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Vocabulary 7 Food, Restaurants and Cooking

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FCE (FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH)

VOCABULARY 7 FOOD, RESTAURANT AND COOKING

1. Underline the most suitable word or phrase.

a) Waiter, could you bring me the account/bill/addition, please?


b) It's a very popular restaurant - we should apply for/book/keep a table.
c) If you're hungry, why not ask for a large dish/plate/portion?
d) Please help/serve/wait yourself to salads from the salad bar.
e) Waiter, can I see the catalogue/directory/menu, please?
f) This fish is not what I called/commanded/ordered.
g) This dish/plate/serving is a speciality of our restaurant.
h) Have you tried the crude/raw/undercooked fish at the new Japanese restaurant?
i) Paul never eats meat, he's a vegetable/vegetarian/vegetation.
j) Have you decided what to have for your main course/food/helping?

2. Complete each sentence (a-j) with a suitable ending (1-10). Use each ending
once.
no a-j 1-10
6 a) Dinner's nearly ready. Can you lay 1 up if you dry and put the dishes
away.
b) There's some meat in the fridge. Just warm 2 it up in the microwave oven for a few
minutes.
c) Keep an eye on the milk or it might boil 3 coffee you made for me this morning.
d) Jack likes his steak rare but I prefer mine well 4 meal at the pub opposite the
supermarket.
e) When we finish lunch, I'll do the washing 5 knife as it makes really thin slices.
f) I always cut roast beef with an electric carving 6 the small table in the dining room?
g) Mary bought a lovely set of cups and 7 saucers in the sales last week.
h) They serve a very cheap three course 8 done, but not burnt if you see what I
mean.
i) I really enjoyed that freshly ground 9 away the plates and bring the next
course.
j) If you have finished eating I'll clear 10 over and make a mess on the
cooker.
3. Complete each phrase with the most suitable word from the box

bacon butter forks pepper chips beer


saucers bread chocolate instant coffee wine grapes

a) cups and saucers g) a loaf of ……….

b) fish and …….. h) a bottle of …………..

c) knives and ……… i) a can of ……………

d) bread and ….. j) a bar of ……………..

e) eggs and ……… k) a jar of ……………….

f) salt and ……… l) a bunch of……………….

4. Give the translation for these words

Tin opener

Bowl

Frying pan

Saucepan

Mug

Casserole dish

Food mixer

Jar

Kettle

Jug

5. Complete each sentence with one suitable word.

a) I'm trying to cut down on fatty food.


b) Don't worry! The smell of garlic wears …….after a while.
c) Let's look ………..the market before we buy any vegetables.
d) I can't understand this recipe. Can you work……….. what it means?
e) I'm afraid I don't feel up …………eating another cream cake.
f) I visited a farm once, and it put me ………..eating meat for a week.
g) I haven't got ……….to cleaning the fish yet.
h) Why don't we warm ………..last night's leftovers for lunch?
i) Keith usually makes ………….his recipes as he goes along.
j) The waiter seemed a bit put ………..when we didn't leave a tip.

6. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.

a) Would you prefer ….potatoes or chips?


A) poached B) ground C) mashed D) powdered
b) I bought this bread four days ago and now it's ……
A) stale B) off C) bad D) rotten
c) Don't forget to buy a packet of …..peas.
A) chilled B) frozen C) frosted D) chilly
d) Can you give me the …….for this pie? It's delicious.
A) prescription B) instructions C) ingredients D) recipe
e) There was a wonderful smell of ……….bread in the kitchen.
A) cooking B) roasting C) baking D) grilling
f) Don't buy those fish, they aren't very ………
A) fresh B) new C) recent D) young
g) I'd like to eat more of this cake, but it's very ………….
A) fat B) fatty C) fattened D) fattening
h) Waiter, I can't eat this meat. It's under-…….
A) done B) developed C) nourished D) weight
i) Is the hamburger for you to eat here, or to ………..?
A) go out B) take away C) carry on D) sit down
j) That was fantastic. Could I have a second………… , please?
A) plate B) course C) helping D) service

7. Make a word or compound word to match the description


a) A spoon used for putting sugar in tea teaspoon
b) A cloth put on the table at meal times
c) A metal device for opening bottles
d) A pot in which tea is made
e) An electrical appliance for making toast
f) A cup specially made for coffee
g) An omelette containing mushrooms
h) An electrical appliance for mixing food
i) A napkin made of paper
j) The amount contained in a tablespoon
k) An electrical appliance for washing dishes

8. Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

Chickpea soup
This recipe is both (1) B. and cheap. If you use dried chickpeas, (2) them for at least twelve hours
in cold water. Drain them and put them in a large (3) with plenty of water. Bring them to the boil, and
then let them simmer gently (4) the chickpeas are soft. I find it easier to use (5) chickpeas, which
are already cooked. This (6) time, and also guarantees that the chickpeas will be soft, since it can
take hours of boiling before they (7) Two small 450 gram cans are usually (8) Strain the chickpeas,
but keep some of the liquid for the soup. (9) three tablespoons of olive oil into a saucepan, and
gently heat a chopped (10) , two or three cloves of garlic and some (11) carrot.(12) half the chickpeas
and turn them in the oil over a low heat. Meanwhile blend the remaining chickpeas in a food (13)
until they make a smooth cream. Add about half a litre of water to the vegetables and bring to the
boil. Mix in the creamed chickpeas and cook slowly. Add salt and (14) and a pinch of mixed herbs.
Some (15) add lemon juice at the end.

1) A expensive B tasty C worth D cold


2) A soak B bury C wash D water
3) A kettle B mug C sink D saucepan
4) A when B until C if D enough
5) A the B to C canned D crude
6) A makes B takes C saves D gives
7) A soften B harden C widen D lengthen
8) A much B enough C mine D few
9) A Grate B Peel C Beat D Pour
10) A onion B up C one D water
11) A melted B beaten C poached D sliced
12) A One B Then C Add D Serve
13) A just B not C dish D mixer
14) A paper B puppy C pepper D poppy
15) A cookers B cooks C cookery D chiefs

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