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A. Read the sentences. Insert the missing word.

biscuits egg sugar coffee coconut

spinach broccoli asparagus butter cheese

Example: Asparagus is a long, thin green vegetable that you boil to eat.

1. An _________ is a white and yellow food that a chicken lays.

2. _________ is a soft yellow food that is made from animal milk.

3. _________ is a yellow spread that your put on your bread or toast.

4. _________ is a brown drink that helps you stay awake.

5. _________ is a sweet food that you add to coffee or tea or put in biscuits.

6. _________ are hard sweet food that you can eat with tea or coffee.

7. A _________ is a hard fruit grown on a tree that has a sweet milk inside.

B. Now write the meaning of the other two words.

8. __________________________________________________________________.

9. __________________________________________________________________.

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Activity Instructions
Language Focus: Unspecific
Vocabulary Focus: Food
Level: Kids
Skill: Writing
Time: 15 minutes
Organisation: Students work individually
Stage: Vocabulary writing practice
Suggested Method:

1. Copy one handout for each individual student.

2. Distribute the handouts to each learner. Focus their attention on the

instructions and the pictures. Learners look at the pictures and words and try to
match them to the appropriate definitions.

3. For In part B, instruct learners to write their own definitions for the remaining
undefined words. Tell them to use the other definitions for help.

4. For feedback, gather the students in a circle and get them to tell you what the
answers are. For part B, have learners swap papers and read each other's
definitions. Ask the learners what they think of their partner's definitions. Ask for
contributions from some of the learners and write the most accurate on the
board.

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