Vocabulary: Food matters

VFood

1Match the food items 1–12 to definitions a–l. 

• 1apple

• 2bread

• 3carrot

• 4chocolate

• 5coffee

• 6cucumber

• 7mushroom

• 8nuts

• 9orange

• 10cheese

• 11tomato

• 12lettuce

• aIt's brown or white. It's a healthy carbohydrate.

  cThey're usually brown and hard. They grow on trees.

  eIt's usually red. It's on a lot of pizzas.

  gIt's high in sugar and fat. It's delicious!

  iIt's a vegetable. It's long and orange. It grows underground.

  kIt's a vegetable. It's green. You can eat the leaves.

  bIt's a dairy product. You can have it in a sandwich.

  dIt's brown or white. It grows in forests and in dark places.

  fIt's a fruit. It's red or green.

  hIt's a drink. It's brown. You can put milk and sugar in it.

  jIt's a vegetable. It's long and green.

  lIt's a fruit. Its name is also its colour.

VFood

2Complete the crossword. 

Across: 2These small snacks are made with lots of sugar. ______ 3This fruit is orange inside and it's got a stone in the middle. _____ 4This is a carbohydrate. It's white or brown and people eat it with Indian and Chinese food. ____ 7This is a dairy food that's high in fat. It's a liquid, but it's not milk. _____ 8These are made from potatoes. They're high in fat, but they're a tasty snack. ______ 10This is white. It's in sweets and cakes. _____ 11These vegetables grow under the ground. They're carbohydrates. ________ 13This is a type of fish. It's pink. ______ 15This is a piece of meat from a cow. _____ 16People eat these small, round fruit. They also make juice and wine from them. ______

Down: 1These are summer fruit. They're red. strawberries 2We eat the leaves of this green vegetable. _______ 5Tomatoes are the main ingredient in this red sauce. _______ 6This goes with salt. It's brown. ______ 9This carbohydrate is Italian, but you can buy it in any country. _____ 11These are small round and green vegetables. ____ 12This goes with pepper. It's white. ____ 14When we cut these vegetables, they make us cry! ______

VInsightCompound nouns

3Choose the correct words to make compound nouns. 

• 1tomatocreamsauce

• 2hamcakesandwich

• 3mushroompizzacake

• 4icesaucecream

• 5chocolatecakesalad

• 6fruitsaladoil

• 7olivecreamoil

• 8orangejuiceoil

4  Write eight sentences about food. Use the following questions to help you. What foods do / don't you like? What foods do you often eat during the day? What do you eat on special days, for example, your birthday? What do you eat when you meet friends?

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