Ask and answer. What do we call

 

¹ bread, meet, cheese, fish, eggs, sugar, bacon, herring, which can be eaten by people or animals to keep them living and for growth?

² breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper?

³ a drink or food taken just before a meal to stimulate the appetite?

⁴ manner of cooking? 

⁵ one of the several parts of a meal?

⁶ a plate, a glass, a cup, a teapot, a kettle, a spoon, a fork, a knife, etc?

⁷ potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, beets, etc?

⁸ pudding, cake, sweets, pie, jelly, etc?

⁹ a sauce for adding to a dish (as a salad)?

¹⁰ a small sum given for a service (as in a restaurant)?

¹¹ two pieces of buttered bread with cheese or meat between them?

¹² unhealthy food?

¹³ usual time for taking a meal?

¹⁴ water, milk, tea, coffee, wine, cola, etc?

 

(a course; cuisine; dessert; dishes; a dressing; drinks; food; junk food; meals; mealtime; a sandwich; a starter;  a tip; vegetables).

 

 

4. Write different foods under the following headings.

 

Good food    Dangerous food       Disgusting food                 

Analyse the structure of the following words. State what part of speech they are. Give their Russian equivalents.

butch er; butter ed; coland er; cook ed; cook ery; crisp y;  culinar y;  delici ous; dietic ian; drain er; equip ment; flour ed; freez er; in edi ble; juic y; minc er; mix ture; non -alcohol ic; nutriti ous;  powder ed; spec ia l; special ty; spic y; substant ial;  thick en; over done; over eat; over weight;    under done; health ful; whipp ed.    

 

 

Explain the meaning of the following compounds. Give their Russian equivalents.

 

beefsteak; beetroots; breakfast; buckwheat; corkscrew; corn-flakes; foodstuffs; greengrocer’s; home-made; ice-cream; leftovers; microwave; mouth-watering; pancake; peanuts; pineapple; saucepan; seafood; strawberries; teaspoon; saucepan; teabag; watermelon.

When having a meal people eat and drink. But they also

 

bite; bolt (down) (inf); chew; crunch; devour; grab (inf); gulp; hog (inf); guzzle (inf); gobble (down); munch; nibble; polish off (inf);  scoff (inf); sip; stuff oneself; swallow; tuck in.  

Divide these words into two columns: eating and drinking. Add other words you’ll manage to find in the dictionary. Give their Russian equivalents.

8. Divide the following adjectives into two columns – one column for good qualities, the other - for bad qualities. What are the antonyms for the adjectives?

         

appetizing; delicious; bitter; greasy; homemade; mouth-watering; nourishing; salty; savoury; soft; substantial; tasty; tender; stale; sweet; well-seasoned.

Fill in the missing words and word-combinations in the sentences below. Choose from the following.

(bread; the bread-plate; chew; dish; a knife;  the plate; push back; reach; swallow; table manners; on the table; observe)  

While eating you should ¹... some rules if you don’t want to look funny. These rules, called ²… …, are rather numerous. Never put your elbows ³…. If you want something, you needn’t ⁴… for it over your neighbours’ heads. ⁵… is taken from ⁶… with the hand and not a fork. Don’t use ⁷… for fish or chops. Remember: you shouldn’t ⁸… … your plate when you finish eating. ⁹… remains where it is and the fact you’ve put your fork or spoon down shows that you have finished. When some unknown ¹⁰… is placed before you, try not to make faces at it, never show that you see it for the first time and you are about to smell it. Don’t ¹¹… very loudly. But you shouldn’t ¹²… food without chewing.

 

 

10. Fill in the blanks with a suitable noun.

        dish (n) / food (n) / meal (n) / product (n)

 

Mind: dish – a vessel used for serving food;food prepared in a  

      particular way;               

      food  – the things that are eaten by people and animals;

                meal  – an occasion when food is eaten;

                product – something produced (as by labour).   

 

1. Breakfast is the first … of the day. 2. Take this medicine before …. 3. Your last … shouldn’t be very large and heavy. 4. Entering the house I smelt some tasty …. 5. Rose, fetch that big … from the kitchen, will you? 6. He is not having his midday … at home today. 7. I am sending you a parcel of … today and hope it will reach you all right. 8. High tea is an early evening …. 9. There were a few strawberries on a big silver... 10. That was some unknown... Helen had never eaten before. 11. The next... is afternoon tea. 12. What’s your favourite Russian...? 13. You shouldn’t eat too much... filled with salt. 14. What kind of... do you cook for New Year celebration? 15. Stop eating junk... You may have a lot of problems with your health. 16. What is this... made from? 17. Now, get the cake out of the oven and put it on the... 18. Their … is advertised on TV.