Exercise 9 Do you eat to live or live to eat?

1. When you buy food, which is most important?

a) appearance b) price c) quality

2. If you buy apples, which kind do you choose?

a) red b) green c) the cheapest

3. When you have a meal, what do you enjoy it most for?

a) the food b) the company c) the relaxation d) the television

4. If you were stranded on a desert island what food would you miss most?

a) chocolate b) steak c) bread

5. If a waiter suggests water, which do you ask for?

a) sparkling b) still c) tap

6. When you look at the menu in a restaurant, what do you usually choose?

a) a dish you know b) a dish you don’t know

7. If you are having dinner in a restaurant, will you always have a dessert?

a) yes b) no

8. If someone offered the following unusual food, which would you try?

a) a cheese-flavoured ice-cream b) strawberry-flavoured chips c) neither

9. If someone suggested a quick meal, what would you choose?

a) fast food b) a sandwich c) a picnic d) something more substantial

10. What would you be happiest to leave of your present diet?

a) meat b) vegetables and fruit c) dessert d) wine

11. If you could put flavour on stamps, what would you choose?

a) chilli b) cheese c) banana d) another e) none

13. If someone said ‘Never eat anything you can’t pronounce’ what would you say?

a) I couldn’t agree more b) Nonsense!

Add up your scores using the following table. Then look at the profile below.

25-30 points.

You are a true gourmet. You are adventurous in your eating habits and not afraid to try something new. You appreciate good food and if you opened your own restaurant you would probably be successful.

15-25 points.

You are quite conservative in your eating habits, but you know what you like and you enjoy your food. If you tried eating a few different things you might be pleasantly surprised.

0-15 points.

You don’t much mind what you eat as long as there is plenty of it. However, you feel safest with foods you know. Why not try something different for a change? If you try something new, you may find that you like it.

 Speaking

What do you think?

• Do people live for eating or eat for living?

• How often do you eat?

• Who cooks in your family?

• How often do you cook yourselves?

• What are your most frequent dishes?

• What did you eat today in the morning?

• How often do you eat salads?

• What salads are your favourite ones?

Exercise 10

Look at the table below. What items of food or drink are sold in each type of container?

Write as many as you can.

A bottle	A carton	A jar	A can	A packet

Exercise 11

Fill in the correct word from the list below.

1. a ……….. of salt

2. a ………..of garlic

3. a ………..of bread

4. a ………..of chocolate

5. a ……….. of grapes

6. a ………..of beer

7. a ………..of sugar

8. a ………..of cake

9. a ………..of bacon

10. a ………. of instant coffee

Exercise 12

Underline the odd word out.

1. A bar of chocolate, soap, bread

2. A carton of orange juice, bacon, milk

3. A slice of bread, ham, butter, cake

4. A cup of coffee, meat, tea, hot chocolate

5. A bowl of salad, cake, soup, cereal

6. A glass of milk, wine, beer, cheese, Coke

7. A bottle of Coke, beef, water, lemonade

8. A jar of honey, jam, potatoes, mustard

9. A bag of flour, sugar, ketchup, crisps

10. A box of vinegar, chocolates, biscuits

Exercise 13

Use the words from the list to fill in the dialogue among three people who are organizing a dinner party.

Pam: What shall I get from the supermarket, then?

Frank: Well, I need a 1) ………. of carrots for the soup and a few 2) ……… of bread.

Rita: You’d better get about ten 3) ……… of ham and a 4) ………. of milk because I’m making spaghetti carbonara for the main course. Oh, and two 5) ……… of spaghetti. Get a 6) ……….. of margarine as well.

Pam: Do you want me to get anything for dessert?

Frank: Yes – we’ll need two 7) ………. of chocolate and a 8) …………. of sugar. I’m going to make a chocolate cake. You’d better get a big 9) ………….. of chocolates as well. I’ll serve them with coffee afterwards.

Pam: All right. Is that all? I’ll see you later, then.

Exercise 14

Shops

1. What shops would you go to buy these products? Match the products and the shops.

a loaf of wholemeal bread a carton of a low-calorie yoghurt a 500g tin of baked beans a packet of salt and vinegar flavoured crisps a bunch of grapes a barrel of English beer a can of Australian lager a crate of brown ale (24 bottles) a few sticks of celery a jar of pickled onions a 5lb bag of tomatoes a giant-sized block of ice-cream a nice piece of cod a box of chocolates a cauliflower of some broccoli

fishmonger’s confectioner’s grocer’s baker’s butcher’s delicatessen greengrocer’s

2. It’s Christmas and it’s time to go shopping and buy necessary foods to lay the table. Make up a conversation between a husband and a wife who discuss what they need to buy.

Exercise 15

Who Owns the Fish Market?

Find the solution to the following problem together. There is a row of stores on Oak Street, in the order shown in the picture. There are 5 owners and each store has a different owner. The owners’ names are Mrs. Flounder, Mr. Plum, Mr. Chop, Mr. Salami and Miss Roll.

Mrs. Flounder is not the owner of the fish market.

Mr. Plum does not own the fruit stand.

Mr. Chop is not the butcher.

Mr. Salami does not own the delicatessen.

Miss Roll is not the baker.

Miss Roll owns one of the end stores.

Mr. Chop owns the other end store.

Mr. Chop has his store next to Mr. Plum’s.

Mr. Chop is very good friends with the owner of the fruit stand. In fact, he is hoping that one day she will sell him her store.

Who owns each store?

_________________________________ owns the fish market.

_________________________________ owns the fruit stand.

_________________________________ owns the butcher shop.

_________________________________ owns the deli.

_________________________________ owns the bak.

Exercise 16

There are 19 words hidden in the puzzle. Find the words with your classmate.

Write the words on the lists below.

e. g. Things to eat

Things to drink

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Exercise 17

Put the following eating and drinking verbs into the correct squares.

bite chew crunch drink eat gobble lick munch nibble sip swallow

Drink

Food

Exercise 18

Look at the list of verbs describing ways of eating and drinking and match them with the different kinds of food and drink. Then, make sentences as in the example.

1. ………... on hot tea.

2. ………... a pill.

3. ………… a drink.

4. ………… an ice-cream cone.

5. ………… your food.

6. ………… on a mint.

7. ………… into an apple.

8. ………… a bone.

e.g. I blow on my hot tea before I drink it.