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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? R » > a 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. v . | 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. » * ” 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. a a»

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