Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 1

Unit 9 • Lesson C: They're a kind of candy.

Vocabulary
Sweets and snacks
cake (n)
candy (n)
chocolate (n)
milkshake (n)
pancake (n)
sprinkles (n)
sugar (n)

Other food and drink

bread (n)
drink (n)
dessert (n)
juice (n)
soup (n)

Other words
traditional clothes / outfit (n)

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Conversation strategies
Explaining words
You can use the expressions a kind of and kind of like to explain a word:

A What are sprinkles?

B They're a kind of candy. (= they're a type of candy)
or
B They're like sugar. (= they're similar to sugar)
or
B They're kind of like sugar. (= they're a little similar to sugar

Like
You can use like to give examples:

You can put sprinkles on things like ice cream and cake.

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