box of tissues
A - a bag of crisps
F - a can of beer
N - a tin of condensed milk
H - a glass of red wine
J - a packet of biscuits
B - a bar of soap
M - a roll of toilet paper
C - a bottle of mineral water
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C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
Quantities
S - a sack of beans
Q - 400 grams of onions
T - half a litre of fresh orange juice
P - a kilo of spaghetti
R - a quarter of a kilo of minced steak
Q
R
S
T
Condiments
3 - oil
5 - salt
1 - ketchup
6 - vinegar
4 - pepper
2 - mustard
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3
4
5
6
On the table
12 - a spoon
10 - a plate
11 - a serviette
9 - a knife
8 - a glass
13 - toothpicks
7 - a fork
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12
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Ways of cooking
grilled salmon __
steamed runner beans __
baked chestnuts __
boiled carrots __
roast(ed) lamb __
fried eggs __
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4 Match the containers/units and pictures, A to O. Say the phrases with the right rhythm and make sure you link the container and of. Listen and check.
L a bag_of crisps
5 Mark the uncountable items U. Listen and check.
6 Test yourself. Cover the words, look at the pictures and say which of these you had/didn't have/bought/didn't buy yesterday.
Example: I had a bag of crisps but I didn't buy any soap.
7 Match the Quantities words and pictures, P to T. Listen and check.
Q a kilo of spaghetti
8 Say approximately how much of each of the items on this page you usually buy each week.
Example: I usually buy one or two kilos of spaghetti. I don't often buy bars of soap - maybe once a month.
9 Match the "Condiments" and "On the table" words and pictures, 1 to 13. Listen and check.
2 ketchup
10 Cross out all the silent letters in the words on this page. There are 25 words containing silent letters. Check with the Key.
11 Put these verbs in a logical order, 1 to 6.
cut down on (sugar) / eat too much 1
get fat / go on a diet / lose weight / put on weight
12 Circle the odd one out. Why?
1. a knife, a snack, a spoon (a snack is a meal)
2. salt, pepper, oil
3. fatty food, greasy food, fresh food
4. fattening, bitter, sweet
13 Which items on this page don't you buy regularly? Why not?
Example: I never eat chocolate biscuits because they're too sweet and very fattening.
14 Update your Portfolio. Record your answers to Exercises # 4 and/or 6 and/or 8 and 13 onto your Portfolio cassette.
à go to Unit 17 D
