1 Complete the food and drink adjectives.
1 Fruit like lemons have a sour taste.
2 Sushi is a Japanese food usually made with cold rice, vegetables and r……………. fish or seafood.
3 F……………. fruit is really healthy for you.
4 Dark chocolate with 80% cacao tastes b……………. because it doesn’t have much sugar.
5 Ice cream is a delicious f……………. dessert.
6 Curry is a s……………. dish originally from India.
7 Lemonade is a s……………. drink made with lemon juice, water and sugar.
8 Oranges are a really j……………. fruit.
Answer
2 raw 3 Fresh 4 bitter 5 frozen
6 spicy 7 sweet 8 juicy
2 Write adjectives from Exercise 1 to describe the food and drink. Then add another food word from the box that each adjective describes.
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cakes chilli peppers dark chocolate grapefruit kiwis peas salmon vegetables |
1 ……fresh…… fruit, ……vegetables……
2 ………………… pineapples, …………………
3 ………………… coffee, …………………
4 ………………… ice lollies, …………………
5 ………………… biscuits, …………………
6 ………………… lemons, …………………
7 ………………… sushi, …………………
8 ………………… curry, …………………
Answer
2 juicy kiwis
3 bitter dark chocolate
4 frozen peas
5 sweet cakes
6 sour grapefruit
7 raw salmon
8 spicy chilli peppers
3 Choose the correct adjectives from the box to complete the sentences.
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fresh frozen sour spicy sweet |
1 I prefer ……sweet…… foods to salty foods.
2 My favourite dessert is ……………… strawberries and cream. Delicious!
3 I really don’t like chilli con carne. I think it tastes horrible because I hate ……………… food.
4 Have you ever tried ……………… yoghurt ice cream? It’s so tasty, and much healthier too!
5 Of all the citrus fruits, grapefruit probably tastes the most ……………… .
Answer
2 fresh 3 spicy 4 frozen 5 sour
4 Write sentences with the correct form of look, taste or smell.
1 bin / disgusting
……The bin smells disgusting. ……
You should put out the rubbish.
2 lasagne / delicious
……………………………………………….
Mum makes the best one I’ve ever eaten!
3 You / horrible
……………………………………………….
I’ve been jogging, so I’ll go and take a shower.
4 That / not / good
……………………………………………….
It’s a bit burnt. I don’t want to taste it either!
5 kiwis / sweet and juicy / ?
……………………………………………….
Yes, they’re really yummy!
6 cake / really tasty
……………………………………………….
Can I try some, please?
Answer
2 The lasagne tastes delicious.
3 You smell horrible.
4 That doesn’t look good.
5 Do the kiwis taste sweet and juicy?
6 The cake looks really tasty.
5 Write sentences to describe the unusual foods using the words in brackets.
The Unusual Food Blog
● In Thailand, it’s common to eat fried insects. They often taste meaty, crunchy and salty, and can sometimes be spicy too.
● In France, you can eat steak tartare, which is raw minced beef mixed with onions, salt and pepper.
● Tuna fish eyes are popular in Japan. They look horrible to eat, but adding some sweet soy sauce can take away the bitter taste.
● In Sweden, a type of fish called sea herring smells so disgusting that it’s eaten outdoors!
● A dessert in Alaska sometimes called ‘Eskimo ice cream’ mixes fish with berries and sugar. Now, that would be a strange sweet and sour taste!
1 fried insects (taste)
……They taste meaty, crunchy and salty. ……
2 ‘Eskimo ice cream’ (frozen)
……………………………………………….
3 Steak tartare (raw)
……………………………………………….
4 Sea herring (smell)
……………………………………………….
5 Tuna fish eyes (look)
……………………………………………….
Answer
2 It’s a frozen dessert made with fish, berries and sugar.
3 It’s raw minced beef mixed with onions, salt and pepper.
4 It smells really disgusting!
5 They look horrible to eat.
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