Unit 11: Food and Eating Habits

Exercise 1: Agreeing with Likes and Dislikes

Read the statement and choose the correct response: Me too or Me neither.

1. I like eating ice cream for dessert. ______________
2. I don’t like vegetables. ______________
3. I love watching cooking shows. ______________
4. I never drink coffee at night. ______________
5. I want to try spicy food. ______________
6. I don’t have any food in my fridge. ______________
7. I prefer healthy snacks like fruit. ______________
8. I am not hungry right now. ______________

Exercise 2: Food Vocabulary Classification

Put the following words into the correct group: beef, carrot, flour, juice, cabbage, mutton, pear, mineral water [9, 10].

Exercise 3: Advanced Agreement (So do I / Neither do I)

Complete the response using So or Neither and thecorrect auxiliary verb (am, do, can, have).

1. I eat rice everyday. _____ do I.
2. I don’t eat fast food. _____ do I.
3. I am tired of cooking. _____ am I.
4. I can cook spaghetti. _____ can I.
5. I have eaten lunch already. _____ have I.
6. I didn’t buy any chips. _____ did I.
7. I love Japanese food. _____ do I.
8. I’m not thirsty. _____ am I.

Exercise 4: Vocabulary Definitions

Match the word to its definition.

1. Ingredient
2. Chef
3. Vegetarian
4. Delicious
5. Recipe
6. Bitter
7. Sour
8. Snack

A. A person who cooks food as a job.
B. A list of instructions for cooking a dish.
C. Having a sharp taste like a lemon.
D. One of the things you use to make a particular dish.
E. Someone who does not eat meat.
F. Very tasty or good to eat.
G. A small amount of food eaten between meals.
H. Having a sharp, often unpleasant taste, like black coffee.

Exercise 5: Reading Comprehension

Read the short text and answer True or False.

“The Japanese live long lives. The main reason is their diet. They eat a lot of fish and vegetables. They cook fish with little cooking oil. They also eat a lot of tofu, a product from soybeans. Tofu has vegetable protein and vitamin B.”

1. The text explains why Japanese people live long lives. (True/False)
2. They eat a lot of meat and cheese. (True/False)
3. They use a lot of oil to cook fish. (True/False)
4. Tofu comes from soybeans. (True/False)
5. Tofu contains vitamin C. (True/False)
6. Japanese people do not eat vegetables. (True/False)
7. Diet is important for a long life. (True/False)
8. Tofu has fat in it. (True/False)

Exercise 6: Sentence Scramble

Put the words in the correct order to form sentences.

1. soft drinks / never / my sister / drinks / .
2. don’t eat / we / much fast food / .
3. tofu / healthy / is / .
4. breakfast / eat / I / rarely / .
5. vegetables / eat / coloured / and / tofu / .
6. healthy / are / fresh / salads / .
7. hungry / am / I / .
8. food / Italian / love / I / .