Upward Bound: First year. Воробьева М.Г - 100 стр.

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— 100 —
SPEAKING
Ex.1. Describing food
I. Look at these adjectives commonly used to describe food. Match
each adjectives with the items of food.
1. sticky a. lemon
2. sour b. too much chocolate
3. soggy c. last week’s milk
4. sharp d. last week’s bread
5. sickly e. very strong black coffee
6. crunchy f. toffy (toffee)
7. bitter g. overcooked boiled potatoes
8. stale h. peanuts
II. Use the taste and flavour words (see Vocabulary) to describe
the following.
1. Indian curry 2. pizza 3. sea water 4. an unripe
apple
5. a cup of tea
with five
spoonfuls
of sugar
6. strong black
coffee with
no sugar
7. factory made
white bread
8. pudding
III. What might you say to the person/people with you in a
restaurant if...
1. your chips had too much oil/fat on them?
2. your dish had obviously been cooked too much/too long?
3. your piece of meat was absolutely perfectly cooked?
4. your dish seemed to have no flavour at all?
IV. In the ‘working lunch’ we are eavesdropping on below, all the
talk is of food and both men are trying to be complimentary about the
lunch. Can you think of the antonyms of the words in italics and thus
re-write the conversation so that it is highly critical of the meal?
George: How’s your beef?
Mr Soames:Oh — It’s fine. Very tender. My meal is very well cooked.
I must remember the name of this place. How’s your
lunch?
George: It’s delicious. The vegetables are especially tasty: not
under-cooked but still firm and with a ‘bite’ you know.

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