FOOD QUIZ

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 616.

Task 3. In pairs / groups, talk about the following words that are collocated with the word “food”. Explain the meaning of these collocations.

mouthwatering / fast / slow / junk / exotic / rich / nutritious / healthy / frozen / packaged / canned / disgusting / Indian / French / Japanese

Task 4.Discuss the following questions as a class.

1. Do you like to eat? Do you enjoy eating as a process?

2. What are your favourite dishes in Russian cuisine? Have you ever tried foreign dishes? If yes, did you find them delicious? What's the strangest thing you've ever eaten? Is there a food in your country that foreigners generally like / dislike?

3. What dishes do you associate with British cuisine? Do you prefer home-cooked food or do you much more enjoy eating out? Why?

4. How often do you eat junk food? Do you know how many calories are there in one hamburger?

5. Have you ever heard of GM food? What do you think about it? What are the advantages and disadvantages of GM food?

6. Have you ever had problems with overweight? Have you ever been on a diet? Was it helpful? What do you think of diets?

7. What do you think of haute cuisine?

Task 5. How much do you know about food? Answer the questions in this quiz and find out.

0. Which of these words means to reduce food to small shreds by rubbing it along a rough or sharp surface?

A) chop B) grate C) dice D) slice

1. Which of these cooking methods is the healthiest way of preparing food?

A) fry B) boil C) roast D) bake E) steam F) barbecue

2. You should always swallowfood before you chewit.

A) True B) False

3. What do we call someone who doesn't eat meat?

4. Which of these words means to drink slowly?

A) gobble B) sip C) gulp D) slurp

5. Choose the correct word in the following sentence.

My mother has a wonderful receipt / recipe/ recitefor roast chicken.

6. Eggs, cheese and milk contain a lot of vitaminC.

A) True B) False

7. To eat a balanced dietand to go on a diethave the same meaning.

A) True B) False

8. Rearrange these letters to form a word which gives the name of a substance which is found in food like meat and eggs, and which helps your body to grow and stay healthy: noprtie

9. Foods which are high in fibreand low in fatare better for you.

A) True B) False

10. Which of the following is most important for the development of healthy bones and teeth?

A) calcium B) carbohydrates C) cholesterol D) calories

11. What is the difference between the following expressions?

A)to cut down onsomething B) to givesomething up

12. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate preposition.

I can't eat this meat. It's gone __________.

I don't want to eat at home tonight. Let's eat __________.

I'm fond __________ Mexican food.

She invited me __________ dinner.

I prefer eating at restaurants __________ eating at home.

What are we having __________ lunch?

13. From the list of foods below, choose the ones which are: sweet/ salty / hot and spicy / sour / bland or tasteless / bitter / fresh / stale

1. “WE ARE WHAT WE EAT”

? VOCABULARY PRACTICE