Phrasal Verbs About Eating And Cooking

Be aware that many of

Phrasal verbs often these phrasal verbs
include another also have other
preposition if they take meanings.
an object.

Phrasal Verb Mix and Match

Connect each of the phrasal verbs below with the correct definition.

1) bite off a) go to some kind of restaurant for a meal

2) boil over b) to start eating

3) chop up c) to dilute, use liquid to reduce strength or thickness

4) cool down d) to completely finish consuming something

5) dish out e) to remove with one’s teeth

6) eat out f) to raise the temperature

7) flavour with g) to combine ingredients

8) guzzle down h) to allow the temperature to drop

9) knock up i) to rapidly cut into pieces using a downwards hitting action

10) mix in j) to carefully or slowly cut a small section from a larger piece

11) pig out (on) k) to increase the power of something

12) polish off l) to drink a large quantity of something quickly

13) slice off m) to quickly make or prepare

14) thaw out n) to serve the food onto plates or bowls

15) tuck in o) to defrost, stop being frozen

16) turn up p) to give the taste of something in particular

17) warm up q) to heat a liquid to the point that it overflows the pan

18) water down r) to eat too much of something

 Phrasal Verbs about Eating and Cooking
bite off boil over chop up cool down dish out eat out flavour with guzzle down knock up

mix in pig out polish off slice off thaw out tuck in turn up warm up water down

Insert the phrasal verbs that fit best into the gaps in the sentences below.

1. They had a good meal and managed to __________ ______ a family-sized pizza, two plates of chips, a
salad and a bottle of wine between them.

2. The pie was too hot to eat so we left it next to the window to ___________ ________.

3. We took the meat out of the freezer and left it to __________ ________ for 8 hours before we made
dinner.

4. I don’t like drinking in that bar. I think they ___________ _________ the beer. It has no taste whatsoever.

5. She ___________ ________ a piece of apple and sat there chewing it while she read her book.

6. The chef ____________ ______ some onion and put the pieces in a bowl for later.

7. I have some soup in the fridge. I can put it in the microwave to _________ ______ if you want.

8. They only had 15 minutes but it was enough time to _________ ______ a quick sandwich.

9. The queue was very long when they started ____________ _______ lunch in the school canteen at 12:30.

10. When the milk is nice and hot you _________ ______ the sugar and cinnamon while stirring
continuously.

11. She was so thirsty that she _________ ______ a whole litre of cola without stopping for breath.

12. He put the food on the table and told everybody to __________ _____, which they did straight away.

13. She left the saucepan on the hob and the milk started to ___________ _______ before she realised and
turned it down.

14. They didn’t fancy staying at home so they decided to ___________ _______ in a local Italian restaurant.

15. The soup was taking too long to cook so she ____________ ______ the heat.

16. He ____________ the bread and butter pudding _________ nutmeg.

17. We were feeling a little depressed so we ___________ _______ on pizza and ice cream. We felt terrible
once we had finished eating.

18. The barman ____________ _________ several portions of ham and served it all with a wonderful red
wine from the north of the country.