Complete the following sentences with an appropriate translation
Food, Restaurants and Cooking
Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined in each sentence.
a) Waiter, could you bring me my 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 bars.
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? It’s great.
i) Paul never eats meat, he’s a vegetable / vegetarian / vegetation.
j) Have you decided what to have for your main course / food / helping?
Complete each sentence with one suitable word.
a) I’m trying to cut down ................ 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.
3. Complete each sentence with a word formed from cook. ( Use each word once only! )
a) The hospital has over twenty ................ working in the kitchen.
b) We bought David a ................ book when he left home.
c) Do you like my new electric ................ ?
d) The meals were large but not very well ................ .
e) I don’t mind shopping, but I can’t stand ................ .
f) You can boil these shellfish, or you can eat them uncooked.
Complete each sentence with one word chosen from those given. Use each word once only.
| add | beat | cool | grate | heat | melt | peel | pour | slice | sprinkle |
a) ................ the potatoes and ................ them thinly
b) ................ the eggs in a bowl, and then ................ them to the mixture
c) ................ the butter in a saucepan and ................ gently for two minutes
d) ................ the mixture into a bowl and leave to ................
e) ................ some cheese, and ................ over the potatoes
Decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
Chick Pea Soup
This is just right for a cold winter’s day, and is both (1) ................ and cheap. If you use dried chick-peas, (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) ................ about three tablespoons of olive oil in a clean saucepan, and gently heat a chopped (10) ................ , two or three cloves of garlic and some (11) ................ carrot.
(12) ................ half the chick peas 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. You can also add a stock cube or other vegetables. Some
(15) ................ add lemon juice at the end. Serve hot with plenty of bread.
| A | expensive | B | tasty | C | worth | D | cold | |
| A | soak | B | bury | C | wash | D | water | |
| A | kettle | B | mug | C | sink | D | saucepan | |
| A | when | B | until | C | if | D | enough | |
| A | the | B | to | C | canned | D | crude | |
| A | makes | B | takes | C | saves | D | gives | |
| A | soften | B | harden | C | widen | D | lengthen | |
| A | much | B | enough | C | mine | D | few | |
| A | Grate | B | Peel | C | Beat | D | Pour | |
| A | onion | B | up | C | one | D | water | |
| A | melted | B | beaten | C | poached | D | sliced | |
| A | One | B | Then | C | Add | D | Serve | |
| A | just | B | not | C | dish | D | mixer | |
| A | paper | B | puppy | C | pepper | D | poppy | |
| A | cookers | B | cooks | C | cookery | D | chiefs |
Complete the following sentences with an appropriate translation.
a) Which are your favourite vegetables: ................ (brukselka) or ................ (por) ?
b) The best way to ................ (zagotować) water is to put it in a ................ (czajnik).
c) Carrots can be steamed or they can be eaten ................ (surowe).
d) Could you ................ (obrać) these oranges for me, please?
e) Indian ................ (kuchnia) relies heavily on ................ (ostre) spices.
f) Put the mixture in a baking ................ (folia) and put it into a preheated ................ (piekarnik).
g) ................ (wymieszać) eggs, ................ (mąka) and milk together in a large ................ (bowl).
h) With pizza even the best ................ (składniki) may taste dull without the right ................ (zioła).
i) A four-................ (daniowy) mean of an ................ (zakąska), soup, meat and dessert is enough for me.