4 It's absolutely delicious
Complete the following dialogues with the pairs of
words below:
tasty / delicious
flavour / bland
flavour / tender
wonderful / revolting
off / disgusting
2 A balanced diet
In each of the following groups, throe words
collocate with the word in colour. Which Is the odd
one out in each group?
1. fast 4, healthy
junk food fit food
easy organic
frozen fresh
2. simple 5. main
plain food light meal
ich heavy
fat fast
3, strong. 6 thin
hard flavour healthy diet
mild balanced.
distinctive fat-free
. Yuk! This salmon smells a bie...... .
> Yes, it’s absolutely ...... 2. .
Your chicken looks very... ..
> Mm, it’s absolutely... .
This sauce hasn't got much . «has it?
>No, its a bit... Pm afraid.
Tve just discovered as... 0... blue
cheese from Spain.
> Oh, HOW Lee sees eee ! can’t stand
blue cheese.
. Pe never tasted lamb with so much... .. :
> Yes, and it was so......- . Wasn’t it?
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3 Problems with food
Complete the following sentences with these
words:
stale burnt ripe
sour rotten fresh
1. Pm afraid ['ve done it again! The toast’s
bees ee ees . Pll make some more.
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. | wouldn’t drink that milk if I were you. It
doesn’t smell very. .
This milk tastes a bit . . Did
somebody forget to put it back in the fridge
again?
can’t believe it. I only bought this bread
yesterday. [t's ..... already!
Some of these apples are .
Tonly bought them at the weekend.
6. 'd leave these bananas for another day.
They're not ove. eee yer.
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sand
You can also say that meat, fish, fruit or milk is
off or bas gone off - “This milk’s off. This fish is
starting to go off.”5 Negative comments
Match up the foad on the left with the most suitable
comments:
L. coffee or tea a. too strong / weak / sweet
2. steak b. 00 many bones
3. an Indian dish c. too rich / thick / bland
4. a sauce d. a bit overdone / underdone
5. fish e. too hot / spicy
6. acake £. a bit dry / stale
6 Talking about what you don’t like
Now use the comments in exercise 5 to complete
these conversations:
1. Have I put too much sugar in your tea?
> Yes, it Sabit.......... , actually.
2. I’ve put quite a few chillies in this stir-fry.
Do you like it?
> Actually, it’s a bit........64 for me.
3. How’s your steak?
> Well, I prefer it well done. This is a bit
. for my taste.
4. More: sauce?
> No thanks. It’s a bit
Remember, I’m on a
. That cake looks delicious.
> Well, it’s not very fresh. I think it’s at least
a week old. It’s very........ «In fact, I
would even say it’s a bit........ :
Why didn’t you choose the fish?
> There are always ...... 20.06
Ican’t be bothered with them.
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