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Adjectives to describe the

tastes of foods
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 00:00 — Chris McCarthy
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Vocabulary

'How does it taste?'

How well do you know food adjectives? Take a look at the following list of adjectives which we use to
describe food. Try and match the correct adjectives to the correct sentences. As this is a quiz, there
is no explanation of the adjectives' meanings.

bitter

sour

sweet

salty

hot

oily

crunchy

stale

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sticky

The bread is old. Don't eat it. It's too ___.

Correct!

sweet
salty
crunchy
sticky
sour
hot
stale
bitter
oily

The Indian food was too ___ for me. It felt like my mouth was on fire!
Correct!

oily
sticky
crunchy
hot
salty
sweet
bitter
stale
sour

Coffee and beer have a ___ taste.

Correct!

sour
hot
sweet
crunchy
bitter
salty
oily
stale
sticky

Lemon juice is ___.

Correct!

hot
sour
sticky
oily
sweet
stale
bitter
crunchy
salty

___ food stays fixed to your fingers when you touch it, like honey.
Correct!

stale
sticky
sweet
sour
salty
hot
bitter
oily
crunchy

I put a lot of sugar in it because I like it to taste ___.

Correct!

salty
oily
sour
sweet
crunchy

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stale
hot
bitter

Fried food is usually ___. It;s not healthy to eat too much of it.
Correct!

sweet
oily
sour
salty
crunchy
bitter
stale
hot

You put too much salt in this. It's too ___.

Correct!

hot
sweet
sour
stale
oily
crunchy
salty
bitter

Carrots and nuts are ___. They are hard and make a loud noise when you eat them.
Correct!

salty
stale
oily
sour
bitter
hot
crunchy
sweet

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Pablo Mariano
good exercise... =
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Alice Newall
very helpful thanks !
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Manoli Justicia Vazquez

Genial!
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Mansour Mmadi
Quite interesting as exercise
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Daniel Salazar Aguirre

what is the answer in the penultimate
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Randall B'c
Salty :) prro
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