PET/KET Vocabulary: Food and Drink
chips
(British English) THESE are fried potatoes.
potato
A common side-dish that grows in the ground. It's round and yellow inside.
fizzy drink
A drink that is bubbly.
can
A round metal container. This is a ____ of Coca-Cola.
chocolate
A wonderful brown substance made from sugar, milk and cocoa.
boiled
An egg cooked in hot water is a _________ egg.
mineral water
Bottled water can also be called. It can be bubbly.
eggs
Chickens lay THESE.
grilled
If something is cooked over a fire, on a grill, it is ____________.
roast
If you cook food (especially meat) in the oven, you __________ it.
thirsty
If you really want to drink something, you feel __________.
hungry
If your stomach is empty and you want food, you are feeling __________.
garlic
It has a strong flavour and smell. It is a kind of onion.
pear
It is a green or yellow fruit in the shape of a lightbulb. It looks like an apple inside.
pepper
It is hard and juicy outside and it is completely empty inside. It can be sweet or hot. It can be green, yellow or red.
vegetables
It is important to include lots of fruit and __________ in your diet.
carrots
It's a straight orange root that rabbits like to eat.
pineapple
It's an exotic fruit. It has nothing to do with apples or Christmas trees, as it's name would make you think so.
food
It's everything you eat.
cake
People usually eat one at their birthday party. You put the candles on it.
bread
Sandwiches MUST have two slices of ________!!!
pasta
Spaghetti is a type of _______.
tomato
Spaghetti is often served with ___________ sauce. You can also make ketchup from it.
sweet
Sugar tastes ________
fruit
Sweet and delicious product of a plant that contains its seeds.
cookie
Synonym for "biscuit"
tasty
Synonym for "delicious" and "yummy".
delicious
Synonym for "tasty" or "yummy"!
apples
THESE are a common type of fruit. THEY can be red, green or yellow.
bananas
THESE are the favourite food of monkeys.
peas
THESE are tiny, round, soft green seeds in a row inside a pod.
grapes
THESE are used to make wine. They are a fruit that grows in bunches.
salad
THIS is a cold MIXTURE of lettuce and other vegetables. Normally, it's eaten as a side dish.
sandwich
THIS is a food made of two slices of bread with meat, cheese or other ingredients in between.
jam
THIS is a mixture of sugar and fruit which people put on their toast, with butter.
barbecue
THIS is a party at which meat is cooked and eaten outdoors.
salt
THIS is made of tiny white crystals. You add it to food to make the food tasty. It is not sweet.
kitchen
THIS is the room in a house where food is cooked.
spoon
THIS silver-coloured tool is used by people to eat soup.
butter
THIS yellow substance is usually spread on toast, with jam.
meat
The flesh of animals that we use for food.
juice
The liquid that comes from fruits.
rice
The most common grain in Asia.
orange
This fruit's name is the same as its colour.
meal
This is a GENERAL WORD which means "a time when food is eaten". Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all examples of a ________.
glass
This is a container for cold liquids that is used for drinking. Example: Would you like a _____ of water?
bottle
This is a container for liquids. It can be made of plastic or glass. It has a narrow top. You can close it with a screw-on cap or a cork.
salmon
This is a delicious fresh-water fish with pink-coloured flesh. They can swim upstream in rivers and waterfalls.
corn
This is a delicious yellow grain. People and farm animals eat it.
omelette
This is a food made from eggs that have been mixed and fried. Sometimes, the eggs are mixed with other foods.
pan
This is a frying _____. It's used to fry foods.
broccoli
This is a green vegetable that is very healthy for you. It looks like a tree, but it's actually a flower.
cheese
This is a hard and yellow food made from milk. You don't spread it, you slice it or grate it.
soup
This is a hot liquid food that you eat with a spoon.
coffee
This is a hot, brown, bitter drink that has lots of caffeine. People usually drink it in the morning.
fridge
This is a large kitchen appliance that keeps food cold.
oil
This is a liquid used on salads together with vinegar. Spain is famous for its olive ____.
menu
This is a printed document that lists the food and prices at a restaurant.
cafeteria
This is a restaurant where people get the food themselves and take it to their table - for example, in a school.
bowl
This is a round and deep container where you can put cereal and milk, ice cream, soup, a salad...
snack
This is a small amount of food that you eat between meals.
cafe
This is a small restaurant where you can buy coffee, drinks and light meals.
strawberry
This is a small, sweet, red fruit that grows on the ground. It is also a delicious flavour of ice cream.
chilli
This is a small, thin red or green vegetable with a hot, spicy flavour.
slice
This is a special word that means "a flat piece cut off of a bigger piece of food". Examples: a ______ of bread, a _____ of pizza, a _____ of watermelon
box
This is a square or rectangular container. Example: "He bought her a _____ of chocolates for Valentine's Day".
sauce
This is a thick liquid that you put on other food to make it more tasty. Example: "Would you like some more ______ on your meat?" "Would you like some chocolate ______ on your ice cream?"
steak
This is a thick, flat slice of meat, cooked or roasted in one piece.
break
This is a time when you stop working, usually to rest, play or eat: Example: "Let's take a _____ and have a snack!"
duck
This is a type of bird that lives in ponds, has webbed feet and says "quack quack!". Sometimes, people eat roast ____ for dinner.
tuna
This is a type of fish. It's large, meaty and lives in the sea. You can eat it with pasta or salad. It is often canned.
melon
This is a very big, round fruit. It can be yellow, green or orange inside, and it usually has lots of seeds!
milk
This is a white liquid which you put on cereal in the morning. Baby cows (and people) love to drink it!
lemon
This is a yellow fruit that is quite sour and contains a lot of Vitamin C.
pizza
This is an Italian food. It is a large, circular bread base with cheese, tomato sauce and other toppings on top.
fish
This is an animal that lives in lakes, rivers or the sea.
chef
This is another word for a "cook".
chicken
This is bird that is raised on farms. Its meat is eaten, as well as its eggs.
toast
This is bread that has been heated until it is brown and crispy.
tea
This is the favourite hot drink of people in the Far East and Britain.
breakfast
This is the first meal of the day. You eat it when you get up in the morning.
dinner
This is the last meal of the day. It is eaten in the evening. Example: "In the UK, people usually have _______ at 7 p.m."
lunch
This is the meal in the middle of the day. Example: "In the USA, people usually have _______ at noon". (Noon = 12 o'clock in the middle of the day)
cream
This is the thick, fatty part of milk.
sugar
This is very sweet and white. It is an ingredient in desserts, and and many people put it in their tea and coffee.
fork
This silver-coloured tool can be used to eat solid food (like meat, vegatables, salad etc.)
onion
This vegetable might make you cry when you cut it.
waiter
This word refers to a man who works at a restaurant, serving food.
waitress
This word refers to a woman who works at a restaurant, serving food.
eat
Tho put food in your mouth
cut
What do you DO with knives?
plate
What do you call the round, flat thing that you put your food on?
burger
What is the most famous food sold at McDonald's? (write the short form)
fried
When you cook something in butter or oil in a frying pan, it is ________. Example: I like eating _______ eggs in the morning!
picnic
When you eat outside on the grass, you are having a _________.
fry
You can ____ something in hot oil or butter in a pan.
knife
You cut food with this tool. It is sharp. (Careful with spelling!!!)
cup
You drink coffee or tea from it.
lemonade
You make this drink with lemon juice, sugar, water and ice (sometimes even mint).
drink
liquid or beverage
